Mohave County, Arizona: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 48 deaths in 45 fatal crashes in Mohave County in 2024.

FARS records 561 deaths in 490 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 26.2 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, Mohave County was number 4 of 15 counties of Arizona.

Deaths in Mohave County rose by 14.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (489) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (561).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 65.0% of the fatal crashes in Mohave 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 Mohave 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.Mohave County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	48	45	6
2023	75	66	11
2022	69	61	5
2021	70	54	10
2020	55	50	7
2019	56	50	12
2018	43	39	8
2017	43	39	14
2016	53	40	11
2015	49	46	10
2015 to 2024	561	490	94

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 75 (2023)2024: 48

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

Table 2.Mohave County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	48	45
2023	75	66
2022	69	61
2021	70	54
2020	55	50
2019	56	50
2018	43	39
2017	43	39
2016	53	40
2015	49	46
2014	29	29
2013	55	46
2012	45	34
2011	39	37
2010	48	43
2009	42	34
2008	57	49
2007	52	45
2006	61	51
2005	61	51
2004	53	42
2003	73	57
2002	61	45
2001	44	38
2000	47	43
1999	45	42
1998	57	47
1997	53	43
1996	56	47
1995	50	40
1994	47	42
1993	41	34
1992	61	44
1991	62	53
1990	58	52
1989	67	50
1988	65	49
1987	51	40
1986	68	50
1985	47	40
1984	47	41
1983	42	37
1982	36	29
1981	32	30
1980	37	33
1979	55	44
1978	66	56
1977	45	34
1976	42	32
1975	35	33

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.Mohave County beside Arizona and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Mohave County	Arizona	United States
2024	21.2	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	26.2	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. Mohave County had 226,262 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Mohave County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arizona
A driver recorded as drinkingof 490 fatal crashes	94	490 fatal crashes	19.2%	21.8%
A speeding-related driverof 490 fatal crashes	201	490 fatal crashes	41.0%	32.7%
No restraint usedof 353 occupant deaths with restraint use known	185	353 occupant deathswith restraint use known	52.4%	54.7%
Pedestriansof 561 deaths	51	561 deaths	9.1%	20.9%
Bicyclistsof 561 deaths	7	561 deaths	1.2%	3.3%
Motorcyclistsof 561 deaths	96	561 deaths	17.1%	16.7%
On a rural roadof 469 fatal crashes with the condition reported	305	469 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	65.0%	31.1%
In the darkof 473 fatal crashes with the condition reported	192	473 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.6%	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.Mohave 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	11	8	28	23	70
Monday	10	14	19	17	60
Tuesday	15	12	17	23	67
Wednesday	5	15	33	27	80
Thursday	6	15	18	17	56
Friday	7	13	24	31	75
Saturday	4	12	38	23	77
All days	58	89	177	161	485

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.Mohave County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arizona
Interstate	73	15.7%	11.7%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.4%	4.6%
Other principal arterial	214	46.1%	32.0%
Minor arterial	49	10.6%	30.5%
Major collector	52	11.2%	12.8%
Minor collector	35	7.5%	2.7%
Local	39	8.4%	5.7%
Not reported	26	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.Mohave County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	255
Dark, not lighted	148
Dark, lighted	33
Dawn	13
Dusk	13
Dark, lighting unknown	11
Other or unknown	17

Table 8.Mohave County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	410
Cloudy	35
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	29

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Mohave County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Mohave	In all of Arizona
Interstate 10	Interstate	1 or 2	562
Interstate 15	Interstate	29	29
Interstate 40	Interstate	49	253
State Route 66	State highway	24	26
State Route 68	State highway	42	43
State Route 95	State highway	83	114
US Route 60	US highway	1 or 2	303
US Route 93	US highway	81	128

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.Mohave 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
Mohave County: 26.2

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 Mohave County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Coconino County	Arizona	64	520	36.4
La Paz County	Arizona	29	185	99.0
Yavapai County	Arizona	62	528	22.3
San Bernardino County	California	350	3,509	16.1
Clark County	Nevada	293	2,285	10.1
Lincoln County	Nevada	1 or 2	37	77.2
Kane County	Utah	3	44	56.2
Washington County	Utah	17	154	8.5

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 Mohave 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 Mohave in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 489 deaths in Mohave County from 2005 to 2014. It records 561 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Mohave in 2024?

The rate of Mohave County in 2024 was 21.2 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 Mohave had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 94 of 490 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 Mohave?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 310 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.