Nye County, Nevada: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Nye County in 2024.

FARS records 146 deaths in 115 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 29.5 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, Nye County was number 3 of 17 counties of Nevada.

Deaths in Nye County fell by 11.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (164) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (146).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 80.0% of the fatal crashes in Nye 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 Nye 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.Nye County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	12	4
2023	30	18	5
2022	13	12	4
2021	25	18	1 or 2
2020	14	12	4
2019	12	10	3
2018	14	9	3
2017	9	8	0
2016	6	6	4
2015	11	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	146	115	30

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 30 (2005)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Nye County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	12
2023	30	18
2022	13	12
2021	25	18
2020	14	12
2019	12	10
2018	14	9
2017	9	8
2016	6	6
2015	11	10
2014	12	11
2013	11	8
2012	8	8
2011	16	15
2010	15	14
2009	15	13
2008	21	19
2007	12	11
2006	24	21
2005	30	20
2004	16	16
2003	17	16
2002	23	18
2001	6	6
2000	13	10
1999	20	14
1998	10	6
1997	11	9
1996	12	11
1995	5	5
1994	9	8
1993	6	5
1992	11	11
1991	19	15
1990	18	15
1989	13	13
1988	18	15
1987	14	14
1986	10	8
1985	6	6
1984	8	7
1983	9	8
1982	11	10
1981	14	10
1980	16	12
1979	10	10
1978	12	10
1977	7	7
1976	4	4
1975	8	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.Nye County beside Nevada and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Nye County	Nevada	United States
2024	21.3	12.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	29.5	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. Nye County had 56,361 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Nye County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Nevada
A driver recorded as drinkingof 115 fatal crashes	30	115 fatal crashes	26.1%	28.9%
A speeding-related driverof 115 fatal crashes	23	115 fatal crashes	20.0%	30.2%
No restraint usedof 107 occupant deaths with restraint use known	45	107 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.1%	44.8%
Pedestriansof 146 deaths	7	146 deaths	4.8%	23.6%
Bicyclistsof 146 deaths	5	146 deaths	3.4%	2.9%
Motorcyclistsof 146 deaths	17	146 deaths	11.6%	19.6%
On a rural roadof 115 fatal crashes with the condition reported	92	115 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	80.0%	28.3%
In the darkof 112 fatal crashes with the condition reported	51	112 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.5%	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.Nye 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	0	5	4	4	13
Monday	1 or 2	5	5	3	15
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	4	3	9
Wednesday	4	3	7	5	19
Thursday	1 or 2	4	8	10	23
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	5	15
Saturday	3	7	1 or 2	9	21
All days	12	27	37	39	115

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.Nye County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Nevada
Interstate	0	0.0%	13.7%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.9%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	69	60.0%	32.4%
Minor arterial	9	7.8%	31.0%
Major collector	5	4.3%	3.0%
Minor collector	14	12.2%	7.2%
Local	17	14.8%	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.Nye County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	56
Dark, not lighted	47
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Nye County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	95
Cloudy	17
Rain	0
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Nye County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Nye	In all of Nevada
State Route 160	State highway	7	45
US Route 6	US highway	11	34
US Route 95	US highway	32	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.Nye 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
Nye County: 29.5

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 Nevada

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Nye County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Inyo County	California	15	85	46.5
Churchill County	Nevada	0	72	28.7
Clark County	Nevada	293	2,285	10.1
Esmeralda County	Nevada	5	39	490.8
Eureka County	Nevada	1 or 2	23	118.1
Lander County	Nevada	4	26	45.6
Lincoln County	Nevada	1 or 2	37	77.2
Mineral County	Nevada	1 or 2	27	59.9
White Pine County	Nevada	5	31	33.7

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 Nye 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.

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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 Nye in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 164 deaths in Nye County from 2005 to 2014. It records 146 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Nye in 2024?

The rate of Nye County in 2024 was 21.3 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 Nye had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 30 of 115 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 Nye?

FARS records 7 fatal crashes on State Route 160 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 11 fatal crashes on US Route 6 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 32 fatal crashes on US Route 95 in the county from 2015 to 2024.