Key TakeawaysDeadliest: Texas ranks first with 9.74 fatal work zone crashes per million licensed drivers, followed by Oklahoma (8.00) and Wyoming (6.42). Texas alone accounts for 22.3% of all fatal work zone crashes nationwide despite holding only 8.0% of the nation’s licensed drivers. Annual Fatal Work Zone Crashes Avg. Fatal Work Zone Crashes Declined 13% From Their 2021 PeakYear Total Fatal Work Zone Crashes (50 States) Change From Prior Year 2020 779 N/A 2021 878 +12.7% 2022 832 (-5.2%) 2023 822 (-1.2%) 2024 763 (-7.2%)Fatal work zone crashes peaked at 878 in 2021 before declining 13.1% to 763 in 2024, though totals remain above 750 in every year studied. For each state, the five-year average annual number of fatal work zone crashes was divided by the five-year average annual number of licensed drivers and multiplied by one million to produce the primary metric: average annual fatal work zone crashes per million licensed drivers.