Snow storms earn Nebraska 4th place

Nebraska is ranked for the fourth-highest percentage of all 50 states of road fatalities happening in severe weather conditions at 8.8 percent.

Alaska is first with 12.9 percent of road fatalities occurring in severe weather conditions followed by Wyoming in second with 12.1 percent and North Dakota in third with 8.9 percent.

Snow is Nebraska’s deadliest severe weather type, claiming eight lives on average most years.

Ramzy Ladah, a personal injury attorney in Nevada, conducted the study. For the study he counted weather conditions not recorded as clear, cloudy or rainy.

Nebraska’s death rate was three and a half times the national average of 2.5 percent.

Kansas ranked 12th with severe cross winds as the cause. Severe cross winds was also the cause in Hawaii but the state ranked 48. Iowa was in ninth place with snow. Missouri was in 25th, also attributed to snow.

Of all causes snow was the leader in 26 states. Fog, smog and smoke was the stated cause for the severe weather deaths in 20 states and severe crosswinds in four states.