Crawford County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Crawford County in 2024.

FARS records 92 deaths in 82 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.8 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, Crawford County was number 17 of 75 counties of Arkansas.

Deaths in Crawford County fell by 6.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (98) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (92).

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

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 21.7% of the deaths in Crawford County and 13.7% 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 Crawford County by year, 2015 to 2024

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.Crawford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	7	1 or 2
2023	4	4	0
2022	10	8	1 or 2
2021	10	9	1 or 2
2020	8	7	1 or 2
2019	6	6	1 or 2
2018	12	9	5
2017	12	10	4
2016	12	12	1 or 2
2015	10	10	0
2015 to 2024	92	82	19

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (1985)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Crawford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	7
2023	4	4
2022	10	8
2021	10	9
2020	8	7
2019	6	6
2018	12	9
2017	12	10
2016	12	12
2015	10	10
2014	12	12
2013	6	5
2012	7	7
2011	8	8
2010	4	4
2009	9	9
2008	11	9
2007	7	7
2006	21	18
2005	13	13
2004	6	6
2003	12	11
2002	6	6
2001	12	9
2000	6	6
1999	13	11
1998	7	6
1997	13	12
1996	10	8
1995	11	11
1994	14	13
1993	12	12
1992	10	9
1991	6	6
1990	10	10
1989	8	7
1988	10	8
1987	14	12
1986	15	13
1985	23	11
1984	6	6
1983	11	10
1982	17	11
1981	12	8
1980	16	13
1979	5	5
1978	10	9
1977	7	7
1976	7	5
1975	7	5

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.Crawford County beside Arkansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Crawford County	Arkansas	United States
2024	12.9	19.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.8	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. Crawford County had 62,256 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Crawford County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arkansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 82 fatal crashes	19	82 fatal crashes	23.2%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 82 fatal crashes	19	82 fatal crashes	23.2%	22.2%
No restraint usedof 56 occupant deaths with restraint use known	26	56 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.4%	54.2%
Pedestriansof 92 deaths	12	92 deaths	13.0%	11.0%
Bicyclistsof 92 deaths	0	92 deaths	0.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 92 deaths	20	92 deaths	21.7%	13.7%
On a rural roadof 82 fatal crashes with the condition reported	50	82 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	61.0%	63.1%
In the darkof 82 fatal crashes with the condition reported	35	82 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.7%	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.Crawford 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	4	3	5	4	16
Monday	4	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	3	1 or 2	10
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	4	13
Thursday	0	3	1 or 2	3	8
Friday	3	5	3	5	16
Saturday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
All days	15	23	22	22	82

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.Crawford County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arkansas
Interstate	31	37.8%	14.7%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.1%
Other principal arterial	5	6.1%	29.0%
Minor arterial	20	24.4%	20.8%
Major collector	12	14.6%	16.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.2%	1.4%
Local	13	15.9%	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.Crawford County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	43
Dark, not lighted	33
Dark, lighted	0
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Crawford County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	67
Cloudy	8
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Crawford County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Crawford	In all of Arkansas
Interstate 40	Interstate	23	263
Interstate 49	Interstate	6	79
State Route 59	State highway	9	24
US Route 64	US highway	11	107
US Route 71	US highway	7	163

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.Crawford 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
Crawford County: 14.8

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 Crawford County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Franklin County	Arkansas	11	63	35.9
Madison County	Arkansas	3	56	33.3
Sebastian County	Arkansas	15	151	11.8
Washington County	Arkansas	23	262	10.7
Adair County	Oklahoma	7	57	27.3
Sequoyah County	Oklahoma	8	77	18.9

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 Crawford 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. Crawford County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ar/crawford/. 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 Crawford in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 98 deaths in Crawford County from 2005 to 2014. It records 92 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Crawford in 2024?

The rate of Crawford County in 2024 was 12.9 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 Crawford had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 19 of 82 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 Crawford?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 56 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.