Torrance County, New Mexico: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Torrance County in 2024.

FARS records 103 deaths in 90 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 66.5 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, Torrance County was number 12 of 33 counties of New Mexico.

Deaths in Torrance County rose by 14.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (90) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (103).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 96.7% of the fatal crashes in Torrance 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 Torrance 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.Torrance County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	12	3
2023	16	13	1 or 2
2022	9	9	1 or 2
2021	9	9	1 or 2
2020	6	6	0
2019	10	8	1 or 2
2018	14	11	1 or 2
2017	5	5	0
2016	12	10	1 or 2
2015	8	7	0
2015 to 2024	103	90	12

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (1995)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Torrance County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	12
2023	16	13
2022	9	9
2021	9	9
2020	6	6
2019	10	8
2018	14	11
2017	5	5
2016	12	10
2015	8	7
2014	5	5
2013	11	10
2012	10	9
2011	5	5
2010	4	4
2009	14	9
2008	7	6
2007	10	9
2006	11	7
2005	13	12
2004	15	12
2003	10	7
2002	4	4
2001	12	8
2000	10	9
1999	10	9
1998	5	5
1997	6	6
1996	8	6
1995	19	16
1994	3	3
1993	4	4
1992	6	5
1991	8	6
1990	11	9
1989	15	14
1988	4	4
1987	11	10
1986	6	5
1985	5	4
1984	1 or 2	1 or 2
1983	8	7
1982	6	6
1981	9	8
1980	8	8
1979	14	12
1978	10	9
1977	14	13
1976	4	3
1975	1 or 2	1 or 2

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.Torrance County beside New Mexico and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Torrance County	New Mexico	United States
2024	87.8	19.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	66.5	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. Torrance County had 15,942 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Torrance County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Mexico
A driver recorded as drinkingof 90 fatal crashes	12	90 fatal crashes	13.3%	26.4%
A speeding-related driverof 90 fatal crashes	38	90 fatal crashes	42.2%	35.9%
No restraint usedof 76 occupant deaths with restraint use known	33	76 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.4%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 103 deaths	12	103 deaths	11.7%	20.5%
Bicyclistsof 103 deaths	1 or 2	103 deaths	1.9%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 103 deaths	4	103 deaths	3.9%	12.2%
On a rural roadof 90 fatal crashes with the condition reported	87	90 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	96.7%	54.5%
In the darkof 90 fatal crashes with the condition reported	37	90 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.1%	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.Torrance 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	1 or 2	3	5	10
Monday	1 or 2	5	5	3	14
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	3	1 or 2	10
Wednesday	0	6	5	1 or 2	13
Thursday	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	4	12
Friday	3	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	13
Saturday	1 or 2	4	4	8	18
All days	11	26	27	26	90

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.Torrance County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Mexico
Interstate	41	45.6%	21.6%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.1%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	13	14.4%	37.4%
Minor arterial	19	21.1%	14.8%
Major collector	11	12.2%	12.4%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.1%	3.2%
Local	4	4.4%	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.Torrance County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	50
Dark, not lighted	35
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Torrance County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	78
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	3
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Torrance County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Torrance	In all of New Mexico
Interstate 40	Interstate	41	374
US Route 54	US highway	4	49
US Route 60	US highway	8	57
US Route 285	US highway	8	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.Torrance 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
Torrance County: 66.5

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 Torrance County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bernalillo County	New Mexico	117	1,043	15.4
Guadalupe County	New Mexico	10	87	199.3
Lincoln County	New Mexico	6	50	25.2
San Miguel County	New Mexico	8	58	21.2
Santa Fe County	New Mexico	18	201	13.2
Socorro County	New Mexico	14	94	56.9
Valencia County	New Mexico	11	99	12.8

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 Torrance 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 Torrance in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 90 deaths in Torrance County from 2005 to 2014. It records 103 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Torrance in 2024?

The rate of Torrance County in 2024 was 87.8 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 Torrance had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 12 of 90 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 Torrance?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 61 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.