Red vs. Blue: Auto Fatalities

By MannyGoldstein at Wed, 2005-11-16 21:05

Bottom Line:

Blue states are much safer places to drive - the difference is stunning.

Data:

State	Liberality Score[1]	Liberality Rank	Auto Fatalities, (per 100,000 residents)[2]	Auto Fatality Rank
Massachusetts	168%	1	7.22	1
New York	146%	4	7.77	2
Connecticut	124%	6	8.4	3
New Jersey	114%	13	8.65	4
Rhode Island	154%	2	9.63	5
New Hampshire	103%	18	9.84	6
Washington	116%	12	9.84	6
Hawaii	119%	10	10.71	8
Ohio	96%	22	11.16	9
Illinois	123%	7	11.49	10
Vermont	152%	3	11.5	11
Maryland	130%	5	11.8	12
California	122%	8	11.87	13
Michigan	107%	16	12.73	14
Pennsylvania	105%	17	12.75	15
Virginia	85%	27	12.76	16
Minnesota	107%	15	12.98	17
Utah	36%	50	13.15	18
Indiana	65%	38	13.45	19
Colorado	91%	24	13.86	20
Oregon	109%	14	14.38	21
Alaska	58%	44	14.62	22
Iowa	99%	20	15	23
Wisconsin	101%	19	15.5	24
Maine	120%	9	15.92	25
Nevada	95%	23	16.43	26
Texas	63%	41	16.63	27
North Dakota	56%	45	16.67	28
Nebraska	50%	47	16.84	29
Kansas	59%	42	17.44	30
Delaware	117%	11	17.75	31
North Carolina	78%	30	18.23	32
Georgia	71%	34	18.43	33
Florida	90%	25	18.64	34
Oklahoma	53%	46	19.09	35
Louisiana	74%	33	19.87	36
Arizona	81%	29	20	37
Tennessee	75%	32	20.57	38
Idaho	44%	48	21.39	39
Missouri	86%	26	21.61	40
Alabama	59%	43	21.76	41
West Virginia	77%	31	21.89	42
Kentucky	67%	37	22.63	43
Arkansas	82%	28	23.22	44
New Mexico	98%	21	23.35	45
South Carolina	71%	35	23.61	46
South Dakota	64%	40	26.71	47
Montana	65%	39	28.48	48
Mississippi	67%	36	30.24	49
Wyoming	42%	49	33	50

Discussion:

Blue states hold 14 of the safest 15 spots - only barely-red Ohio makes it into the top 15. 24 of the most-dangerous 25 are red.

References:

[1] Liberality Score for a state is the ratio of the votes received by Kerry to the votes received by Bush in the 2004 Presidential election. Data from http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/data.php?year=2004&datatype=national&def=1&f=1
[2]from: http://www.driveandstayalive.com/info%20section/statistics/stats-usa_indiv-states_per-capita_2003.htm#table-1 , derived from NHTSA Press Release 35-04, August 10, 2004

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