Garfield County, Colorado: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 6 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Garfield County in 2024.

FARS records 101 deaths in 87 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Colorado in the same years is 11.4.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Garfield County was number 12 of 64 counties of Colorado.

Deaths in Garfield County fell by 3.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (105) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (101).

In the counties of Colorado the deaths rose by 29.1% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 72.1% of the fatal crashes in Garfield County with a known setting were rural, against 39.1% in Colorado.

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 Garfield 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.Garfield County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	6	6	1 or 2
2023	5	5	1 or 2
2022	15	13	6
2021	8	8	5
2020	12	10	4
2019	10	8	4
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	21	16	4
2016	10	8	6
2015	8	7	3
2015 to 2024	101	87	37

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (2017)2024: 6

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

Table 2.Garfield County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	6	6
2023	5	5
2022	15	13
2021	8	8
2020	12	10
2019	10	8
2018	6	6
2017	21	16
2016	10	8
2015	8	7
2014	8	7
2013	7	5
2012	8	7
2011	7	7
2010	12	12
2009	12	12
2008	17	14
2007	14	12
2006	10	10
2005	10	8
2004	4	4
2003	6	6
2002	13	8
2001	17	14
2000	10	7
1999	19	15
1998	15	13
1997	9	6
1996	10	10
1995	13	12
1994	5	5
1993	18	16
1992	14	10
1991	12	11
1990	11	10
1989	10	10
1988	15	12
1987	11	10
1986	13	10
1985	10	10
1984	3	3
1983	19	18
1982	15	15
1981	20	17
1980	12	12
1979	17	15
1978	12	11
1977	16	14
1976	10	9
1975	14	13

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.Garfield County beside Colorado and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Garfield County	Colorado	United States
2024	9.4	11.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.6	11.4	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. Garfield County had 63,820 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Garfield County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Colorado
A driver recorded as drinkingof 87 fatal crashes	37	87 fatal crashes	42.5%	34.1%
A speeding-related driverof 87 fatal crashes	38	87 fatal crashes	43.7%	35.4%
No restraint usedof 67 occupant deaths with restraint use known	37	67 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.2%	54.5%
Pedestriansof 101 deaths	9	101 deaths	8.9%	14.1%
Bicyclistsof 101 deaths	1 or 2	101 deaths	2.0%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 101 deaths	19	101 deaths	18.8%	19.4%
On a rural roadof 86 fatal crashes with the condition reported	62	86 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	72.1%	39.1%
In the darkof 87 fatal crashes with the condition reported	40	87 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.0%	45.1%

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.Garfield 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	0	5	3	12
Monday	4	3	8	6	21
Tuesday	0	0	4	1 or 2	6
Wednesday	0	4	4	3	11
Thursday	0	1 or 2	4	6	12
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	9
Saturday	4	1 or 2	4	6	16
All days	14	13	31	29	87

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.Garfield County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Colorado
Interstate	42	48.8%	14.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	4.6%
Other principal arterial	18	20.9%	39.3%
Minor arterial	5	5.8%	19.3%
Major collector	12	14.0%	10.2%
Minor collector	3	3.5%	2.8%
Local	6	7.0%	8.9%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Garfield County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	42
Dark, not lighted	33
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	4
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Garfield County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	38
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	41

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Garfield County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Garfield	In all of Colorado
Interstate 70	Interstate	42	313
State Route 13	State highway	7	22
State Route 82	State highway	10	21
US Route 6	US highway	6	109

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 Colorado

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Garfield County on the county map of Colorado

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 108 counties
10 to 14.99 counties
15 to 19.917 counties
20 to 29.912 counties
30 or more18 counties
Garfield County: 16.6

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 Colorado

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Garfield County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Eagle County	Colorado	8	51	9.3
Mesa County	Colorado	17	181	11.7
Pitkin County	Colorado	1 or 2	18	10.3
Rio Blanco County	Colorado	3	18	27.7
Routt County	Colorado	4	41	16.3
Grand County	Utah	10	67	69.2
Uintah County	Utah	9	53	14.5

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Colorado have a population nearest to that of Garfield 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.
Colorado Office of Transportation SafetyThe highway safety office of Colorado.

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 Garfield in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 105 deaths in Garfield County from 2005 to 2014. It records 101 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Garfield in 2024?

The rate of Garfield County in 2024 was 9.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Colorado was 11.5. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Garfield had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 37 of 87 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 Garfield?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 65 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.