Table 4

Motor vehicle classification ratios

StateDistinctive* injury deathMotor vehicle classification ratio†
MontanaMVC, occupant injured, unintentional1.88
South DakotaMVC, occupant injured, unintentional2.09
KansasMVC, all, suicide2.57
WisconsinMVC, all, suicide3.06
NebraskaMVC, occupant injured, unintentional1.89
TexasMVC, all, homicide1.91
  • *Defined as the injury death for which the state death rate is the largest multiple of the national death rate.

  • ‡(state rate for given injury/state rate for all motor vehicles)/(national rate for given injury/national rate for all motor vehicles).

  • MVC, motor vehicle crash.