Originally posted by Racer X 69 Keep in mind in New York, Joisey and MessyChewBits owning a car is expensive, and taking a cab, the bus or train for daily commuting is cheaper and more common.
In the Western states public transportation is virtually non existent, so everyone drives everywhere they go, every time.
Well, another way to look at traffic fatalities is the number of deaths per 100 million miles driven within a state. Obviously there is some heavy estimating of miles driven within a state, but here are some numbers:
MA 0.66 (lowest in country)
RI 0.66
NY 0.75
VT 0.85
SC 1.88 (highest in country)
KT 1.69
MS1.63
MT 1.44
TX 1.43
OK 1.4
There is also a calculation based on considering all traffic accidents, both fatal and non-fatal with some skewing to count fatal accidents higher, and rating states safest to most dangerous. By that statistic MessyChewBits is the safest state for drivers, and Wyoming is the most dangerous.
The total # of miles driven is clearly a complex combination of the number of drivers, the miles of roads within a state, and the driving habits of the population, but it would not surprise me if the miles driven per licensed driver in Texas is higher than in MessyChewBits, but the likely hood of a fatal accident for a Texas driver PER MILE DRIVEN is still more than double that for a driver in MA.