Churchill County, Nevada: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records no fatal crash in Churchill County in 2024.

FARS records 72 deaths in 68 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 28.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Nevada in the same years is 11.6.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Churchill County was number 6 of 17 counties of Nevada.

Deaths in Churchill County rose by 14.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (63) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (72).

In the counties of Nevada the deaths rose by 14.0% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 91.2% of the fatal crashes in Churchill County with a known setting were rural, against 28.3% in Nevada.

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 Churchill 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.Churchill County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	0	0	0
2023	13	11	3
2022	12	12	5
2021	7	7	1 or 2
2020	13	13	6
2019	4	4	1 or 2
2018	4	4	0
2017	6	6	1 or 2
2016	8	8	1 or 2
2015	5	3	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	72	68	21

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (1985)2024: 0

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

Table 2.Churchill County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	0	0
2023	13	11
2022	12	12
2021	7	7
2020	13	13
2019	4	4
2018	4	4
2017	6	6
2016	8	8
2015	5	3
2014	4	4
2013	1 or 2	1 or 2
2012	3	3
2011	13	8
2010	11	10
2009	6	6
2008	6	6
2007	4	4
2006	8	8
2005	7	6
2004	6	4
2003	6	6
2002	19	16
2001	11	11
2000	13	11
1999	10	9
1998	18	14
1997	11	9
1996	9	9
1995	9	7
1994	11	11
1993	4	4
1992	18	11
1991	7	4
1990	10	8
1989	9	8
1988	11	11
1987	8	7
1986	9	9
1985	20	14
1984	8	7
1983	9	8
1982	4	4
1981	9	9
1980	10	9
1979	11	10
1978	9	8
1977	8	8
1976	14	13
1975	8	7

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.Churchill County beside Nevada and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Churchill County	Nevada	United States
2024	0.0	12.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	28.7	11.6	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. Churchill County had 25,955 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Churchill County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Nevada
A driver recorded as drinkingof 68 fatal crashes	21	68 fatal crashes	30.9%	28.9%
A speeding-related driverof 68 fatal crashes	16	68 fatal crashes	23.5%	30.2%
No restraint usedof 46 occupant deaths with restraint use known	22	46 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.8%	44.8%
Pedestriansof 72 deaths	12	72 deaths	16.7%	23.6%
Bicyclistsof 72 deaths	0	72 deaths	0.0%	2.9%
Motorcyclistsof 72 deaths	11	72 deaths	15.3%	19.6%
On a rural roadof 68 fatal crashes with the condition reported	62	68 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	91.2%	28.3%
In the darkof 66 fatal crashes with the condition reported	31	66 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.0%	52.4%

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.Churchill 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	6	5	3	15
Monday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	3	5	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Thursday	0	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	7
Friday	0	1 or 2	4	3	9
Saturday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	12
All days	7	19	19	23	68

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.Churchill County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Nevada
Interstate	16	23.9%	13.7%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	35	52.2%	32.4%
Minor arterial	1 or 2	1.5%	31.0%
Major collector	4	6.0%	3.0%
Minor collector	4	6.0%	7.2%
Local	7	10.4%	10.1%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Churchill County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	33
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Churchill County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	51
Cloudy	13
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Churchill County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Churchill	In all of Nevada
Interstate 80	Interstate	14	155
US Route 50	US highway	29	101
US Route 95	US highway	4	174

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 Nevada

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Churchill County on the county map of Nevada

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 102 counties
10 to 14.92 counties
15 to 19.91 county
20 to 29.93 counties
30 or more9 counties
Churchill County: 28.7

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 Nevada

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Churchill County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lander County	Nevada	4	26	45.6
Lyon County	Nevada	13	94	16.2
Mineral County	Nevada	1 or 2	27	59.9
Nye County	Nevada	12	146	29.5
Pershing County	Nevada	3	26	39.8
Washoe County	Nevada	50	460	9.6

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Nevada have a population nearest to that of Churchill 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.
Governors Highway Safety Association: State Highway Safety OfficesThe list of the highway safety offices of the states.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Churchill County, Nevada: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/nv/churchill/. 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 Churchill in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 63 deaths in Churchill County from 2005 to 2014. It records 72 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

How many fatal crashes in Churchill had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 21 of 68 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 Churchill?

FARS records 14 fatal crashes on Interstate 80 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 29 fatal crashes on US Route 50 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 4 fatal crashes on US Route 95 in the county from 2015 to 2024.