Eddy County, New Mexico: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 21 deaths in 18 fatal crashes in Eddy County in 2024.

FARS records 148 deaths in 131 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.9 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, Eddy County was number 8 of 33 counties of New Mexico.

Deaths in Eddy County rose by 12.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (132) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (148).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 73.8% of the fatal crashes in Eddy 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 Eddy 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.Eddy County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	21	18	3
2023	18	15	4
2022	18	15	3
2021	14	13	6
2020	10	10	3
2019	16	15	6
2018	17	14	1 or 2
2017	17	16	3
2016	7	6	1 or 2
2015	10	9	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	148	131	32

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1989)2024: 21

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

Table 2.Eddy County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	21	18
2023	18	15
2022	18	15
2021	14	13
2020	10	10
2019	16	15
2018	17	14
2017	17	16
2016	7	6
2015	10	9
2014	16	14
2013	15	11
2012	14	14
2011	9	8
2010	15	14
2009	15	15
2008	15	14
2007	9	9
2006	14	14
2005	10	9
2004	10	7
2003	17	14
2002	11	11
2001	8	8
2000	7	7
1999	13	11
1998	12	10
1997	5	5
1996	9	6
1995	10	10
1994	14	12
1993	11	10
1992	8	7
1991	9	9
1990	10	9
1989	22	17
1988	12	12
1987	9	9
1986	14	12
1985	16	14
1984	13	13
1983	18	15
1982	18	16
1981	11	11
1980	13	13
1979	18	16
1978	17	15
1977	15	12
1976	6	6
1975	11	10

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.Eddy County beside New Mexico and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Eddy County	New Mexico	United States
2024	34.0	19.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.9	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. Eddy County had 61,799 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Eddy County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Mexico
A driver recorded as drinkingof 131 fatal crashes	32	131 fatal crashes	24.4%	26.4%
A speeding-related driverof 131 fatal crashes	51	131 fatal crashes	38.9%	35.9%
No restraint usedof 110 occupant deaths with restraint use known	62	110 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.4%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 148 deaths	10	148 deaths	6.8%	20.5%
Bicyclistsof 148 deaths	1 or 2	148 deaths	0.7%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 148 deaths	21	148 deaths	14.2%	12.2%
On a rural roadof 130 fatal crashes with the condition reported	96	130 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	73.8%	54.5%
In the darkof 131 fatal crashes with the condition reported	58	131 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.3%	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.Eddy 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	1 or 2	4	3	10	19
Monday	0	3	4	3	10
Tuesday	0	5	9	4	18
Wednesday	5	3	4	4	16
Thursday	0	5	3	5	13
Friday	5	9	1 or 2	9	25
Saturday	6	9	6	9	30
All days	18	38	31	44	131

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.Eddy County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Mexico
Interstate	0	0.0%	21.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	57	43.8%	37.4%
Minor arterial	22	16.9%	14.8%
Major collector	25	19.2%	12.4%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.5%	3.2%
Local	24	18.5%	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.Eddy County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	60
Dark, not lighted	47
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	8
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Eddy County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	122
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	3
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Eddy County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Eddy	In all of New Mexico
State Route 128	State highway	9	36
US Route 62	US highway	23	49
US Route 82	US highway	12	24
US Route 285	US highway	29	97

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.Eddy 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
Eddy County: 24.9

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 Eddy County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chaves County	New Mexico	14	113	17.5
Lea County	New Mexico	31	194	27.0
Otero County	New Mexico	11	95	14.0
Culberson County	Texas	0	57	258.8
Loving County	Texas	1 or 2	33	3,503.2
Reeves County	Texas	12	154	109.3

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 Eddy 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.

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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 Eddy in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 132 deaths in Eddy County from 2005 to 2014. It records 148 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Eddy in 2024?

The rate of Eddy County in 2024 was 34.0 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 Eddy had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 32 of 131 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 Eddy?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 73 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.