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CITIES with highest death rates in red light running crashes per 100,000 people, 1992-98

City
Population
Deaths
Rate per 100,000


Phoenix, AZ
1,125,599
122
10.8

Memphis, TN
614,067
49
8.0

Mesa, AZ
333,756
26
7.8

Tucson, AZ
445,840
34
7.6

St. Petersburg, FL
237,480
18
7.6

Birmingham, AL
256,386
18
7.0

Dallas, TX
1,047,816
73
7.0

Albuquerque, NM
412,625
28
6.8

Louisville, KY
260,572
17
6.5

Detroit, MI
998,523
65
6.5

NOTE: cities with population more than 200,000

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STATES with highest death rates in red light running crashes per 100,000 people, 1992-98

State
Population
Deaths
Rate per 100,000

Arizona
4,280,998
305
7.1 - Almost double Nevada

Nevada
1,529,841
59
3.9

Michigan
9,655,540
355
3.7

Texas
18,677,046
663
3.5

Alabama
4,255,686
143
3.4

New Mexico
1,670,580
56
3.4

Florida
14,197,723
434
3.1

California
31,645,023
956
3.0

Delaware
717,499
21
2.9



Sources: Fatality Analysis Reporting System, U.S. Department of Transportation; population data from U.S. Census Bureau, 1997