Luna County, New Mexico: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 3 deaths in 3 fatal crashes in Luna County in 2024.

FARS records 95 deaths in 80 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 38.3 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, Luna County was number 14 of 33 counties of New Mexico.

Deaths in Luna County rose by 4.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (91) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (95).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 82.5% of the fatal crashes in Luna 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 Luna County by year, 2015 to 2024

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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.Luna County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	3	3	0
2023	10	9	1 or 2
2022	15	11	1 or 2
2021	22	18	5
2020	8	6	1 or 2
2019	11	10	1 or 2
2018	6	5	0
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2016	12	11	1 or 2
2015	6	5	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	95	80	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (2005)2024: 3

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

Table 2.Luna County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	3	3
2023	10	9
2022	15	11
2021	22	18
2020	8	6
2019	11	10
2018	6	5
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2
2016	12	11
2015	6	5
2014	1 or 2	1 or 2
2013	6	5
2012	5	5
2011	3	3
2010	7	7
2009	8	7
2008	12	10
2007	12	10
2006	12	11
2005	25	17
2004	8	7
2003	15	10
2002	11	10
2001	13	12
2000	9	7
1999	18	17
1998	11	8
1997	20	16
1996	10	10
1995	13	9
1994	13	10
1993	6	6
1992	14	12
1991	12	12
1990	14	13
1989	18	11
1988	6	5
1987	11	9
1986	13	11
1985	12	9
1984	16	10
1983	5	5
1982	11	9
1981	10	9
1980	15	13
1979	16	15
1978	7	7
1977	17	12
1976	6	4
1975	10	8

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.Luna County beside New Mexico and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Luna County	New Mexico	United States
2024	11.7	19.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	38.3	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. Luna County had 25,623 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Luna County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Mexico
A driver recorded as drinkingof 80 fatal crashes	17	80 fatal crashes	21.3%	26.4%
A speeding-related driverof 80 fatal crashes	28	80 fatal crashes	35.0%	35.9%
No restraint usedof 66 occupant deaths with restraint use known	33	66 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.0%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 95 deaths	11	95 deaths	11.6%	20.5%
Bicyclistsof 95 deaths	1 or 2	95 deaths	2.1%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 95 deaths	6	95 deaths	6.3%	12.2%
On a rural roadof 80 fatal crashes with the condition reported	66	80 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	82.5%	54.5%
In the darkof 80 fatal crashes with the condition reported	39	80 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.8%	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.Luna 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	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	11
Monday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	3	7
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	3	9
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	1 or 2
Thursday	5	3	7	0	15
Friday	1 or 2	3	7	7	19
Saturday	4	1 or 2	3	8	17
All days	18	12	23	27	80

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.Luna County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Mexico
Interstate	33	41.3%	21.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	5	6.3%	37.4%
Minor arterial	25	31.3%	14.8%
Major collector	7	8.8%	12.4%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	3.2%
Local	10	12.5%	9.7%
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.Luna County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	36
Dark, not lighted	34
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Luna County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	74
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Luna County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Luna	In all of New Mexico
Interstate 10	Interstate	33	95
US Route 180	US highway	5	22

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.Luna 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
Luna County: 38.3

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 Luna County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Doña Ana County	New Mexico	23	237	10.8
Grant County	New Mexico	7	56	20.2
Hidalgo County	New Mexico	3	42	100.7
Sierra County	New Mexico	4	37	32.8

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 Luna 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. Luna County, New Mexico: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/nm/luna/. 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 Luna in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 91 deaths in Luna County from 2005 to 2014. It records 95 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Luna in 2024?

The rate of Luna County in 2024 was 11.7 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 Luna had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 80 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 Luna?

FARS records 33 fatal crashes on Interstate 10 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 5 fatal crashes on US Route 180 in the county from 2015 to 2024.