‘Frightening’. Arizona is 16th Deadliest State for Truck Drivers

This is not the kind of top-twenty ranking you want to land in. According to a study by the Parrish Law Firm, Arizona comes in as the 16th deadliest state for truck drivers.

According to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), in 2022 there were 2,760 big rig crashes, 111 of which were fatal.

The study analyzed data from the US Department of Transportation, which examined the number of truck driver collisions in every state. They calculated the number of casualties per billion miles driven.

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Here’s the result of the analysis:

• For every million miles driven in Arizona, there were 1.18 truck driver deaths.
• That’s more than twice the rate of the 14 safest states and over five times the rate of the safest state, Maine, which had only 0.21 deaths per million miles driven.

While Arizona’s truck driver fatality rate is cause for concern, the Grand Canyon State is still less than half the rate of the most dangerous state—our neighbor to the east, New Mexico.

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New Mexico has a staggering 2.77 deaths per million miles. We still have a lot of work to do to make Arizona’s roadways safer, but the good news is we’re nowhere near the bottom of the list.

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Arizona also scored better than neighboring states Nevada, California, Utah, and Colorado in terms of truck driver safety.

[ Sources: Daily Independent | Parrish Law Firm | Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) | Trucker’s Report ]