Apache County, Arizona: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 29 deaths in 27 fatal crashes in Apache County in 2024.

FARS records 318 deaths in 276 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 46.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Arizona in the same years is 15.2.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Apache County was number 8 of 15 counties of Arizona.

Deaths in Apache County fell by 15.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (376) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (318).

In the counties of Arizona the deaths rose by 17.4% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 98.4% of the fatal crashes in Apache County with a known setting were rural, against 31.1% in Arizona.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Apache County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Apache County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	29	27	10
2023	23	21	3
2022	26	23	1 or 2
2021	25	23	5
2020	23	23	1 or 2
2019	34	27	8
2018	27	24	4
2017	47	39	7
2016	35	29	10
2015	49	40	15
2015 to 2024	318	276	66

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Apache County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 54 (2004)2024: 29

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Apache County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	29	27
2023	23	21
2022	26	23
2021	25	23
2020	23	23
2019	34	27
2018	27	24
2017	47	39
2016	35	29
2015	49	40
2014	26	25
2013	28	24
2012	49	40
2011	44	41
2010	36	31
2009	33	31
2008	45	39
2007	50	45
2006	33	30
2005	32	25
2004	54	44
2003	48	40
2002	45	39
2001	51	45
2000	48	35
1999	46	36
1998	39	35
1997	33	28
1996	41	36
1995	30	27
1994	36	30
1993	42	32
1992	39	34
1991	53	48
1990	40	33
1989	38	35
1988	45	39
1987	48	44
1986	44	36
1985	37	33
1984	24	22
1983	28	24
1982	38	34
1981	37	31
1980	40	38
1979	45	34
1978	48	41
1977	39	32
1976	46	41
1975	34	32

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Apache County beside Arizona and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Apache County	Arizona	United States
2024	44.8	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	46.5	15.2	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Apache County had 64,695 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Apache County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arizona
A driver recorded as drinkingof 276 fatal crashes	66	276 fatal crashes	23.9%	21.8%
A speeding-related driverof 276 fatal crashes	60	276 fatal crashes	21.7%	32.7%
No restraint usedof 154 occupant deaths with restraint use known	98	154 occupant deathswith restraint use known	63.6%	54.7%
Pedestriansof 318 deaths	46	318 deaths	14.5%	20.9%
Bicyclistsof 318 deaths	0	318 deaths	0.0%	3.3%
Motorcyclistsof 318 deaths	12	318 deaths	3.8%	16.7%
On a rural roadof 258 fatal crashes with the condition reported	254	258 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	98.4%	31.1%
In the darkof 224 fatal crashes with the condition reported	108	224 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.2%	50.0%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Apache County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	10	8	13	9	40
Monday	5	6	9	9	29
Tuesday	4	9	8	7	28
Wednesday	6	6	12	11	35
Thursday	7	3	7	12	29
Friday	7	5	19	22	53
Saturday	9	11	16	14	50
All days	48	48	84	84	264

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Apache County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arizona
Interstate	35	13.9%	11.7%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.4%	4.6%
Other principal arterial	31	12.4%	32.0%
Minor arterial	52	20.7%	30.5%
Major collector	90	35.9%	12.8%
Minor collector	15	6.0%	2.7%
Local	27	10.8%	5.7%
Not reported	25	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Apache County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	113
Dark, not lighted	64
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	39
Other or unknown	52

Table 8.Apache County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	122
Cloudy	28
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	117

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Apache County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Apache	In all of Arizona
Interstate 40	Interstate	35	253
State Route 260	State highway	4	101
State Route 264	State highway	16	34
US Route 60	US highway	11	303
US Route 160	US highway	19	64
US Route 180	US highway	10	22
US Route 191	US highway	58	85

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Arizona

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Apache County on the county map of Arizona

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 100 counties
10 to 14.95 counties
15 to 19.91 county
20 to 29.94 counties
30 or more5 counties
Apache County: 46.5

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Arizona

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Apache County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Graham County	Arizona	15	97	25.1
Greenlee County	Arizona	1 or 2	14	14.8
Navajo County	Arizona	35	410	37.7
Catron County	New Mexico	1 or 2	15	41.3
Cibola County	New Mexico	6	141	52.5
McKinley County	New Mexico	17	278	39.0
San Juan County	New Mexico	20	285	23.0
San Juan County	Utah	7	82	55.2

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Arizona have a population nearest to that of Apache County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Governors Highway Safety Association: State Highway Safety OfficesThe list of the highway safety offices of the states.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Apache in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 376 deaths in Apache County from 2005 to 2014. It records 318 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Apache in 2024?

The rate of Apache County in 2024 was 44.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Arizona was 16.3. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Apache had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 66 of 276 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Apache?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 153 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.