Table 3.

Laws, fatalities, and incidence rate of fatal collision by race and region^a

Characteristic	Sub-group and ban	Fatalities (N)	Crude 15-year rate (per 100,000 driver-quarter- years)
Race/ethnicity	White non-Hispanic
	No ban	98,043	1.5
	Hand held ban only	1,256	0.3
	Texting ban only	17,115	1.1
	Both bans in effect	6,696	0.7
	White Hispanic
	No ban	11,201	1.0
	Hand held ban only	167	0.2
	Texting ban only	796	0.6
	Both bans in effect	1,370	0.4
	Black non-Hispanic
	No ban	14,925	1.3
	Hand held ban only	115	0.1
	Texting ban only	2,519	0.9
	Both bans in effect	735	0.4
	Other
	No ban	5,029	0.8
	Hand held ban only	115	0.2
	Texting ban only	645	0.5
	Both bans in effect	713	0.3
Location	Urban
	No ban	52,825	0.6
	Hand-held ban	2,428	0.5
	Texting ban	9,228	0.5
	Both bans in effect	5,178	0.4
	Rural
	No ban	96,442	1.1
	Hand-held ban	2,186	0.4
	Texting ban	16,184	0.9
	Both bans in effect	5,077	0.4