Pueblo County, Colorado: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 25 deaths in 21 fatal crashes in Pueblo County in 2024.

FARS records 290 deaths in 266 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.3 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, Pueblo County was number 8 of 64 counties of Colorado.

Deaths in Pueblo County rose by 41.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (205) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (290).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 25.9% of the fatal crashes in Pueblo 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 Pueblo 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.Pueblo County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	25	21	1 or 2
2023	40	35	8
2022	40	34	19
2021	34	32	17
2020	24	24	9
2019	25	23	5
2018	36	34	14
2017	34	33	11
2016	20	18	7
2015	12	12	7
2015 to 2024	290	266	99

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 44 (1993)2024: 25

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

Table 2.Pueblo County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	25	21
2023	40	35
2022	40	34
2021	34	32
2020	24	24
2019	25	23
2018	36	34
2017	34	33
2016	20	18
2015	12	12
2014	19	18
2013	14	13
2012	26	23
2011	24	23
2010	20	19
2009	22	22
2008	26	21
2007	23	22
2006	15	15
2005	16	15
2004	27	23
2003	28	25
2002	36	34
2001	28	22
2000	20	18
1999	31	29
1998	29	27
1997	31	25
1996	32	31
1995	36	29
1994	29	27
1993	44	38
1992	24	21
1991	20	19
1990	27	26
1989	22	22
1988	26	26
1987	31	27
1986	23	20
1985	32	30
1984	34	33
1983	24	22
1982	39	32
1981	24	23
1980	33	29
1979	31	27
1978	21	18
1977	29	27
1976	22	22
1975	25	23

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.Pueblo County beside Colorado and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Pueblo County	Colorado	United States
2024	14.7	11.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.3	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. Pueblo County had 170,162 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Pueblo County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Colorado
A driver recorded as drinkingof 266 fatal crashes	99	266 fatal crashes	37.2%	34.1%
A speeding-related driverof 266 fatal crashes	99	266 fatal crashes	37.2%	35.4%
No restraint usedof 166 occupant deaths with restraint use known	108	166 occupant deathswith restraint use known	65.1%	54.5%
Pedestriansof 290 deaths	48	290 deaths	16.6%	14.1%
Bicyclistsof 290 deaths	1 or 2	290 deaths	0.7%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 290 deaths	62	290 deaths	21.4%	19.4%
On a rural roadof 266 fatal crashes with the condition reported	69	266 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	25.9%	39.1%
In the darkof 266 fatal crashes with the condition reported	134	266 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.4%	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.Pueblo 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	7	5	9	17	38
Monday	9	10	5	11	35
Tuesday	4	5	10	8	27
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	12	15	32
Thursday	4	3	13	17	37
Friday	9	8	10	20	47
Saturday	9	11	12	18	50
All days	44	45	71	106	266

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.Pueblo County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Colorado
Interstate	67	25.2%	14.9%
Other freeways and expressways	16	6.0%	4.6%
Other principal arterial	82	30.8%	39.3%
Minor arterial	67	25.2%	19.3%
Major collector	15	5.6%	10.2%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.8%	2.8%
Local	17	6.4%	8.9%
Not reported	0	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.Pueblo County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	118
Dark, not lighted	66
Dark, lighted	68
Dawn	7
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Pueblo County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	127
Cloudy	5
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	118

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Pueblo County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Pueblo	In all of Colorado
Interstate 25	Interstate	65	382
Interstate 70	Interstate	1 or 2	313
State Route 45	State highway	20	20
State Route 96	State highway	22	38
US Route 50	US highway	59	169

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.Pueblo 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
Pueblo County: 17.3

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 Colorado

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Pueblo County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Crowley County	Colorado	0	10	17.6
Custer County	Colorado	1 or 2	17	33.8
El Paso County	Colorado	78	721	10.0
Fremont County	Colorado	11	77	15.9
Huerfano County	Colorado	1 or 2	36	52.7
Las Animas County	Colorado	1 or 2	34	23.7
Lincoln County	Colorado	6	39	70.1
Otero County	Colorado	4	31	17.0

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 Pueblo 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.

Cite this page

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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 Pueblo in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 205 deaths in Pueblo County from 2005 to 2014. It records 290 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Pueblo in 2024?

The rate of Pueblo County in 2024 was 14.7 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 Pueblo had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 99 of 266 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 Pueblo?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 167 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.