Guadalupe County, New Mexico: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Guadalupe County in 2024.

FARS records 87 deaths in 67 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 199.3 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, Guadalupe County was number 17 of 33 counties of New Mexico.

Deaths in Guadalupe County rose by 3.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (84) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (87).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 98.5% of the fatal crashes in Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe 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.Guadalupe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	9	1 or 2
2023	7	7	0
2022	12	9	1 or 2
2021	7	6	1 or 2
2020	7	4	1 or 2
2019	10	6	0
2018	5	5	0
2017	9	6	1 or 2
2016	12	10	3
2015	8	5	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	87	67	11

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (1997)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Guadalupe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	9
2023	7	7
2022	12	9
2021	7	6
2020	7	4
2019	10	6
2018	5	5
2017	9	6
2016	12	10
2015	8	5
2014	7	7
2013	6	5
2012	8	6
2011	7	7
2010	7	6
2009	8	5
2008	8	8
2007	15	11
2006	12	11
2005	6	6
2004	14	9
2003	6	4
2002	10	4
2001	13	12
2000	1 or 2	1 or 2
1999	4	4
1998	14	11
1997	21	17
1996	14	10
1995	8	7
1994	8	6
1993	3	3
1992	5	4
1991	8	6
1990	6	5
1989	13	12
1988	6	6
1987	5	5
1986	10	10
1985	7	6
1984	8	6
1983	19	15
1982	6	6
1981	8	8
1980	8	7
1979	7	7
1978	9	9
1977	5	5
1976	4	4
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.Guadalupe County beside New Mexico and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Guadalupe County	New Mexico	United States
2024	229.3	19.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	199.3	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. Guadalupe County had 4,362 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Guadalupe County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Mexico
A driver recorded as drinkingof 67 fatal crashes	11	67 fatal crashes	16.4%	26.4%
A speeding-related driverof 67 fatal crashes	17	67 fatal crashes	25.4%	35.9%
No restraint usedof 74 occupant deaths with restraint use known	33	74 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.6%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 87 deaths	1 or 2	87 deaths	2.3%	20.5%
Bicyclistsof 87 deaths	0	87 deaths	0.0%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 87 deaths	5	87 deaths	5.7%	12.2%
On a rural roadof 66 fatal crashes with the condition reported	65	66 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	98.5%	54.5%
In the darkof 67 fatal crashes with the condition reported	23	67 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.3%	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.Guadalupe 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	3	4	3	11
Monday	3	4	3	3	13
Tuesday	3	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	10
Wednesday	4	3	1 or 2	0	9
Thursday	1 or 2	4	0	0	6
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	7
Saturday	1 or 2	3	5	1 or 2	11
All days	17	22	19	9	67

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.Guadalupe County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Mexico
Interstate	34	51.5%	21.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	21	31.8%	37.4%
Minor arterial	3	4.5%	14.8%
Major collector	1 or 2	3.0%	12.4%
Minor collector	4	6.1%	3.2%
Local	1 or 2	3.0%	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.Guadalupe County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	40
Dark, not lighted	21
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Guadalupe County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	57
Cloudy	0
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	6
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Guadalupe County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Guadalupe	In all of New Mexico
Interstate 40	Interstate	34	374
US Route 54	US highway	11	49
US Route 60	US highway	7	57
US Route 64	US highway	1 or 2	88
US Route 84	US highway	4	53
US Route 285	US highway	1 or 2	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.Guadalupe 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
Guadalupe County: 199.3

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 New Mexico

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Guadalupe County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
De Baca County	New Mexico	1 or 2	14	80.3
Lincoln County	New Mexico	6	50	25.2
Quay County	New Mexico	4	50	59.1
San Miguel County	New Mexico	8	58	21.2
Torrance County	New Mexico	14	103	66.5

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 Guadalupe 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. Guadalupe County, New Mexico: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/nm/guadalupe/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Guadalupe in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 84 deaths in Guadalupe County from 2005 to 2014. It records 87 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Guadalupe in 2024?

The rate of Guadalupe County in 2024 was 229.3 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 Guadalupe had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 11 of 67 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 Guadalupe?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 58 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.