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U.S. States with the Most Traffic Fatalities

Try to name the states that have the most traffic fatalities per capita.
Rate = annual deaths per 100,000 residents
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First submittedSeptember 29, 2019
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State
23.9
Mississippi
23.0
Wyoming
22.1
New Mexico
21.1
Arkansas
20.7
South Carolina
19.7
Louisiana
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State
19.5
Alabama
19.0
Montana
18.6
Tennessee
17.7
Arizona
17.7
Oklahoma
19 Comments
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Level 82
Oct 16, 2019
Not much rhyme or reason to this, is there?
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Level 90
Oct 16, 2019
It's the usual suspects from a lot of other quizzes. Also, rural states with windy roads and long distances to travel have higher per capita rates than traffic clogged, slow moving areas.
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Level 81
Dec 16, 2019
Rural states with low population density and less money for infrastructure.
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Level ∞
Mar 2, 2023
Places where people drive more miles, especially on roads with higher speed limits.
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Level 70
Oct 21, 2019
Did you get this idea from my one live quiz, or do great minds think alike?
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Level 90
Oct 21, 2019
You know how the news will jump on statistics like something needs to be done now?

"Our state leads the nation in [some negative thing]."

"State in bottom 10 nationally for [something positive]."

Do they just give up and report other stuff that's actual news to them in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and West Virginia?

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Level 67
Dec 16, 2019
It really is amazing that Mississippi appears to be at the top of every list for which you don't want to be at the top. Even this one, where no particular reason comes to mind why Mississippi should be ahead of the others. It has five times Wyoming's population and still comes out worse on a per capita basis. The government there must really have its priorities out of order.
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Level 76
Sep 20, 2024
Maybe something to do where the population centers are, and the access to hospitals/medical attention. Poor roads could have some impact as well.
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Level ∞
Sep 20, 2024
You can just as easily ask "why doesn't Haiti simply fix itself"? The problems in these states are intractable issues that resist easy solutions.
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Level 55
Oct 2, 2024
Haiti's and Mississippi's problems are easy to fix, but fixing them would not benefit the powerful.
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Level 83
Oct 2, 2024
I wish the world was as simple as you think it is.
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Level 85
Dec 16, 2019
I guess in Mississippi, driving is considered a contact sport.
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Level 61
Dec 17, 2019
anyone check the speed limits compared to the national average in these states? I am pretty sure places in Wyoming and New Mexico have no or very high limits.

Raising the speed limit 10 mph in other states led to an increase of more than 15% in yearly traffic fatalities.

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Level 66
May 2, 2023
Seriously? For a quiz with 10 answers, I think that only 1 minute is not enough.
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Level 69
Mar 7, 2024
Absolutely every US statistic:

Least place: West Virginia

Then Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama

Then Louisiana, New Mexico, South Carolina

Then Kentucky, Wyoming, Missouri

Then Oklahoma, Indiana, Georgia

Then the middle part

On top: Massachusetts.

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Level 88
Sep 20, 2024
Name doesn't check out.
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Level 23
Oct 4, 2024
you should change west virginia with mississipi they always get last place sad
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Level 69
Oct 2, 2024
This felt like an excersize to name the longest state names
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Level 62
Oct 9, 2024
I would guess this correlates strongly with excessive alcohol consumption. Many of these states that have the lowest standards of living, lowest education, worst social mobility, lowest social spending, etc.