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Maryland Traffic Fatality Data

Maryland ranks No. 14 of 51 nationally for total pedestrian deaths in 2024, with 152 recorded.

This page tracks Maryland's standing across four kinds of traffic death: pedestrian, motorcyclist, large-truck crash, and bicyclist. Each is ranked against all 50 states and the District of Columbia. We rank by total count and by rate for every 100,000 residents. Every number below comes from our national crash record. We show the latest full year and the average of the last five years.

152

pedestrian deaths in Maryland, 2024

No. 14 of 51 by rate: 2.43 for every 100,000 residents.

From federal fatal-crash records · 2024 totals

Maryland by the numbers

Pedestrian deaths

152

2024 total · 5-year average 141 · 2.43 per 100,000 · No. 14 of 51 by total, No. 14 by rate

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Motorcyclist deaths

95

2024 total · 5-year average 86 · 1.52 per 100,000 · No. 24 of 51 by total, No. 37 by rate

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Large truck crash deaths

65

2024 total · 5-year average 60 · 1.04 per 100,000 · No. 31 of 51 by total, No. 40 by rate

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Bicyclist deaths

11

2024 total · 5-year average 11 · 0.18 per 100,000 · No. 21 of 51 by total, No. 35 by rate

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Where Maryland sits on the pedestrian-death map

Alabama: 2.48 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Alaska: 2.03 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Arizona: 3.30 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Arkansas: 2.23 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents California: 2.76 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Colorado: 1.88 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Connecticut: 1.66 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Delaware: 2.66 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Florida: 2.86 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Georgia: 2.56 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Hawaii: 2.42 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Idaho: 0.70 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Illinois: 1.68 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Indiana: 1.50 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Iowa: 0.93 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Kansas: 1.14 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Kentucky: 2.07 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Louisiana: 3.46 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Maine: 0.93 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Maryland: 2.43 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Massachusetts: 1.06 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Michigan: 1.48 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Minnesota: 0.98 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Mississippi: 3.53 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Missouri: 2.19 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Montana: 0.88 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Nebraska: 0.95 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Nevada: 3.31 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents New Hampshire: 0.71 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents New Jersey: 2.21 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents New Mexico: 4.22 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents New York: 1.45 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents North Carolina: 2.39 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents North Dakota: 0.63 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Ohio: 1.03 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Oklahoma: 1.88 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Oregon: 2.25 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Pennsylvania: 1.32 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Rhode Island: 1.17 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents South Carolina: 2.85 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents South Dakota: 0.97 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Tennessee: 2.19 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Texas: 2.44 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Utah: 1.20 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Vermont: 0.93 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Virginia: 1.40 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Washington: 1.91 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents West Virginia: 1.41 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Wisconsin: 0.97 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents Wyoming: 0.68 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents District of Columbia: 2.56 Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents
Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents
From federal fatal-crash records, 2024. Every figure on this map also exists as a real table on this page, never only inside the map.

Signals in the data

These are the patterns Maryland's numbers show against the national picture. Each one traces to the numbers above.

  • Maryland ranks No. 14 of 51 nationally for total pedestrian deaths in 2024, with 152 recorded.
  • Maryland ranks No. 21 of 51 nationally for total bicyclist deaths in 2024, with 11 recorded.
  • Maryland ranks No. 24 of 51 nationally for total motorcyclist deaths in 2024, with 95 recorded.

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Cite this data: "Maryland Traffic Fatality Data," injured.org, 2024. https://injured.org/maryland/

Methodology

We pulled this from federal fatal-crash records, 2000-2024. Read the full methodology →

Updated July 2026

Which years the numbers cover: totals and rates use each category's latest complete year. Which states are counted: all 50 states plus the District of Columbia (51 rows). Full source list on our data sources page.