NHTSA FARS 2020–2024 · Census population
Most Dangerous Counties in Arkansas
Quick answer: Pulaski County recorded the most road deaths in Arkansas from 2020 to 2024 (426), while Fulton County had the highest death rate, 52 per 100,000 residents a year against 20.9 for the state as a whole.
Per 100,000 residents a year · counties with 10,000+ people
Highest death rate
| # | County | Deaths per 100k / year | Deaths 2020–2024 | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fulton County | 52 | 32 | 12,302 |
| 2 | Lawrence County | 50.5 | 41 | 16,238 |
| 3 | Franklin County | 43.9 | 38 | 17,326 |
| 4 | Bradley County | 41.1 | 21 | 10,208 |
| 5 | Poinsett County | 38.1 | 43 | 22,543 |
| 6 | Hempstead County | 37.9 | 37 | 19,508 |
| 7 | Clay County | 37.8 | 27 | 14,280 |
| 8 | St. Francis County | 37.5 | 42 | 22,400 |
| 9 | Madison County | 36.9 | 32 | 17,329 |
| 10 | Sevier County | 35.6 | 28 | 15,712 |
| 11 | Hot Spring County | 35 | 58 | 33,179 |
| 12 | Clark County | 34.1 | 36 | 21,125 |
| 13 | Crittenden County | 33 | 78 | 47,266 |
| 14 | Independence County | 32.5 | 62 | 38,175 |
| 15 | Jackson County | 31.1 | 26 | 16,712 |
75 counties · click a heading to sort
Every county in Arkansas
| County | Deaths | Fatal crashes | Per 100k / yr | Pedestrians | At night | Alcohol | 2020→2024 | Deadliest roads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski County | 426 | 406 | 21.3 | 31% | 61% | 29% | I-30, US-70, I-40 | |
| Benton County | 150 | 137 | 9.9 | 11% | 41% | 31% | I-49, US-412, US-71 | |
| Washington County | 143 | 132 | 11.1 | 22% | 46% | 26% | I-49, US-71B, US-412 | |
| Garland County | 103 | 91 | 20.6 | 9% | 47% | 27% | US-70, US-270, SR-7 | |
| Craighead County | 97 | 80 | 17.1 | 5% | 49% | 31% | SR-18, US-49, US-63 | |
| White County | 93 | 90 | 23.9 | 10% | 40% | 19% | SR-36, SR-5, SR-13 | |
| Sebastian County | 92 | 86 | 14.3 | 13% | 41% | 29% | US-71, SR-22, US-271 | |
| Saline County | 91 | 89 | 14.3 | 11% | 42% | 34% | I-30, SR-5, SR-229 | |
| Faulkner County | 91 | 85 | 14.3 | 8% | 42% | 29% | US-64, US-65, I-40 | |
| Jefferson County | 80 | 73 | 24.7 | 21% | 67% | 26% | I-530, US-65, SR-15 | |
| Crittenden County | 78 | 75 | 33 | 17% | 57% | 23% | I-55, I-40, US-70 | |
| Lonoke County | 71 | 64 | 18.9 | 11% | 41% | 22% | SR-5, I-40, US-67 | |
| Independence County | 62 | 56 | 32.5 | 5% | 36% | 30% | US-167, SR-25, SR-69 | |
| Hot Spring County | 58 | 51 | 35 | 7% | 37% | 24% | I-30, US-270, US-67 | |
| Miller County | 55 | 50 | 26 | 20% | 58% | 30% | I-49, I-30, SR-196 | |
| Pope County | 55 | 49 | 17.2 | 7% | 35% | 16% | I-40, SR-7, SR-164 | |
| Mississippi County | 49 | 44 | 25 | 12% | 45% | 30% | I-55, SR-18, SR-140 | |
| Poinsett County | 43 | 39 | 38.1 | 9% | 36% | 23% | SR-14, SR-140, SR-1 | |
| Union County | 42 | 39 | 22.2 | 5% | 41% | 31% | US-82, US-167, SR-7 | |
| St. Francis County | 42 | 38 | 37.5 | 7% | 42% | 32% | I-40, SR-1, US-71 | |
| Greene County | 41 | 37 | 17.7 | 7% | 43% | 22% | US-49, US-412, SR-358 | |
| Lawrence County | 41 | 34 | 50.5 | 5% | 38% | 18% | US-63, US-67, SR-115 | |
| Crawford County | 40 | 35 | 13.1 | 18% | 46% | 20% | I-40, US-64, SR-59 | |
| Franklin County | 38 | 32 | 43.9 | 11% | 47% | 12% | I-40, SR-23, SR-309 | |
| Baxter County | 38 | 33 | 17.9 | 11% | 24% | 36% | SR-5, SR-201, US-62 | |
| Hempstead County | 37 | 34 | 37.9 | 8% | 56% | 18% | I-30, US-67, US-278 | |
| Clark County | 36 | 30 | 34.1 | 6% | 27% | 20% | I-30, SR-7, US-67 | |
| Cleburne County | 36 | 33 | 28.5 | 6% | 24% | 33% | SR-16, SR-25, SR-110 | |
| Carroll County | 34 | 31 | 23.8 | 6% | 16% | 29% | SR-21, SR-23, US-62 | |
| Boone County | 34 | 32 | 17.8 | 3% | 28% | 22% | SR-7, SR-43, US-65 | |
| Madison County | 32 | 28 | 36.9 | 6% | 36% | 36% | US-412, SR-295, SR-45 | |
| Fulton County | 32 | 28 | 52 | 0% | 25% | 21% | SR-9, US-62, SR-289 | |
| Polk County | 30 | 28 | 31 | 3% | 46% | 39% | SR-8, SR-88, US-71 | |
| Columbia County | 30 | 27 | 26.8 | 3% | 67% | 37% | US-82, US-371, US-79 | |
| Ouachita County | 29 | 28 | 26.3 | 0% | 32% | 36% | US-79, SR-24, US-278 | |
| Grant County | 28 | 25 | 30.7 | 7% | 40% | 12% | US-270, US-167, SR-46 | |
| Yell County | 28 | 23 | 27.8 | 0% | 39% | 26% | SR-22, SR-154, SR-27 | |
| Logan County | 28 | 28 | 26.3 | 7% | 29% | 39% | SR-22, SR-10, US-71 | |
| Sevier County | 28 | 26 | 35.6 | 7% | 35% | 54% | US-71, SR-41, US-70 | |
| Clay County | 27 | 18 | 37.8 | 0% | 44% | 22% | US-67, SR-328, SR-135 | |
| Johnson County | 26 | 24 | 20 | 12% | 42% | 25% | I-40, SR-164, SR-109 | |
| Jackson County | 26 | 23 | 31.1 | 19% | 43% | 35% | US-67, SR-367, SR-69 | |
| Conway County | 24 | 24 | 22.8 | 0% | 42% | 25% | SR-9, I-40, SR-95 | |
| Randolph County | 24 | 22 | 25.5 | 0% | 36% | 27% | US-67, SR-115, US-62 | |
| Ashley County | 23 | 18 | 25 | 4% | 39% | 33% | US-82, US-425 | |
| Phillips County | 22 | 20 | 28.5 | 14% | 20% | 30% | US-49, SR-85, SR-242 | |
| Drew County | 22 | 20 | 25.8 | 5% | 45% | 35% | SR-35, US-278, SR-293 | |
| Bradley County | 21 | 13 | 41.1 | 0% | 38% | 31% | US-63, SR-160 | |
| Scott County | 21 | 19 | 42.8 | 5% | 37% | 16% | US-71, SR-28, SR-80 | |
| Sharp County | 20 | 18 | 22.5 | 5% | 22% | 22% | US-167, US-63, SR-230 | |
| Van Buren County | 20 | 18 | 25 | 5% | 39% | 28% | US-65, SR-16, SR-330 | |
| Monroe County | 20 | 16 | 60.7 | 0% | 31% | 19% | US-49, US-70, I-40 | |
| Stone County | 19 | 19 | 30.2 | 5% | 26% | 26% | SR-5, SR-14, SR-263 | |
| Montgomery County | 19 | 18 | 44.4 | 0% | 28% | 33% | US-270, SR-8, SR-88 | |
| Marion County | 19 | 17 | 22.1 | 5% | 12% | 24% | US-62, SR-235, SR-125 | |
| Newton County | 18 | 17 | 50.6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | SR-7, SR-43, US-65 | |
| Searcy County | 18 | 18 | 45.8 | 0% | 22% | 22% | US-65, SR-377 | |
| Prairie County | 18 | 16 | 44.6 | 6% | 38% | 31% | I-40, US-165, SR-249 | |
| Chicot County | 18 | 10 | 36.9 | 0% | 40% | 30% | US-65, US-165, SR-159 | |
| Cleveland County | 17 | 14 | 45.6 | 6% | 43% | 14% | US-63, US-79, US-167 | |
| Arkansas County | 17 | 17 | 20.6 | 6% | 41% | 35% | US-165, US-63, US-79 | |
| Little River County | 17 | 15 | 28.8 | 18% | 33% | 33% | US-71, SR-32 | |
| Cross County | 15 | 12 | 18.1 | 20% | 33% | 0% | SR-1, US-64 | |
| Nevada County | 15 | 15 | 36.8 | 7% | 13% | 27% | I-30, US-278, US-371 | |
| Howard County | 14 | 13 | 22.3 | 0% | 31% | 62% | US-278, SR-355, SR-27 | |
| Calhoun County | 14 | 14 | 59.5 | 0% | 43% | 7% | US-278, US-167, SR-274 | |
| Dallas County | 13 | 13 | 41.7 | 0% | 38% | 38% | SR-48, SR-8, US-79 | |
| Izard County | 12 | 12 | 17.1 | 8% | 25% | 33% | SR-9, SR-56, SR-177 | |
| Lee County | 11 | 10 | 26.3 | 18% | 60% | 0% | US-79, SR-1 | |
| Pike County | 11 | 10 | 21.8 | 0% | 10% | 10% | US-70, SR-26 | |
| Perry County | 11 | 11 | 21.8 | 9% | 36% | 18% | SR-113, SR-314, SR-60 | |
| Desha County | 9 | 8 | 16.7 | 11% | 75% | 0% | US-65, SR-4, US-278 | |
| Lincoln County | 9 | 8 | 13.9 | 0% | 38% | 25% | SR-530, US-65, US-425 | |
| Lafayette County | 6 | 6 | 19.6 | 17% | 33% | 33% | US-82, SR-160 | |
| Woodruff County | 2 | 2 | 6.6 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
Deaths = people killed in crashes in the county, 2020–2024. Pedestrians = share of deaths who were on foot. At night = share of fatal crashes in the dark. Alcohol = share of fatal crashes where police reported a driver had been drinking. Rate = yearly average deaths ÷ average population × 100,000. Source: NHTSA FARS, U.S. Census Bureau.
More for Arkansas: deadliest highways and roads · Arkansas accidents today · get a police report · every state
Questions
Dangerous counties — FAQ
What is the most dangerous county in Arkansas for driving?
Pulaski County recorded the most road deaths in Arkansas from 2020 to 2024 (426), while Fulton County had the highest death rate, 52 per 100,000 residents a year against 20.9 for the state as a whole. Big counties lead on counts because more people drive there; the rate shows the risk for each resident.
How many people died on Arkansas roads from 2020 to 2024?
3,179 people, according to NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, about 636 a year.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every fatal crash in NHTSA's FARS census for 2020–2024, placed in the county where it happened, divided by the county's average population from the U.S. Census Bureau. Rates are only ranked for counties with at least 10,000 residents.