Clark County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Clark County in 2024.

FARS records 63 deaths in 53 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 28.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Arkansas in the same years is 19.3.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Clark County was number 29 of 75 counties of Arkansas.

Deaths in Clark County rose by 3.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (61) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (63).

In the counties of Arkansas the deaths rose by 0.6% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 86.8% of the fatal crashes in Clark County with a known setting were rural, against 63.1% in Arkansas.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Clark County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Clark County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	1 or 2
2023	7	6	1 or 2
2022	6	6	0
2021	13	10	1 or 2
2020	6	4	1 or 2
2019	8	5	1 or 2
2018	8	8	5
2017	6	5	1 or 2
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015	3	3	0
2015 to 2024	63	53	15

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Clark County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 14 (1999)2024: 4

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Clark County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	7	6
2022	6	6
2021	13	10
2020	6	4
2019	8	5
2018	8	8
2017	6	5
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015	3	3
2014	7	7
2013	6	5
2012	5	5
2011	3	3
2010	9	6
2009	7	7
2008	4	4
2007	8	6
2006	5	5
2005	7	4
2004	10	9
2003	5	5
2002	14	13
2001	4	4
2000	11	9
1999	14	8
1998	9	7
1997	8	7
1996	3	1 or 2
1995	1 or 2	1 or 2
1994	5	5
1993	1 or 2	1 or 2
1992	5	5
1991	3	3
1990	4	4
1989	9	7
1988	1 or 2	1 or 2
1987	8	7
1986	8	7
1985	9	7
1984	3	3
1983	9	7
1982	7	7
1981	5	5
1980	4	4
1979	13	12
1978	7	7
1977	5	4
1976	4	4
1975	9	8

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Clark County beside Arkansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Clark County	Arkansas	United States
2024	19.1	19.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	28.9	19.3	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Clark County had 20,952 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Clark County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arkansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 53 fatal crashes	15	53 fatal crashes	28.3%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 53 fatal crashes	16	53 fatal crashes	30.2%	22.2%
No restraint usedof 51 occupant deaths with restraint use known	24	51 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.1%	54.2%
Pedestriansof 63 deaths	1 or 2	63 deaths	3.2%	11.0%
Bicyclistsof 63 deaths	0	63 deaths	0.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 63 deaths	1 or 2	63 deaths	3.2%	13.7%
On a rural roadof 53 fatal crashes with the condition reported	46	53 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	86.8%	63.1%
In the darkof 53 fatal crashes with the condition reported	23	53 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.4%	43.1%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Clark County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	1 or 2	0	3	1 or 2	7
Monday	0	0	4	1 or 2	5
Tuesday	0	4	4	3	11
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	0	1 or 2	6
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	7
Saturday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	9
All days	10	11	19	13	53

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Clark County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arkansas
Interstate	16	30.2%	14.7%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.1%
Other principal arterial	1 or 2	3.8%	29.0%
Minor arterial	19	35.8%	20.8%
Major collector	6	11.3%	16.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	3.8%	1.4%
Local	8	15.1%	15.1%
Not reported	0	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Clark County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	29
Dark, not lighted	22
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Clark County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	44
Cloudy	6
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Clark County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Clark	In all of Arkansas
Interstate 30	Interstate	16	204
State Route 7	State highway	4	102
State Route 8	State highway	5	34
US Route 67	US highway	4	158

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Arkansas

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Clark County on the county map of Arkansas

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 101 county
10 to 14.98 counties
15 to 19.916 counties
20 to 29.927 counties
30 or more23 counties
Clark County: 28.9

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Arkansas

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Clark County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Dallas County	Arkansas	1 or 2	19	28.1
Hot Spring County	Arkansas	6	120	35.9
Montgomery County	Arkansas	6	35	39.9
Nevada County	Arkansas	4	30	36.4
Ouachita County	Arkansas	4	57	24.8
Pike County	Arkansas	1 or 2	18	17.2

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Arkansas have a population nearest to that of Clark County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Arkansas Highway Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Arkansas.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Clark County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ar/clark/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Clark in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 61 deaths in Clark County from 2005 to 2014. It records 63 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Clark in 2024?

The rate of Clark County in 2024 was 19.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Arkansas was 19.5. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Clark had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 15 of 53 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Clark?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 29 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.