Humboldt County, Nevada: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 55 deaths in 46 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 32.2 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, Humboldt County was number 7 of 17 counties of Nevada.

Deaths in Humboldt County fell by 15.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (65) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (55).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 97.8% of the fatal crashes in Humboldt 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 Humboldt 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.Humboldt County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	3	3	1 or 2
2023	6	5	1 or 2
2022	11	9	1 or 2
2021	7	6	1 or 2
2020	3	3	1 or 2
2019	5	4	0
2018	4	4	3
2017	3	3	0
2016	5	4	1 or 2
2015	8	5	3
2015 to 2024	55	46	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (1979)2024: 3

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

Table 2.Humboldt County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	3	3
2023	6	5
2022	11	9
2021	7	6
2020	3	3
2019	5	4
2018	4	4
2017	3	3
2016	5	4
2015	8	5
2014	10	9
2013	3	1 or 2
2012	5	5
2011	3	3
2010	1 or 2	1 or 2
2009	5	5
2008	8	6
2007	7	6
2006	9	7
2005	13	10
2004	5	5
2003	4	4
2002	8	8
2001	8	7
2000	7	6
1999	8	8
1998	12	5
1997	8	8
1996	6	6
1995	3	3
1994	5	5
1993	9	8
1992	11	9
1991	9	8
1990	7	7
1989	11	8
1988	8	7
1987	7	6
1986	6	5
1985	9	9
1984	4	3
1983	12	10
1982	5	5
1981	13	13
1980	17	14
1979	20	13
1978	9	9
1977	4	4
1976	9	8
1975	9	6

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.Humboldt County beside Nevada and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Humboldt County	Nevada	United States
2024	17.5	12.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	32.2	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. Humboldt County had 17,178 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Humboldt County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Nevada
A driver recorded as drinkingof 46 fatal crashes	17	46 fatal crashes	37.0%	28.9%
A speeding-related driverof 46 fatal crashes	13	46 fatal crashes	28.3%	30.2%
No restraint usedof 48 occupant deaths with restraint use known	21	48 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.8%	44.8%
Pedestriansof 55 deaths	3	55 deaths	5.5%	23.6%
Bicyclistsof 55 deaths	0	55 deaths	0.0%	2.9%
Motorcyclistsof 55 deaths	4	55 deaths	7.3%	19.6%
On a rural roadof 46 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	46 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	97.8%	28.3%
In the darkof 46 fatal crashes with the condition reported	22	46 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.8%	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.Humboldt 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	1 or 2	8
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6
Tuesday	0	3	0	1 or 2	5
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	3
Thursday	4	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	10
Friday	0	0	3	1 or 2	5
Saturday	3	0	5	1 or 2	9
All days	11	10	14	11	46

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.Humboldt County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Nevada
Interstate	21	45.7%	13.7%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	18	39.1%	32.4%
Minor arterial	1 or 2	2.2%	31.0%
Major collector	1 or 2	4.3%	3.0%
Minor collector	1 or 2	4.3%	7.2%
Local	1 or 2	4.3%	10.1%
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.Humboldt County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	24
Dark, not lighted	19
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Humboldt County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	24
Cloudy	15
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
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 Humboldt County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Humboldt	In all of Nevada
Interstate 80	Interstate	21	155
US Route 95	US highway	15	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.Humboldt 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
Humboldt County: 32.2

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 Humboldt County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Owyhee County	Idaho	3	28	23.3
Elko County	Nevada	18	117	22.0
Lander County	Nevada	4	26	45.6
Pershing County	Nevada	3	26	39.8
Washoe County	Nevada	50	460	9.6
Harney County	Oregon	1 or 2	49	66.3
Malheur County	Oregon	4	82	26.3

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 Humboldt 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. Humboldt County, Nevada: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/nv/humboldt/. 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 Humboldt in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 65 deaths in Humboldt County from 2005 to 2014. It records 55 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Humboldt in 2024?

The rate of Humboldt County in 2024 was 17.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Nevada was 12.8. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 46 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 Humboldt?

FARS records 21 fatal crashes on Interstate 80 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 15 fatal crashes on US Route 95 in the county from 2015 to 2024.