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Fatal crashes 2015–2024 303Deaths 335Counties 8Latest data year 2024

FARS data are based on police crash reports and other sources; the drunk-driving measure is based on the highest BAC of any driver in the crash. Latest data year: 2024. The route is the trafficway recorded for each crash (FARS TWAY_ID); the same route number in another state has its own page.

US Route 60 in Arizona was the trafficway in 303 fatal crashes between 2015 and 2024, in which 335 people died.

That is 3% of the 9,968 fatal crashes in Arizona over the same years. The ten-year crash count rose 27% from 238 in 2005–2014 to 303 in 2015–2024.

The crashes were concentrated in Maricopa County (184), Pinal County (42) and Gila County (32) and 5 other counties.

25.4% of the crashes had a driver reported as drinking (Arizona: 21.8%) and 38.3% had a speeding-related driver (32.7%); pedestrians were 12.2% and motorcyclists 21.2% of those killed.

303fatal crashes, 2015–2024+27% vs 2005–2014
335people killed1.1 per fatal crash
25%with a drinking driverArizona: 22%
38%speeding-relatedArizona: 33%

Fatal crashes per year

024472000200520102015202020242000: 30 crashes2001: 20 crashes2002: 30 crashes2003: 24 crashes2004: 25 crashes2005: 19 crashes2006: 26 crashes2007: 25 crashes2008: 28 crashes2009: 21 crashes2010: 22 crashes2011: 17 crashes2012: 21 crashes2013: 35 crashes2014: 24 crashes2015: 26 crashes2016: 27 crashes2017: 21 crashes2018: 18 crashes2019: 29 crashes2020: 27 crashes2021: 46 crashes2022: 47 crashes2023: 30 crashes2024: 32 crashes
Fatal crashes on US Route 60 (AZ) by year, 2000–2024. Latest point: 2024, 32 crashes.

Route identification in FARS is consistent from 2000; earlier years are not shown. Shaded band: the ten-year window used for the shares below.

Compared with all fatal crashes in Arizona

MeasureUS Route 60Arizona
Fatal crashes, 2015–20243039,968
Deaths, 2015–202433510,939
Deaths per fatal crash1.11.1
Share of state fatal crashes3%100%
Change vs previous ten years+27%+20%

Factor shares

Alcoholcrashes with a driver reported as drinking25.4%
Speedingcrashes with a speeding-related driver38.3%
Pedestriansshare of people killed12.2%
Motorcyclistsshare of people killed21.2%
Night (6pm–6am)share of crashes43.4%

tick marks the Arizona share. Bars are shares of fatal crashes (alcohol, speeding, darkness, rural) or of people killed (pedestrians, motorcyclists, unrestrained occupants) over the ten-year window.

Counties along the route

#CountyFatal crashes on US-60Share of routeCounty total, all roads
1Maricopa County18461%5,007
2Pinal County4214%625
3Gila County3211%191
4Navajo County176%337
5La Paz County145%152
6Apache County114%276
7Pima County21%1,355
8Mohave County10%490

Hour of day

12am2%
1am4%
2am2.3%
3am1.3%
4am3.3%
5am2.6%
6am3.3%
7am5%
8am4%
9am4.3%
10am3%
11am4.3%
12pm5.3%
1pm3.3%
2pm5.6%
3pm6.6%
4pm7.9%
5pm4%
6pm5.6%
7pm3.3%
8pm4.6%
9pm4.6%
10pm5%
11pm4.6%

Share of fatal crashes on US Route 60 beginning in each hour, 2015–2024; tick marks the Arizona share for all roads.

Where along the route

Mile marker rangeFatal crashesShare
Mile 145–150248%
Mile 140–145186%
Mile 125–130176%
Mile 160–165155%
Mile 155–160134%
Mile 150–155124%

Five-mile bins by FARS milepoint, the six with the most fatal crashes; 94.1% of crashes on the route have a milepoint. Milepoints are as recorded by the state and can restart at county or district lines.

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Questions and answers

How many fatal crashes have there been on US Route 60 in Arizona?

303 fatal crashes with 335 deaths over 2015–2024, per NHTSA's FARS. The route is the trafficway recorded for the crash; the same numbered route in another state has its own page.

Which counties along US Route 60 had the most fatal crashes?

Maricopa County (184), Pinal County (42), Gila County (32), Navajo County (17) and La Paz County (14).

What share of crashes on US Route 60 involved alcohol or speeding?

25.4% had a driver reported as drinking and 38.3% a speeding-related driver, against 21.8% and 32.7% for all fatal crashes in Arizona.

When do fatal crashes happen on US Route 60?

43.4% of the crashes were between 6pm and 6am. The hour chart on this page shows the full distribution.

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System, annual national CSV files 2000–2024 (accident, vehicle and person tables), public domain. Route pages are built for signed Interstate, US and state routes with at least 20 fatal crashes in 2015–2024. Data through 31 Dec 2024; generated 30 Sep 2026. See methodology and corrections.