Weld County, Colorado: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 67 deaths in 62 fatal crashes in Weld County in 2024.

FARS records 569 deaths in 508 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, Weld County was number 4 of 64 counties of Colorado.

Deaths in Weld County rose by 35.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (421) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (569).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 60.0% of the fatal crashes in Weld 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 Weld 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.Weld County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	67	62	25
2023	58	57	21
2022	53	44	15
2021	46	39	18
2020	54	46	19
2019	52	45	12
2018	63	55	14
2017	66	61	14
2016	55	53	16
2015	55	46	17
2015 to 2024	569	508	171

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 89 (2004)2024: 67

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

Table 2.Weld County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	67	62
2023	58	57
2022	53	44
2021	46	39
2020	54	46
2019	52	45
2018	63	55
2017	66	61
2016	55	53
2015	55	46
2014	55	49
2013	35	30
2012	39	35
2011	36	34
2010	41	36
2009	39	35
2008	45	35
2007	47	44
2006	38	36
2005	46	43
2004	89	72
2003	54	51
2002	59	52
2001	69	59
2000	40	36
1999	44	42
1998	58	44
1997	42	36
1996	47	38
1995	46	40
1994	50	42
1993	50	41
1992	36	30
1991	51	46
1990	38	33
1989	25	24
1988	30	27
1987	30	25
1986	33	28
1985	34	31
1984	40	35
1983	33	29
1982	40	37
1981	52	42
1980	40	37
1979	31	30
1978	39	36
1977	36	33
1976	34	28
1975	26	21

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.Weld County beside Colorado and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Weld County	Colorado	United States
2024	18.0	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. Weld County had 371,280 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Weld County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Colorado
A driver recorded as drinkingof 508 fatal crashes	171	508 fatal crashes	33.7%	34.1%
A speeding-related driverof 508 fatal crashes	144	508 fatal crashes	28.3%	35.4%
No restraint usedof 435 occupant deaths with restraint use known	239	435 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.9%	54.5%
Pedestriansof 569 deaths	33	569 deaths	5.8%	14.1%
Bicyclistsof 569 deaths	6	569 deaths	1.1%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 569 deaths	72	569 deaths	12.7%	19.4%
On a rural roadof 508 fatal crashes with the condition reported	305	508 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.0%	39.1%
In the darkof 508 fatal crashes with the condition reported	207	508 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.7%	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.Weld 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	25	9	26	23	83
Monday	8	26	20	13	67
Tuesday	11	14	24	12	61
Wednesday	11	18	19	28	76
Thursday	9	20	21	18	68
Friday	9	17	19	12	57
Saturday	25	13	27	31	96
All days	98	117	156	137	508

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.Weld County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Colorado
Interstate	66	13.0%	14.9%
Other freeways and expressways	55	10.8%	4.6%
Other principal arterial	151	29.7%	39.3%
Minor arterial	58	11.4%	19.3%
Major collector	102	20.1%	10.2%
Minor collector	21	4.1%	2.8%
Local	55	10.8%	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.Weld County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	275
Dark, not lighted	169
Dark, lighted	38
Dawn	18
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Weld County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	238
Cloudy	10
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	15
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	224

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Weld County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Weld	In all of Colorado
Interstate 25	Interstate	30	382
Interstate 76	Interstate	30	130
State Route 14	State highway	19	48
State Route 52	State highway	20	26
State Route 66	State highway	11	24
State Route 71	State highway	4	23
State Route 119	State highway	10	41
State Route 392	State highway	24	27
US Route 34	US highway	63	104
US Route 85	US highway	80	146

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.Weld 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
Weld 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 Weld County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Adams County	Colorado	84	635	12.3
Boulder County	Colorado	23	255	7.8
Broomfield County	Colorado	4	35	4.9
Larimer County	Colorado	35	352	9.9
Logan County	Colorado	3	55	25.4
Morgan County	Colorado	10	78	26.9
Kimball County	Nebraska	5	25	71.7
Laramie County	Wyoming	16	138	13.8

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 Weld 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 Weld in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 421 deaths in Weld County from 2005 to 2014. It records 569 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Weld in 2024?

The rate of Weld County in 2024 was 18.0 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 Weld had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 171 of 508 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 Weld?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 291 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.