Car accident statistics for Mohave County, Arizona (2020-2024)

Car accident deaths in Mohave County by year

Annual car accident deaths rose from 43 in 2020 to 56 in 2021, fell to 54 in 2022, and returned to 56 in 2023. The count then fell to 36 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2021 and 2023, while 2024 had the lowest count. The 2024 figure was 7 deaths lower than the 2020 figure.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All traffic deaths numbered 55 in 2020, 70 in 2021, 69 in 2022, 75 in 2023 and 48 in 2024. Car accident deaths accounted for 78.2%, 80.0%, 78.3%, 74.7% and 75.0% of those respective annual totals. The highest annual share was in 2021; the lowest was in 2023.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Deaths within 30 days in crashes on public roads. 2024 figures come from the FARS Annual Report File and can be revised.

Who died in Mohave County car accidents

People in cars, SUVs, pickups or vans accounted for 197 deaths, or 80.4% of car accident deaths from 2020 through 2024. People in other vehicles accounted for 24 deaths, or 9.8%. Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping) also accounted for 24 deaths, or 9.8%. These categories describe the people killed in the selected passenger-vehicle-involved crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

People in cars, SUVs, pickups or vans was the largest category. The other categories had equal counts and shares. For readers searching for a car accident lawyer, the grouping to keep in mind here is crash location, not the person's residence.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

How the fatal car crashes happened

Angle (side impact) accounted for 60 deaths, or 24.5%; Head-on for 36, or 14.7%; Rear-end for 32, or 13.1%; and Sideswipe for 6, or 2.4%. Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounted for 111 deaths, or 45.3%, the largest manner-of-collision row.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

These car accident categories describe the first harmful event. The latter row includes events such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover, rather than a collision between motor vehicles in transport. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport; physical movement is not the classification test.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Time of day and setting

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 126 car accident deaths, or 51.4%, during 2020 through 2024. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 119 deaths, or 48.6%. The daytime count was higher than the nighttime count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

By land-use classification, Urban accounted for 88 deaths, or 35.9%, and Rural for 149 deaths, or 60.8%. Unknown accounted for 8 deaths, or 3.3%. These classifications refer to crash locations. Crashes that also involved a large truck accounted for 47 car accident deaths, or 19.2% of the county's car accident deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Car accident death rate compared with Arizona and the United States

Mohave County's rate was 22.2 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That was higher than Arizona's rate of 13.1 and the national rate of 10.5. Among the listed neighboring counties, the rates were 15.9 for San Bernardino County, California; 9.0 for Clark County, Nevada; 17.9 for Yavapai County, Arizona; and 27.4 for Coconino County, Arizona.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Mohave County's rate was lower than Coconino County's and higher than the rates for the other listed neighbors. These car accident death rates use deaths divided by the sum of annual Census population estimates, multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors, and they count deaths by crash location.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates, so they show deaths per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or for visitors.

Recorded characteristics of all fatal crashes

Recorded characteristics cover all fatal crashes in Mohave County, of any vehicle type. Shares use all traffic deaths: Speeding-related, 122 deaths (38.5%); Roadway departure, 134 (42.3%); At an intersection, 71 (22.4%); Pedestrian involved, 31 (9.8%); Motorcycle involved, 50 (15.8%); Hit-and-run, 13 (4.1%); Driver distraction reported, 29 (9.1%); and In a work zone, 8 (2.5%).^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

This scope differs from the passenger-vehicle-involved car accident counts. A crash can have several recorded characteristics, so the rows overlap and do not add to 100%. The entries describe recorded characteristics, not findings of fault or cause.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

A crash can carry several characteristics, so the rows overlap and do not add to 100%. These are recorded characteristics, not findings of fault.

About these figures

FARS is a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts follow where the crash happened, not where the people killed lived.^[8][6][7]

Data for 2020 through 2023 use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File may change when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File. Rates use 2020 through 2024 deaths and the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000. The separately displayed July 1, 2024 population estimate of 226,262 is not the rate denominator.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Car accident statistics for Coconino County, Arizona (2020-2024)
• Car accident statistics for Yavapai County, Arizona (2020-2024)
• Car accident statistics for San Bernardino County, California (2020-2024)
• Arizona car accident statistics (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Truck accident statistics for Mohave County, Arizona (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)