Graham County, Arizona: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Graham County in 2024.

FARS records 97 deaths in 77 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 25.1 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, Graham County was number 13 of 15 counties of Arizona.

Deaths in Graham County rose by 38.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (70) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (97).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 72.0% of the fatal crashes in Graham 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 Graham 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.Graham County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	11	3
2023	11	6	1 or 2
2022	4	4	0
2021	20	16	5
2020	14	9	3
2019	7	7	1 or 2
2018	6	6	0
2017	8	8	1 or 2
2016	5	4	4
2015	7	6	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	97	77	21

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (2021)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Graham County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	11
2023	11	6
2022	4	4
2021	20	16
2020	14	9
2019	7	7
2018	6	6
2017	8	8
2016	5	4
2015	7	6
2014	10	7
2013	1 or 2	1 or 2
2012	1 or 2	1 or 2
2011	7	6
2010	5	5
2009	10	8
2008	8	6
2007	8	8
2006	10	7
2005	8	8
2004	9	9
2003	17	14
2002	7	4
2001	10	9
2000	14	9
1999	9	8
1998	12	10
1997	11	11
1996	7	5
1995	9	9
1994	6	6
1993	9	6
1992	5	4
1991	16	11
1990	6	5
1989	5	4
1988	10	8
1987	4	4
1986	9	8
1985	5	5
1984	4	3
1983	6	6
1982	7	6
1981	8	6
1980	10	9
1979	4	4
1978	10	9
1977	16	12
1976	3	3
1975	15	11

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.Graham County beside Arizona and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Graham County	Arizona	United States
2024	37.3	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	25.1	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. Graham County had 40,239 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Graham County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arizona
A driver recorded as drinkingof 77 fatal crashes	21	77 fatal crashes	27.3%	21.8%
A speeding-related driverof 77 fatal crashes	23	77 fatal crashes	29.9%	32.7%
No restraint usedof 52 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	52 occupant deathswith restraint use known	61.5%	54.7%
Pedestriansof 97 deaths	14	97 deaths	14.4%	20.9%
Bicyclistsof 97 deaths	1 or 2	97 deaths	2.1%	3.3%
Motorcyclistsof 97 deaths	7	97 deaths	7.2%	16.7%
On a rural roadof 75 fatal crashes with the condition reported	54	75 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	72.0%	31.1%
In the darkof 71 fatal crashes with the condition reported	36	71 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.7%	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.Graham 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	4	1 or 2	3	11
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	1 or 2	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	4	1 or 2	11
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	7
Thursday	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	9	16
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6
Saturday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	11
All days	15	17	17	26	75

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.Graham County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arizona
Interstate	0	0.0%	11.7%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	4.6%
Other principal arterial	3	4.2%	32.0%
Minor arterial	47	65.3%	30.5%
Major collector	13	18.1%	12.8%
Minor collector	3	4.2%	2.7%
Local	6	8.3%	5.7%
Not reported	5	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.Graham County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	28
Dark, not lighted	20
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	5
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	12
Other or unknown	6

Table 8.Graham County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	47
Cloudy	5
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	23

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Graham County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Graham	In all of Arizona
US Route 70	US highway	36	63
US Route 191	US highway	12	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.Graham 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
Graham County: 25.1

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 Graham County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Apache County	Arizona	29	318	46.5
Cochise County	Arizona	34	259	20.6
Gila County	Arizona	9	219	40.8
Greenlee County	Arizona	1 or 2	14	14.8
Navajo County	Arizona	35	410	37.7
Pima County	Arizona	182	1,451	13.9
Pinal County	Arizona	91	713	15.8

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 Graham 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Graham County, Arizona: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/az/graham/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

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

FARS records 70 deaths in Graham County from 2005 to 2014. It records 97 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Graham in 2024?

The rate of Graham County in 2024 was 37.3 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 Graham had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 21 of 77 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 Graham?

FARS records 36 fatal crashes on US Route 70 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 12 fatal crashes on US Route 191 in the county from 2015 to 2024.