Yavapai County, Arizona: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 62 deaths in 56 fatal crashes in Yavapai County in 2024.

FARS records 528 deaths in 467 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 22.3 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, Yavapai County was number 5 of 15 counties of Arizona.

Deaths in Yavapai County rose by 3.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (510) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (528).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 73.8% of the fatal crashes in Yavapai 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 Yavapai 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.Yavapai County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	62	56	11
2023	47	42	5
2022	59	51	6
2021	57	49	7
2020	63	54	7
2019	55	51	12
2018	42	38	6
2017	55	51	10
2016	41	35	4
2015	47	40	11
2015 to 2024	528	467	79

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 79 (2004)2024: 62

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

Table 2.Yavapai County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	62	56
2023	47	42
2022	59	51
2021	57	49
2020	63	54
2019	55	51
2018	42	38
2017	55	51
2016	41	35
2015	47	40
2014	42	36
2013	41	34
2012	39	36
2011	53	46
2010	44	38
2009	46	42
2008	41	40
2007	59	55
2006	72	62
2005	73	59
2004	79	64
2003	73	65
2002	57	53
2001	53	45
2000	63	54
1999	58	44
1998	59	53
1997	53	45
1996	43	38
1995	38	34
1994	39	36
1993	38	32
1992	36	29
1991	35	33
1990	36	34
1989	36	31
1988	48	42
1987	52	41
1986	35	32
1985	51	37
1984	37	35
1983	27	24
1982	41	34
1981	36	31
1980	30	26
1979	31	28
1978	40	34
1977	38	31
1976	33	24
1975	30	28

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.Yavapai County beside Arizona and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Yavapai County	Arizona	United States
2024	24.7	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	22.3	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. Yavapai County had 251,196 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Yavapai County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arizona
A driver recorded as drinkingof 467 fatal crashes	79	467 fatal crashes	16.9%	21.8%
A speeding-related driverof 467 fatal crashes	173	467 fatal crashes	37.0%	32.7%
No restraint usedof 333 occupant deaths with restraint use known	149	333 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.7%	54.7%
Pedestriansof 528 deaths	36	528 deaths	6.8%	20.9%
Bicyclistsof 528 deaths	7	528 deaths	1.3%	3.3%
Motorcyclistsof 528 deaths	105	528 deaths	19.9%	16.7%
On a rural roadof 451 fatal crashes with the condition reported	333	451 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	73.8%	31.1%
In the darkof 457 fatal crashes with the condition reported	140	457 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	30.6%	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.Yavapai 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	6	14	31	15	66
Monday	4	9	20	9	42
Tuesday	8	17	24	17	66
Wednesday	9	10	27	17	63
Thursday	9	18	21	8	56
Friday	9	19	33	19	80
Saturday	11	16	40	21	88
All days	56	103	196	106	461

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.Yavapai County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arizona
Interstate	95	21.3%	11.7%
Other freeways and expressways	9	2.0%	4.6%
Other principal arterial	135	30.3%	32.0%
Minor arterial	88	19.7%	30.5%
Major collector	77	17.3%	12.8%
Minor collector	15	3.4%	2.7%
Local	27	6.1%	5.7%
Not reported	21	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.Yavapai County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	291
Dark, not lighted	120
Dark, lighted	15
Dawn	8
Dusk	18
Dark, lighting unknown	5
Other or unknown	10

Table 8.Yavapai County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	368
Cloudy	61
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	20

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Yavapai County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Yavapai	In all of Arizona
Interstate 10	Interstate	1 or 2	562
Interstate 17	Interstate	78	238
Interstate 40	Interstate	28	253
State Route 69	State highway	38	38
State Route 80	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 89	State highway	68	73
State Route 89A	State highway	27	35
State Route 95	State highway	1 or 2	114
State Route 260	State highway	23	101
US Route 93	US highway	46	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.Yavapai 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
Yavapai County: 22.3

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 Yavapai County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Coconino County	Arizona	64	520	36.4
Gila County	Arizona	9	219	40.8
La Paz County	Arizona	29	185	99.0
Maricopa County	Arizona	596	5,330	12.0
Mohave County	Arizona	48	561	26.2

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 Yavapai 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 Yavapai in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 510 deaths in Yavapai County from 2005 to 2014. It records 528 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Yavapai in 2024?

The rate of Yavapai County in 2024 was 24.7 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 Yavapai had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 79 of 467 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 Yavapai?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 311 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.