La Paz County, Arizona: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 29 deaths in 20 fatal crashes in La Paz County in 2024.

FARS records 185 deaths in 152 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 99.0 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, La Paz County was number 12 of 15 counties of Arizona.

Deaths in La Paz County fell by 10.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (206) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (185).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 97.9% of the fatal crashes in La Paz 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 La Paz 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.La Paz County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	29	20	1 or 2
2023	22	17	5
2022	8	8	1 or 2
2021	18	16	3
2020	17	16	3
2019	17	13	1 or 2
2018	19	14	3
2017	18	15	0
2016	18	15	1 or 2
2015	19	18	3
2015 to 2024	185	152	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 42 (2003)2024: 29

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

Table 2.La Paz County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	29	20
2023	22	17
2022	8	8
2021	18	16
2020	17	16
2019	17	13
2018	19	14
2017	18	15
2016	18	15
2015	19	18
2014	11	10
2013	13	11
2012	18	17
2011	28	21
2010	7	7
2009	18	15
2008	20	17
2007	29	23
2006	27	24
2005	35	30
2004	28	22
2003	42	33
2002	26	21
2001	23	20
2000	25	18
1999	12	11
1998	33	24
1997	19	18
1996	19	16
1995	18	16
1994	18	15
1993	20	15
1992	19	17
1991	25	20
1990	17	13
1989	23	20
1988	16	15
1987	16	12
1986	25	19
1985	18	15
1984	16	12
1983	17	17
1982	0	0
1981	0	0
1980	0	0
1979	0	0
1978	0	0
1977	0	0
1976	0	0
1975	0	0

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.La Paz County beside Arizona and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	La Paz County	Arizona	United States
2024	174.0	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	99.0	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. La Paz County had 16,670 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.La Paz County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arizona
A driver recorded as drinkingof 152 fatal crashes	22	152 fatal crashes	14.5%	21.8%
A speeding-related driverof 152 fatal crashes	56	152 fatal crashes	36.8%	32.7%
No restraint usedof 110 occupant deaths with restraint use known	42	110 occupant deathswith restraint use known	38.2%	54.7%
Pedestriansof 185 deaths	13	185 deaths	7.0%	20.9%
Bicyclistsof 185 deaths	3	185 deaths	1.6%	3.3%
Motorcyclistsof 185 deaths	15	185 deaths	8.1%	16.7%
On a rural roadof 141 fatal crashes with the condition reported	138	141 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	97.9%	31.1%
In the darkof 139 fatal crashes with the condition reported	64	139 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.0%	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.La Paz 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	4	6	7	1 or 2	18
Monday	5	1 or 2	6	4	17
Tuesday	1 or 2	6	3	7	17
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	11	3	19
Thursday	3	6	3	4	16
Friday	5	4	5	15	29
Saturday	5	4	9	9	27
All days	26	30	44	43	143

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.La Paz County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arizona
Interstate	52	37.1%	11.7%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	4.6%
Other principal arterial	41	29.3%	32.0%
Minor arterial	17	12.1%	30.5%
Major collector	21	15.0%	12.8%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.7%	2.7%
Local	8	5.7%	5.7%
Not reported	12	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.La Paz County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	65
Dark, not lighted	54
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	6
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	13

Table 8.La Paz County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	117
Cloudy	8
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	21

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in La Paz County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In La Paz	In all of Arizona
Interstate 10	Interstate	57	562
State Route 95	State highway	29	114
US Route 60	US highway	14	303
US Route 95	US highway	7	45

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.La Paz 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
La Paz County: 99.0

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 La Paz County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Maricopa County	Arizona	596	5,330	12.0
Mohave County	Arizona	48	561	26.2
Yavapai County	Arizona	62	528	22.3
Yuma County	Arizona	24	253	12.0
Imperial County	California	26	323	17.9
Riverside County	California	289	3,065	12.5
San Bernardino County	California	350	3,509	16.1

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 La Paz 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 La Paz in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 206 deaths in La Paz County from 2005 to 2014. It records 185 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of La Paz in 2024?

The rate of La Paz County in 2024 was 174.0 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 La Paz had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 152 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 La Paz?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 107 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.