Doña Ana County, New Mexico: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 23 deaths in 20 fatal crashes in Doña Ana County in 2024.

FARS records 237 deaths in 216 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of New Mexico in the same years is 19.4.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Doña Ana County was number 4 of 33 counties of New Mexico.

Deaths in Doña Ana County rose by 5.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (225) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (237).

In the counties of New Mexico the deaths rose by 5.8% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 35.8% of the fatal crashes in Doña Ana County with a known setting were rural, against 54.5% in New Mexico.

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 Doña Ana 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.Doña Ana County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	23	20	5
2023	32	30	6
2022	29	26	3
2021	16	15	6
2020	20	18	7
2019	31	26	5
2018	15	15	4
2017	29	28	6
2016	24	21	4
2015	18	17	4
2015 to 2024	237	216	50

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 44 (2004)2024: 23

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

Table 2.Doña Ana County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	23	20
2023	32	30
2022	29	26
2021	16	15
2020	20	18
2019	31	26
2018	15	15
2017	29	28
2016	24	21
2015	18	17
2014	19	18
2013	14	14
2012	26	21
2011	17	13
2010	27	26
2009	29	24
2008	12	12
2007	25	24
2006	34	32
2005	22	21
2004	44	32
2003	29	26
2002	32	27
2001	18	18
2000	22	22
1999	21	17
1998	33	27
1997	40	36
1996	23	21
1995	34	31
1994	33	28
1993	21	20
1992	38	33
1991	38	35
1990	32	30
1989	31	29
1988	40	37
1987	29	25
1986	32	29
1985	28	26
1984	29	27
1983	32	29
1982	25	23
1981	37	30
1980	30	26
1979	37	33
1978	28	26
1977	33	30
1976	28	24
1975	19	15

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.Doña Ana County beside New Mexico and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Doña Ana County	New Mexico	United States
2024	10.1	19.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.8	19.4	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. Doña Ana County had 228,104 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Doña Ana County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Mexico
A driver recorded as drinkingof 216 fatal crashes	50	216 fatal crashes	23.1%	26.4%
A speeding-related driverof 216 fatal crashes	75	216 fatal crashes	34.7%	35.9%
No restraint usedof 122 occupant deaths with restraint use known	72	122 occupant deathswith restraint use known	59.0%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 237 deaths	50	237 deaths	21.1%	20.5%
Bicyclistsof 237 deaths	10	237 deaths	4.2%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 237 deaths	37	237 deaths	15.6%	12.2%
On a rural roadof 215 fatal crashes with the condition reported	77	215 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	35.8%	54.5%
In the darkof 215 fatal crashes with the condition reported	118	215 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.9%	49.6%

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.Doña Ana 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	4	9	11	30
Monday	1 or 2	7	9	11	29
Tuesday	3	5	5	8	21
Wednesday	5	6	3	8	22
Thursday	1 or 2	7	12	10	30
Friday	6	7	8	13	34
Saturday	15	11	10	14	50
All days	38	47	56	75	216

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.Doña Ana County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Mexico
Interstate	47	21.9%	21.6%
Other freeways and expressways	8	3.7%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	48	22.3%	37.4%
Minor arterial	43	20.0%	14.8%
Major collector	34	15.8%	12.4%
Minor collector	11	5.1%	3.2%
Local	24	11.2%	9.7%
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.Doña Ana County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	93
Dark, not lighted	76
Dark, lighted	41
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Doña Ana County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	205
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Doña Ana County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Doña Ana	In all of New Mexico
Interstate 10	Interstate	22	95
Interstate 25	Interstate	24	314
Interstate 40	Interstate	1 or 2	374
US Route 70	US highway	15	74

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 New Mexico

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Doña Ana County on the county map of New Mexico

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

Fewer than 101 county
10 to 14.96 counties
15 to 19.92 counties
20 to 29.910 counties
30 or more14 counties
Doña Ana County: 10.8

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 New Mexico

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Doña Ana County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Luna County	New Mexico	3	95	38.3
Otero County	New Mexico	11	95	14.0
Sierra County	New Mexico	4	37	32.8
El Paso County	Texas	81	816	9.6

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of New Mexico have a population nearest to that of Doña Ana 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.
New Mexico Traffic Safety DivisionThe highway safety office of New Mexico.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Doña Ana County, New Mexico: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/nm/dona-ana/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

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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 Doña Ana in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 225 deaths in Doña Ana County from 2005 to 2014. It records 237 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Doña Ana in 2024?

The rate of Doña Ana County in 2024 was 10.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of New Mexico was 19.2. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 50 of 216 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 Doña Ana?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 62 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.