Study: Roads are Safer in Urban Areas

This certainly seems to be true in Connecticut. A disproportionate number of fatalities come from less-urban SE Connecticut: USA Today.

The article reports that in 2009, 223 people died in car crashes in Connecticut, giving the state the 3rd lowest rate of deaths per capita (after Massachusetts and New York). Wyoming lost 25 people per 100,000, giving it the highest vehicle fatality rate in the country.