Roosevelt County, New Mexico: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 45 deaths in 44 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 23.8 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, Roosevelt County was number 24 of 33 counties of New Mexico.

Deaths in Roosevelt County rose by 21.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (37) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (45).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 90.9% of the fatal crashes in Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt 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.Roosevelt 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2022	13	13	7
2021	4	4	0
2020	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2019	3	3	1 or 2
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2017	6	5	0
2016	5	5	1 or 2
2015	5	5	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	45	44	12

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 13 (2022)2024: 3

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

Table 2.Roosevelt County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	3	3
2023	1 or 2	1 or 2
2022	13	13
2021	4	4
2020	1 or 2	1 or 2
2019	3	3
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2
2017	6	5
2016	5	5
2015	5	5
2014	1 or 2	1 or 2
2013	4	4
2012	1 or 2	1 or 2
2011	7	6
2010	4	3
2009	4	4
2008	6	5
2007	1 or 2	1 or 2
2006	4	4
2005	1 or 2	1 or 2
2004	7	6
2003	1 or 2	1 or 2
2002	6	6
2001	3	3
2000	3	3
1999	4	4
1998	9	7
1997	5	4
1996	3	3
1995	1 or 2	1 or 2
1994	6	5
1993	5	5
1992	4	3
1991	3	3
1990	8	6
1989	1 or 2	1 or 2
1988	1 or 2	1 or 2
1987	4	4
1986	1 or 2	1 or 2
1985	8	6
1984	3	3
1983	4	3
1982	12	8
1981	6	6
1980	4	3
1979	10	8
1978	7	6
1977	5	5
1976	1 or 2	1 or 2
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.Roosevelt County beside New Mexico and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Roosevelt County	New Mexico	United States
2024	16.0	19.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	23.8	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. Roosevelt County had 18,785 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Roosevelt County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Mexico
A driver recorded as drinkingof 44 fatal crashes	12	44 fatal crashes	27.3%	26.4%
A speeding-related driverof 44 fatal crashes	12	44 fatal crashes	27.3%	35.9%
No restraint usedof 35 occupant deaths with restraint use known	15	35 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.9%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 45 deaths	5	45 deaths	11.1%	20.5%
Bicyclistsof 45 deaths	1 or 2	45 deaths	2.2%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 45 deaths	1 or 2	45 deaths	4.4%	12.2%
On a rural roadof 44 fatal crashes with the condition reported	40	44 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	90.9%	54.5%
In the darkof 44 fatal crashes with the condition reported	23	44 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.3%	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.Roosevelt 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	4	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	7
Monday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Thursday	0	1 or 2	3	0	5
Friday	0	1 or 2	4	3	8
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	4	6
All days	8	11	10	15	44

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.Roosevelt 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	1 or 2	2.3%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	20	45.5%	37.4%
Minor arterial	5	11.4%	14.8%
Major collector	10	22.7%	12.4%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	3.2%
Local	8	18.2%	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.Roosevelt County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	18
Dark, not lighted	18
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Roosevelt County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	36
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Roosevelt County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Roosevelt	In all of New Mexico
US Route 60	US highway	6	57
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.Roosevelt 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
Roosevelt County: 23.8

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 Roosevelt 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
Curry County	New Mexico	3	59	12.1
De Baca County	New Mexico	1 or 2	14	80.3
Lea County	New Mexico	31	194	27.0
Quay County	New Mexico	4	50	59.1
Bailey County	Texas	0	13	18.8
Cochran County	Texas	1 or 2	6	22.2

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

FARS records 37 deaths in Roosevelt County from 2005 to 2014. It records 45 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Roosevelt in 2024?

The rate of Roosevelt County in 2024 was 16.0 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 Roosevelt had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 12 of 44 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 Roosevelt?

FARS records 6 fatal crashes on US Route 60 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 15 fatal crashes on US Route 70 in the county from 2015 to 2024.