Edition: 2026

Key finding

Massachusetts has the lowest road injury risk in the 2026 edition and Mississippi the highest. See Massachusetts car accident laws.

Risk by state

Source: The Accident Advisory Index 2026, from NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), FHWA Highway Statistics, table VM-2, US Census Bureau population estimates

All 50 states and DC

TAA Index 2026, every state
Rank	State	Index score	Fatalities per 100M vehicle miles	Fatalities per 100k residents
1	Massachusetts	0.0	0.56	4.83
2	Minnesota	10.6	0.69	6.99
3	New Jersey	12.7	0.78	6.44
4	New York	17.0	0.93	5.65
5	Hawaii	17.5	0.89	6.48
6	Utah	18.2	0.81	8.12
7	Rhode Island	19.3	0.94	6.45
8	Wisconsin	25.1	0.87	9.88
9	Maine	25.9	0.91	9.63
10	New Hampshire	25.9	0.94	9.06
11	Connecticut	27.2	1.01	8.46
12	Alaska	29.9	1.09	8.30
13	Vermont	30.7	0.96	10.65
14	District of Columbia	32.6	1.26	6.45
15	Virginia	33.5	1.04	10.47
16	Maryland	34.1	1.08	10.01
17	Ohio	35.9	1.10	10.52
18	Nebraska	36.9	1.07	11.42
19	Pennsylvania	37.5	1.21	9.31
20	Michigan	37.6	1.12	10.89
21	Illinois	38.6	1.21	9.82
22	Iowa	40.8	1.14	11.79
23	Indiana	41.0	1.06	13.14
24	North Dakota	42.2	1.07	13.47
25	California	45.2	1.32	10.64
26	Washington	45.8	1.35	10.32
27	Kansas	47.2	1.22	13.12
28	Colorado	49.0	1.32	12.18
29	Georgia	53.2	1.27	14.55
30	North Carolina	53.7	1.29	14.51
31	Delaware	54.1	1.39	13.04
32	Missouri	54.7	1.23	15.97
33	Nevada	56.1	1.46	12.64
34	Idaho	56.6	1.39	13.96
35	Texas	58.1	1.43	13.98
36	South Dakota	58.2	1.35	15.25
37	Florida	59.2	1.41	14.72
38	Oregon	64.4	1.59	13.81
39	Alabama	67.3	1.35	19.03
40	West Virginia	68.0	1.63	14.69
41	Louisiana	68.4	1.46	17.64
42	Oklahoma	71.9	1.55	17.50
43	Montana	72.7	1.52	18.40
44	Arkansas	75.5	1.52	19.41
45	Tennessee	75.7	1.59	18.50
46	Kentucky	77.3	1.66	17.89
47	Arizona	79.5	1.74	17.55
48	New Mexico	80.4	1.56	20.76
49	South Carolina	83.6	1.72	19.42
50	Wyoming	88.0	1.51	24.63
51	Mississippi	100.0	1.79	24.91

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Two public measures, weighted equally

Fatalities per 100M vehicle miles: NHTSA FARS (fatalities) and FHWA Highway Statistics table VM-2 (vehicle miles), same year (2023 data)
Fatalities per 100k residents: NHTSA FARS and US Census Bureau population estimates, same year (2023 data)

The uninsured-driver measure is left out of this edition until the Insurance Research Council terms are confirmed to allow republishing its figures.

Each measure is scaled 0–100 across the 50 states and DC (higher = more risk).

Index score = (measure 1 + measure 2) ÷ 2, rounded to one decimal.

Rank 1 = lowest risk.

Sources

Written by The Accident Advisory editorial team from the sources below.

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2023 data. Accessed October 22, 2026
FHWA Highway Statistics, table VM-2, 2023. Accessed October 22, 2026
US Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, July 1 2023. Accessed October 22, 2026

General information, not legal advice. The Accident Advisory is not a law firm. Laws differ by state and change over time.