Arizona Car Accidents Today — Live Reports & Statistics
Quick answer: Arizona recorded 1,229 motor vehicle crash deaths in 2024 — about 3.4 a day, 16.2 per 100,000 people (far above the US average, rank #10 of 51). 1 Arizona accident report tracked in the last 48 hours are listed below. Emergency number: 911.
Arizona is a landlocked state in the Southwestern United States, sharing the Four Corners region with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the northwest and California to the west, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix, which is the most populous state capital and fifth-most populous city in the United States.
- Capital
- Phoenix
- Population
- 7,151,502 (2020)
- Area
- 295,234 km²
- Crash deaths 2024
- 1,229
- Deaths / 100k
- 16.2
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Arizona Accident News — Last 48 Hours
Live traffic cameras in Arizona
Public traffic-camera snapshots nearest to the latest geocoded reports on this page, straight from the transport authority. Images refresh on their own schedule (seconds to minutes); a camera is picked by distance and is not necessarily pointed at the incident.
Camera data: AZ511 / Arizona Department of Transportation (all 644 cameras). Snapshots are served by the authority and are not stored by this site. Cameras marked Live video play inline; the rest are still images refreshed by the authority.
Road Safety in Arizona
With a population of 7,582,384 and 70,451 million vehicle miles travelled, Arizona recorded 1,229 crash deaths in 2024: 16.2 per 100,000 people and 1.74 per 100 million miles. Speeding was a factor in 36% of those deaths.
By road user: pedestrians 20%, motorcyclists 18%, bicyclists 3%.
About 419 deaths (34%) were in crashes involving a driver at or over the 0.08% alcohol limit, and 88 of those killed were teenagers aged 15–19. Compare: drunk driving deaths by state · teen deaths by state.
Source: NHTSA FARS 2024 via IIHS state-by-state tables. National context: US road deaths by year.
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States With a Similar Death Rate
| State | Rank | Deaths 2024 | Per 100k | Per 100M miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #10 | 1,229 | 16.2 | 1.74 |
| Montana | #7 | 206 | 18.1 | 1.49 |
| Tennessee | #8 | 1,197 | 16.6 | 1.52 |
| Louisiana | #9 | 752 | 16.4 | 1.36 |
| South Dakota | #11 | 146 | 15.8 | 1.4 |
| Oklahoma | #12 | 645 | 15.7 | 1.39 |
| Kentucky | #13 | 707 | 15.4 | 1.44 |