El Paso County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 81 deaths in 77 fatal crashes in El Paso County in 2024.

FARS records 816 deaths in 762 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Texas in the same years is 13.6.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, El Paso County was number 6 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in El Paso County rose by 24.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (655) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (816).

In the counties of Texas the deaths rose by 18.2% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 6.5% of the fatal crashes in El Paso County with a known setting were rural, against 38.1% in Texas.

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 El Paso County by year, 2015 to 2024

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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.El Paso County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	81	77	27
2023	101	90	29
2022	89	83	26
2021	99	95	34
2020	81	69	18
2019	77	74	22
2018	87	85	22
2017	58	55	12
2016	81	76	24
2015	62	58	20
2015 to 2024	816	762	234

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 126 (1993)2024: 81

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

Table 2.El Paso County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	81	77
2023	101	90
2022	89	83
2021	99	95
2020	81	69
2019	77	74
2018	87	85
2017	58	55
2016	81	76
2015	62	58
2014	66	59
2013	60	57
2012	75	63
2011	94	82
2010	61	59
2009	70	62
2008	64	58
2007	56	52
2006	44	40
2005	65	59
2004	63	57
2003	66	59
2002	90	80
2001	73	66
2000	70	60
1999	71	62
1998	69	67
1997	84	71
1996	89	79
1995	80	72
1994	94	85
1993	126	112
1992	106	95
1991	104	97
1990	98	91
1989	100	94
1988	108	104
1987	82	78
1986	95	86
1985	110	100
1984	87	82
1983	98	89
1982	101	94
1981	112	103
1980	100	91
1979	89	83
1978	86	80
1977	79	72
1976	87	80
1975	60	55

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.El Paso County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	El Paso County	Texas	United States
2024	9.2	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.6	13.6	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. El Paso County had 879,894 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.El Paso County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 762 fatal crashes	234	762 fatal crashes	30.7%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 762 fatal crashes	247	762 fatal crashes	32.4%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 357 occupant deaths with restraint use known	146	357 occupant deathswith restraint use known	40.9%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 816 deaths	219	816 deaths	26.8%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 816 deaths	7	816 deaths	0.9%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 816 deaths	156	816 deaths	19.1%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 759 fatal crashes with the condition reported	49	759 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	6.5%	38.1%
In the darkof 756 fatal crashes with the condition reported	486	756 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	64.3%	55.9%

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.El Paso 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	69	18	22	48	157
Monday	23	15	15	32	85
Tuesday	12	15	14	35	76
Wednesday	16	19	22	43	100
Thursday	25	10	16	38	89
Friday	33	17	23	44	117
Saturday	47	11	20	60	138
All days	225	105	132	300	762

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.El Paso County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	146	19.3%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	92	12.2%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	288	38.0%	29.8%
Minor arterial	98	12.9%	20.3%
Major collector	74	9.8%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.1%	1.7%
Local	58	7.7%	7.1%
Not reported	5	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.El Paso County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	252
Dark, not lighted	143
Dark, lighted	327
Dawn	4
Dusk	14
Dark, lighting unknown	16
Other or unknown	6

Table 8.El Paso County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	703
Cloudy	28
Rain	25
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 El Paso County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In El Paso	In all of Texas
Interstate 10	Interstate	133	994
Interstate 27	Interstate	1 or 2	62
State Route 6	State highway	1 or 2	283
State Route 20	State highway	57	78
State Route 62	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 375	State highway	59	59
US Route 54	US highway	39	62
US Route 59	US highway	1 or 2	432
US Route 62	US highway	26	143
US Route 180	US highway	1 or 2	61

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 Texas

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.El Paso County on the county map of Texas

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

Fewer than 1014 counties
10 to 14.926 counties
15 to 19.924 counties
20 to 29.963 counties
30 or more125 counties
Count of 1 or 2, no rate shown2 counties
El Paso County: 9.6

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 Texas

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with El Paso County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Doña Ana County	New Mexico	23	237	10.8
Otero County	New Mexico	11	95	14.0
Hudspeth County	Texas	18	97	250.2

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Texas have a population nearest to that of El Paso 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.
Texas Traffic Safety SectionThe highway safety office of Texas.

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 El Paso in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 655 deaths in El Paso County from 2005 to 2014. It records 816 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of El Paso in 2024?

The rate of El Paso County in 2024 was 9.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Texas was 13.3. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 234 of 762 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 El Paso?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 319 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.