Yuma County, Arizona: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 24 deaths in 22 fatal crashes in Yuma County in 2024.

FARS records 253 deaths in 238 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.0 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, Yuma County was number 10 of 15 counties of Arizona.

Deaths in Yuma County fell by 7.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (274) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (253).

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

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 13.0% of the deaths in Yuma County and 20.9% 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 Yuma 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.Yuma County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	24	22	4
2023	28	26	5
2022	25	25	3
2021	28	26	4
2020	30	29	3
2019	28	26	5
2018	30	28	7
2017	26	25	6
2016	18	16	4
2015	16	15	5
2015 to 2024	253	238	46

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 75 (1978)2024: 24

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

Table 2.Yuma County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	24	22
2023	28	26
2022	25	25
2021	28	26
2020	30	29
2019	28	26
2018	30	28
2017	26	25
2016	18	16
2015	16	15
2014	33	28
2013	24	22
2012	24	22
2011	22	20
2010	15	14
2009	25	24
2008	26	24
2007	31	28
2006	37	26
2005	37	31
2004	27	23
2003	24	22
2002	40	34
2001	22	21
2000	29	26
1999	28	26
1998	31	23
1997	26	23
1996	29	22
1995	26	24
1994	19	19
1993	19	19
1992	30	20
1991	37	32
1990	28	23
1989	32	27
1988	34	29
1987	31	25
1986	27	27
1985	26	24
1984	15	14
1983	18	15
1982	36	31
1981	48	44
1980	36	32
1979	48	42
1978	75	63
1977	57	44
1976	41	34
1975	36	31

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.Yuma County beside Arizona and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Yuma County	Arizona	United States
2024	10.8	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.0	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. Yuma County had 221,388 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Yuma County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arizona
A driver recorded as drinkingof 238 fatal crashes	46	238 fatal crashes	19.3%	21.8%
A speeding-related driverof 238 fatal crashes	78	238 fatal crashes	32.8%	32.7%
No restraint usedof 148 occupant deaths with restraint use known	87	148 occupant deathswith restraint use known	58.8%	54.7%
Pedestriansof 253 deaths	33	253 deaths	13.0%	20.9%
Bicyclistsof 253 deaths	5	253 deaths	2.0%	3.3%
Motorcyclistsof 253 deaths	39	253 deaths	15.4%	16.7%
On a rural roadof 233 fatal crashes with the condition reported	89	233 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.2%	31.1%
In the darkof 230 fatal crashes with the condition reported	112	230 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.7%	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.Yuma 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	10	11	4	9	34
Monday	3	7	9	9	28
Tuesday	7	8	7	6	28
Wednesday	8	4	6	10	28
Thursday	1 or 2	11	11	8	32
Friday	10	8	13	16	47
Saturday	7	6	8	13	34
All days	47	55	58	71	231

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.Yuma County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arizona
Interstate	37	16.0%	11.7%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.4%	4.6%
Other principal arterial	57	24.7%	32.0%
Minor arterial	53	22.9%	30.5%
Major collector	49	21.2%	12.8%
Minor collector	12	5.2%	2.7%
Local	22	9.5%	5.7%
Not reported	7	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.Yuma County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	101
Dark, not lighted	72
Dark, lighted	37
Dawn	7
Dusk	10
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	8

Table 8.Yuma County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	209
Cloudy	9
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	16

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Yuma County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Yuma	In all of Arizona
Interstate 8	Interstate	39	79
State Route 95	State highway	1 or 2	114
US Route 95	US highway	38	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.Yuma 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
Yuma County: 12.0

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 Yuma County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
La Paz County	Arizona	29	185	99.0
Maricopa County	Arizona	596	5,330	12.0
Pima County	Arizona	182	1,451	13.9
Imperial County	California	26	323	17.9

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 Yuma 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 Yuma in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 274 deaths in Yuma County from 2005 to 2014. It records 253 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Yuma in 2024?

The rate of Yuma County in 2024 was 10.8 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 Yuma had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 46 of 238 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 Yuma?

FARS records 39 fatal crashes on Interstate 8 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 95 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 38 fatal crashes on US Route 95 in the county from 2015 to 2024.