Counties in Arizona by traffic fatalities

Maricopa County had the highest traffic fatalities of 15 counties in 2023, at 680. Greenlee County had the lowest, at 3. The median was 30 and the figure for Arizona was 1,308. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Highest680Maricopa County
Median3015 counties
Arizona1,308History

Map of counties, 2023

Apache County: 23 countCochise County: 30 countCoconino County: 56 countGila County: 17 countGraham County: 11 countGreenlee County: 3 countLa Paz County: 22 countMaricopa County: 680 countMohave County: 75 countNavajo County: 41 countPima County: 186 countPinal County: 79 countSanta Cruz County: 9 countYavapai County: 47 countYuma County: 28 count
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  • 16 to 26
  • 26 to 43
  • 43 to 76
  • 76 and over
count, 2023. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2023

Maricopa County: 680 countMaricopa County680Pima County: 186 countPima County186Pinal County: 79 countPinal County79Mohave County: 75 countMohave County75Coconino County: 56 countCoconino County56Yavapai County: 47 countYavapai County47Navajo County: 41 countNavajo County41Cochise County: 30 countCochise County30Yuma County: 28 countYuma County28Apache County: 23 countApache County23La Paz County: 22 countLa Paz County22Gila County: 17 countGila County17Graham County: 11 countGraham County11Santa Cruz County: 9 countSanta Cruz County9Greenlee County: 3 countGreenlee County3Maricopa County: 680 countMaricopa County680Pima County: 186 countPima County186Pinal County: 79 countPinal County79Mohave County: 75 countMohave County75Coconino County: 56 countCoconino County56Yavapai County: 47 countYavapai County47Navajo County: 41 countNavajo County41Cochise County: 30 countCochise County30Yuma County: 28 countYuma County28Apache County: 23 countApache County23La Paz County: 22 countLa Paz County22Gila County: 17 countGila County17Graham County: 11 countGraham County11Santa Cruz County: 9 countSanta Cruz County9Greenlee County: 3 countGreenlee County3
count. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023
count
Change on 2022
1Maricopa County680+0.1%
2Pima County186+6.9%
3Pinal County79-20.2%
4Mohave County75+8.7%
5Coconino County56-5.1%
6Yavapai County47-20.3%
7Navajo County41-10.9%
8Cochise County30-3.2%
9Yuma County28+12%
10Apache County23-11.5%
11La Paz County22+175%
12Gila County17-34.6%
13Graham County11+175%
14Santa Cruz County9+12.5%
15Greenlee County3-25%

Other periods

About this ranking

People killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.

A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2026). Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash (Counties in Arizona by traffic fatalities, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip

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Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in Arizona by traffic fatalities, 2023. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/arizona-counties?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2026. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Counties in Arizona by traffic fatalities, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/arizona-counties?period=2023.

Harvard

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2026) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in Arizona by traffic fatalities, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/arizona-counties?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Maricopa County, with 680 in 2023, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Greenlee County, with 3 in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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