Cochise County, Arizona: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 34 deaths in 25 fatal crashes in Cochise County in 2024.

FARS records 259 deaths in 220 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 20.6 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, Cochise County was number 9 of 15 counties of Arizona.

Deaths in Cochise County fell by 5.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (275) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (259).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 72.5% of the fatal crashes in Cochise 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 Cochise 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.Cochise County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	34	25	3
2023	30	23	3
2022	31	28	3
2021	28	22	4
2020	23	19	3
2019	26	25	8
2018	22	21	4
2017	22	19	6
2016	26	23	8
2015	17	15	4
2015 to 2024	259	220	46

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 57 (1987)2024: 34

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

Table 2.Cochise County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	34	25
2023	30	23
2022	31	28
2021	28	22
2020	23	19
2019	26	25
2018	22	21
2017	22	19
2016	26	23
2015	17	15
2014	12	9
2013	20	16
2012	22	17
2011	23	22
2010	23	19
2009	39	30
2008	33	30
2007	21	18
2006	35	33
2005	47	36
2004	53	37
2003	52	43
2002	30	29
2001	43	35
2000	57	36
1999	51	44
1998	25	23
1997	23	21
1996	34	27
1995	47	36
1994	24	21
1993	28	24
1992	24	21
1991	24	20
1990	35	28
1989	31	29
1988	25	24
1987	57	46
1986	28	27
1985	24	21
1984	21	18
1983	27	25
1982	27	20
1981	29	26
1980	35	30
1979	40	33
1978	19	18
1977	36	31
1976	28	24
1975	20	17

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.Cochise County beside Arizona and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cochise County	Arizona	United States
2024	27.2	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	20.6	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. Cochise County had 125,199 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cochise County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arizona
A driver recorded as drinkingof 220 fatal crashes	46	220 fatal crashes	20.9%	21.8%
A speeding-related driverof 220 fatal crashes	59	220 fatal crashes	26.8%	32.7%
No restraint usedof 158 occupant deaths with restraint use known	88	158 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.7%	54.7%
Pedestriansof 259 deaths	23	259 deaths	8.9%	20.9%
Bicyclistsof 259 deaths	9	259 deaths	3.5%	3.3%
Motorcyclistsof 259 deaths	38	259 deaths	14.7%	16.7%
On a rural roadof 218 fatal crashes with the condition reported	158	218 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	72.5%	31.1%
In the darkof 215 fatal crashes with the condition reported	84	215 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.1%	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.Cochise 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	3	5	8	9	25
Monday	7	5	7	5	24
Tuesday	7	12	11	8	38
Wednesday	4	3	7	7	21
Thursday	1 or 2	8	12	7	29
Friday	5	11	10	9	35
Saturday	6	5	15	19	45
All days	34	49	70	64	217

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.Cochise County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arizona
Interstate	59	27.2%	11.7%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.9%	4.6%
Other principal arterial	46	21.2%	32.0%
Minor arterial	47	21.7%	30.5%
Major collector	42	19.4%	12.8%
Minor collector	4	1.8%	2.7%
Local	17	7.8%	5.7%
Not reported	3	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.Cochise County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	112
Dark, not lighted	63
Dark, lighted	14
Dawn	8
Dusk	11
Dark, lighting unknown	7
Other or unknown	5

Table 8.Cochise County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	176
Cloudy	24
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	15

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Cochise County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cochise	In all of Arizona
Interstate 10	Interstate	64	562
State Route 80	State highway	31	32
State Route 90	State highway	21	21
State Route 92	State highway	21	21
US Route 191	US highway	9	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.Cochise 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
Cochise County: 20.6

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 Cochise 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
Pima County	Arizona	182	1,451	13.9
Santa Cruz County	Arizona	7	67	14.1
Hidalgo County	New Mexico	3	42	100.7

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 Cochise 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 Cochise in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 275 deaths in Cochise County from 2005 to 2014. It records 259 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cochise in 2024?

The rate of Cochise County in 2024 was 27.2 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 Cochise had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 46 of 220 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 Cochise?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 146 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.