Quay County, New Mexico: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Quay County in 2024.

FARS records 50 deaths in 41 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 59.1 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, Quay County was number 22 of 33 counties of New Mexico.

Deaths in Quay County fell by 35.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (78) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (50).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 95.1% of the fatal crashes in Quay 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 Quay County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Quay County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	1 or 2
2023	5	5	0
2022	11	10	1 or 2
2021	8	6	1 or 2
2020	3	1 or 2	1 or 2
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2018	0	0	0
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2016	4	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015	11	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	50	41	9

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 16 (1996)2024: 4

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

Table 2.Quay County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	5	5
2022	11	10
2021	8	6
2020	3	1 or 2
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2
2018	0	0
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2
2016	4	1 or 2
2015	11	8
2014	11	8
2013	6	5
2012	5	4
2011	5	5
2010	9	8
2009	3	3
2008	15	10
2007	6	6
2006	10	6
2005	8	7
2004	10	9
2003	12	7
2002	12	12
2001	8	8
2000	8	7
1999	10	6
1998	5	4
1997	14	11
1996	16	12
1995	3	3
1994	4	3
1993	12	9
1992	7	6
1991	6	5
1990	7	7
1989	6	5
1988	14	10
1987	4	3
1986	6	6
1985	7	6
1984	10	8
1983	11	9
1982	11	10
1981	7	6
1980	13	9
1979	10	8
1978	13	9
1977	13	11
1976	6	4
1975	15	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.Quay County beside New Mexico and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Quay County	New Mexico	United States
2024	46.8	19.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	59.1	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. Quay County had 8,542 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Quay County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Mexico
A driver recorded as drinkingof 41 fatal crashes	9	41 fatal crashes	22.0%	26.4%
A speeding-related driverof 41 fatal crashes	10	41 fatal crashes	24.4%	35.9%
No restraint usedof 40 occupant deaths with restraint use known	21	40 occupant deathswith restraint use known	52.5%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 50 deaths	1 or 2	50 deaths	4.0%	20.5%
Bicyclistsof 50 deaths	0	50 deaths	0.0%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 50 deaths	6	50 deaths	12.0%	12.2%
On a rural roadof 41 fatal crashes with the condition reported	39	41 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	95.1%	54.5%
In the darkof 41 fatal crashes with the condition reported	16	41 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.0%	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.Quay 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	4	0	9
Monday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	5
Tuesday	0	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Wednesday	0	0	1 or 2	3	5
Thursday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	3
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	8
Saturday	0	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	7
All days	3	8	16	14	41

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.Quay County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Mexico
Interstate	24	58.5%	21.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	5	12.2%	37.4%
Minor arterial	1 or 2	2.4%	14.8%
Major collector	6	14.6%	12.4%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.4%	3.2%
Local	4	9.8%	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.Quay County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	22
Dark, not lighted	15
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Quay County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	36
Cloudy	0
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	3
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Quay County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Quay	In all of New Mexico
Interstate 40	Interstate	24	374
US Route 54	US highway	5	49

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.Quay 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
Quay County: 59.1

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 Quay County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Curry County	New Mexico	3	59	12.1
De Baca County	New Mexico	1 or 2	14	80.3
Guadalupe County	New Mexico	10	87	199.3
Harding County	New Mexico	0	4	61.2
Roosevelt County	New Mexico	3	45	23.8
San Miguel County	New Mexico	8	58	21.2
Union County	New Mexico	0	11	27.0
Deaf Smith County	Texas	0	32	17.2
Hartley County	Texas	14	59	108.8
Oldham County	Texas	10	51	264.1

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

FARS records 78 deaths in Quay County from 2005 to 2014. It records 50 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Quay in 2024?

The rate of Quay County in 2024 was 46.8 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 Quay had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 9 of 41 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 Quay?

FARS records 24 fatal crashes on Interstate 40 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 5 fatal crashes on US Route 54 in the county from 2015 to 2024.