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Traffic deaths in Sacaton, Arizona

City in Pinal County · Arizona · United States

Deaths, 2024
11
Fatal crashes
10

In 2024, 11 people died in 10 fatal crashes in Sacaton, Arizona. That was 57.1% more than in 2023 (7) and the most in any year since 2020. Between 2020 and 2024, 28 people died, an average of 5.6 a year. Pedestrians accounted for 18% of deaths, and 30% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

+57%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

7 deaths in 2023, 11 in 2024

  • Pinal County, Arizona: +15%
  • Arizona: -6%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 4 4
2021 1 1
2022 5 5
2023 7 7
2024 11 10

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Road users

Who died

18%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 1.7 times the share in Pinal County, Arizona: 11%
  • About 90 percent of the share in Arizona: 20%
  • About the same as the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 9
Pedestrians 2
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Sacaton Share in Pinal County
Pedestrians 2 18% 11%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 21%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 4 36% 34%
Speeding-related crashes 4 36% 48%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

30%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About two-thirds of the share in Pinal County, Arizona: 48%
  • About 85 percent of the share in Arizona: 35%
  • About the same as the share in the United States: 28%

20%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 60 percent of the share in Pinal County, Arizona: 33%
  • About 90 percent of the share in Arizona: 22%
  • About 80 percent of the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Sacaton Pinal County Arizona United States
Speeding-related 20.0% 32.9% 22.4% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 30.0% 47.6% 35.2% 28.1%
At night 40.0% 45.1% 53.2% 53.6%
At weekends 40.0% 31.7% 30.2% 32.6%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

40%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 90 percent of the share in Pinal County, Arizona: 45%
  • About three-quarters of the share in Arizona: 53%
  • About three-quarters of the share in the United States: 54%

40%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 1.3 times the share in Pinal County, Arizona: 32%
  • About 1.3 times the share in Arizona: 30%
  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 1
1am 0
2am 1
3am 0
4am 1
5am 3
6am 1
7am 0
8am 2
9am 3
10am 3
11am 0
12pm 1
1pm 0
2pm 2
3pm 2
4pm 1
5pm 1
6pm 1
7pm 0
8pm 2
9pm 0
10pm 0
11pm 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 3
Mon 2
Tue 2
Wed 6
Thu 8
Fri 1
Sat 5

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 1
Feb 3
Mar 2
Apr 5
May 1
Jun 3
Jul 0
Aug 3
Sep 2
Oct 2
Nov 2
Dec 3

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 21
Cloudy 3

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Daylight 13
Dark - Not Lighted 8
Dawn 2
Dusk 1

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-106
  2. SR-875
  3. SACATON RD2
  4. SR-1872
  5. SR-3472
  6. SR-5872
  7. I-10 NONCARD2
  8. ARROW WEED RD1
  9. W MOFFETT RD1
  10. UNKNOWN DIRT RD1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 13
Medium and heavy trucks 8
Pickup trucks 7
SUVs 7
Other vehicles 4
Motorcycles 3
Vans 2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado3
  2. Ford Focus2
  3. Freightliner Cascadia2
  4. Nissan Kicks2
  5. Nissan Titan2
  6. Acura MDX1
  7. Chevrolet Camaro1
  8. Chevrolet Malibu1
  9. Dodge Durango1
  10. Dodge Grand Caravan1

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2024. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Date Deaths
Dec 21, 2024 1
Oct 13, 2024 2
Sep 5, 2024 1
Aug 28, 2024 1
Aug 17, 2024 1
Aug 2, 2024 1
Jun 27, 2024 1
Jun 5, 2024 1
Apr 13, 2024 1
Jan 22, 2024 1
Dec 14, 2023 1
Dec 6, 2023 1
Nov 2, 2023 1
Sep 7, 2023 1
Jun 15, 2023 1
Apr 13, 2023 1
Apr 6, 2023 1
Nov 2, 2022 1
May 22, 2022 1
Apr 27, 2022 1
Mar 26, 2022 1
Feb 20, 2022 1
Oct 26, 2021 1
Apr 25, 2020 1
Mar 4, 2020 1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.