Arizona Car Accident Statistics

How many car accidents happen in Arizona each year?

Arizona recorded 121,107 motor vehicle crashes in 2024, according to ADOT's official 2024 Crash Facts report — an average of about 331 crashes every day, and a 1.74% decrease from 2023. Against roughly 5.94 million licensed drivers, that works out to about one reported crash for every 49 licensed drivers in a single year.

Year	Total crashes	People killed	People injured
2021	121,985	1,194	52,245
2022	121,178	1,320	53,188
2023	123,256	1,308	55,011
2024	121,107	1,228	54,426

How many people are killed or injured in Arizona crashes?

In 2024, 1,228 people were killed and 54,426 were injured on Arizona roads. Put in human terms by ADOT's own arithmetic: one person was killed every 7 hours and 9 minutes — about 3.36 deaths per day — and one person was injured every 9 minutes and 41 seconds. Fatalities fell 6.12% from 2023's 1,308, and injuries edged down from 55,011. Roughly 0.9% of all crashes were fatal (1,117 fatal crashes).

What is the most common type of car accident in Arizona?

Rear-end collisions — 38,654 crashes in 2024, or 37.51% of all multi-vehicle crashes, more than double any other type. But frequency and lethality are different lists: left-turn crashes killed 127 people from 16,866 crashes, the deadliest share relative to how often they happen, and angle (T-bone) impacts killed 96 from 18,182 crashes.

Collision type (multi-vehicle)	Crashes	Share	Fatal crashes
Rear end	38,654	37.51%	91
Angle (T-bone)	18,182	17.64%	96
Left turn	16,866	16.37%	127
Sideswipe (opposite direction)	1,639	1.59%	10

If one of these happened to you, the crash type shapes the claim: see our guides to rear-end collisions, intersection and T-bone accidents, and head-on collisions.

How many Arizona crashes involve alcohol?

Alcohol-related crashes were only 4.56% of all crashes in 2024 — but 27.93% of all fatal crashes. A crash involving alcohol is roughly six times more likely to kill someone than its share of the road would predict, which is why drunk driving injury cases so often support punitive damages on top of compensation.

How common are hit-and-run crashes in Arizona?

Startlingly common: 16,136 crashes in 2024 involved a hit-and-run driver — about one crash in eight — killing 86 people and injuring 4,202. Arizona law treats a hit-and-run as an uninsured-driver claim under your own UM coverage when the driver is never found; our Phoenix hit and run lawyer guide covers both tracks.

How dangerous are Arizona roads for people outside cars?

• 263 pedestrians were killed in 2024 — and Maricopa and Pima counties account for 79.85% of pedestrian fatalities. See our pedestrian accident guide.
• 44 bicyclists were killed and 1,349 injured (up 4.09% from 2023). See our bicycle accident guide.
• 219 motorcycle riders and passengers were killed and 2,503 injured.

Where do Arizona's fatal crashes happen?

Where the people are. Maricopa County recorded 594 traffic deaths in 2024 (down from 682 in 2023) — nearly half the state's toll. Pima County followed with 182, Pinal with 93, Mohave with 65, and Yavapai with 63. Within the Valley, the practical consequences are local — which police department holds the report, which hospital's lien applies — which is why we keep dedicated guides for Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, and Gilbert.

Timing matters too: 70.5% of all crashes happened in daylight hours (6 a.m. to 6 p.m.) — crashes follow traffic, not darkness, though the fatal-crash mix skews differently.

What do car accidents cost Arizona?

ADOT puts 2024's statewide economic loss from motor vehicle crashes at $20.890 billion — medical care, lost productivity, and property damage. For one person, the arithmetic is the multiplier framework insurers actually use, which our free personal injury calculator walks through; what a claim is legally worth is the subject of our Phoenix car accident lawyer guide.

Sources and methodology

Every figure on this page comes from the Arizona Department of Transportation's Arizona Motor Vehicle Crash Facts 2024 (published July 9, 2025), compiled from Arizona Traffic Crash Reports submitted by state, county, city, and tribal law enforcement. Percentages are ADOT's own. We refresh this page annually when the new Crash Facts report publishes each summer; derived figures (crashes per day, per-driver rates) are computed directly from ADOT totals.

Frequently asked questions

How many car accidents happen per day in Arizona?

About 331 per day on average — 121,107 reported crashes across 2024, per ADOT's Crash Facts. Roughly 149 people are injured and between 3 and 4 people are killed on Arizona roads in a typical day.

Is Arizona getting safer or more dangerous for drivers?

Slightly safer year-over-year: total crashes fell 1.74% and deaths fell 6.12% from 2023 to 2024. The longer view is flatter — Arizona has hovered around 121,000–123,000 crashes and 1,200–1,320 deaths per year since 2021, so the improvement is real but modest.

What is the deadliest kind of crash in Arizona?

Relative to how often they occur, left-turn crashes — 127 deaths from 16,866 crashes in 2024, a worse fatality ratio than rear-end collisions, which are more than twice as common but killed 91. Alcohol multiplies everything: 27.93% of fatal crashes involved alcohol versus 4.56% of all crashes.

How many hit-and-run accidents happen in Arizona?

16,136 crashes involved a hit-and-run driver in 2024 — about one in eight Arizona crashes — killing 86 people. If the driver is never identified, the claim typically proceeds through the victim's own uninsured motorist coverage.

Where do these statistics come from?

ADOT's annual Arizona Motor Vehicle Crash Facts report, the state's official compilation of every police-reported crash. The 2024 edition was published July 9, 2025. We cite it directly and update this page when each new edition is released.