San Juan County, New Mexico: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 20 deaths in 18 fatal crashes in San Juan County in 2024.

FARS records 285 deaths in 251 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 23.0 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, San Juan County was number 2 of 33 counties of New Mexico.

Deaths in San Juan County fell by 11.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (321) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (285).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 68.1% of the fatal crashes in San Juan 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 San Juan 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.San Juan County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	20	18	5
2023	20	19	5
2022	19	18	6
2021	34	30	12
2020	24	22	10
2019	37	29	11
2018	33	30	13
2017	35	30	7
2016	32	27	11
2015	31	28	5
2015 to 2024	285	251	85

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 85 (1977)2024: 20

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

Table 2.San Juan County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	20	18
2023	20	19
2022	19	18
2021	34	30
2020	24	22
2019	37	29
2018	33	30
2017	35	30
2016	32	27
2015	31	28
2014	39	31
2013	27	23
2012	28	26
2011	32	25
2010	30	26
2009	16	16
2008	30	27
2007	40	33
2006	44	40
2005	35	31
2004	37	29
2003	41	37
2002	48	41
2001	41	32
2000	33	29
1999	27	26
1998	34	30
1997	32	25
1996	51	44
1995	38	33
1994	43	34
1993	33	32
1992	36	27
1991	40	33
1990	40	37
1989	51	41
1988	34	28
1987	42	39
1986	56	43
1985	35	29
1984	35	29
1983	65	51
1982	52	46
1981	50	49
1980	59	57
1979	63	54
1978	59	51
1977	85	66
1976	58	51
1975	49	40

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.San Juan County beside New Mexico and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	San Juan County	New Mexico	United States
2024	16.6	19.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	23.0	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. San Juan County had 120,525 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.San Juan County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Mexico
A driver recorded as drinkingof 251 fatal crashes	85	251 fatal crashes	33.9%	26.4%
A speeding-related driverof 251 fatal crashes	87	251 fatal crashes	34.7%	35.9%
No restraint usedof 148 occupant deaths with restraint use known	91	148 occupant deathswith restraint use known	61.5%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 285 deaths	82	285 deaths	28.8%	20.5%
Bicyclistsof 285 deaths	1 or 2	285 deaths	0.4%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 285 deaths	33	285 deaths	11.6%	12.2%
On a rural roadof 248 fatal crashes with the condition reported	169	248 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	68.1%	54.5%
In the darkof 247 fatal crashes with the condition reported	129	247 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.2%	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.San Juan 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	5	5	8	9	27
Monday	6	8	18	10	42
Tuesday	3	7	11	16	37
Wednesday	5	7	8	19	39
Thursday	5	4	11	9	29
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	16	27
Saturday	9	8	11	20	48
All days	35	41	74	99	249

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.San Juan County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Mexico
Interstate	1 or 2	0.4%	21.6%
Other freeways and expressways	3	1.2%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	125	50.6%	37.4%
Minor arterial	51	20.6%	14.8%
Major collector	15	6.1%	12.4%
Minor collector	4	1.6%	3.2%
Local	48	19.4%	9.7%
Not reported	4	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.San Juan County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	107
Dark, not lighted	101
Dark, lighted	26
Dawn	5
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	4

Table 8.San Juan County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	222
Cloudy	3
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	3
Other or not reported	10

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in San Juan County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In San Juan	In all of New Mexico
State Route 500	State highway	1 or 2	25
US Route 64	US highway	59	88
US Route 491	US highway	26	44
US Route 550	US highway	28	73

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.San Juan 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
San Juan County: 23.0

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 San Juan County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Apache County	Arizona	29	318	46.5
Archuleta County	Colorado	3	28	20.6
La Plata County	Colorado	11	97	17.3
Montezuma County	Colorado	4	52	19.8
McKinley County	New Mexico	17	278	39.0
Rio Arriba County	New Mexico	9	116	29.3
Sandoval County	New Mexico	13	157	10.6

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 San Juan 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 San Juan in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 321 deaths in San Juan County from 2005 to 2014. It records 285 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of San Juan in 2024?

The rate of San Juan County in 2024 was 16.6 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 San Juan had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 85 of 251 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 San Juan?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 115 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.