Crittenden County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 16 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Crittenden County in 2024.

FARS records 145 deaths in 135 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 30.2 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, Crittenden County was number 10 of 75 counties of Arkansas.

Deaths in Crittenden County rose by 7.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (135) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (145).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 40.7% of the fatal crashes in Crittenden 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 Crittenden 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.Crittenden County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	16	14	1 or 2
2023	23	22	6
2022	17	17	4
2021	9	9	1 or 2
2020	13	13	4
2019	9	8	4
2018	21	19	4
2017	9	9	1 or 2
2016	14	14	1 or 2
2015	14	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	145	135	29

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 30 (2004)2024: 16

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

Table 2.Crittenden County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	16	14
2023	23	22
2022	17	17
2021	9	9
2020	13	13
2019	9	8
2018	21	19
2017	9	9
2016	14	14
2015	14	10
2014	12	11
2013	15	11
2012	16	13
2011	12	11
2010	11	11
2009	12	9
2008	12	10
2007	16	16
2006	14	12
2005	15	13
2004	30	14
2003	13	11
2002	15	11
2001	15	14
2000	16	13
1999	20	18
1998	19	15
1997	27	19
1996	20	18
1995	24	18
1994	23	16
1993	8	6
1992	18	16
1991	15	14
1990	19	16
1989	19	18
1988	14	11
1987	20	17
1986	25	17
1985	20	18
1984	14	14
1983	16	14
1982	20	19
1981	23	23
1980	21	14
1979	16	13
1978	19	15
1977	27	22
1976	20	16
1975	21	15

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.Crittenden County beside Arkansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Crittenden County	Arkansas	United States
2024	34.2	19.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	30.2	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. Crittenden County had 46,789 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Crittenden County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arkansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 135 fatal crashes	29	135 fatal crashes	21.5%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 135 fatal crashes	21	135 fatal crashes	15.6%	22.2%
No restraint usedof 72 occupant deaths with restraint use known	34	72 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.2%	54.2%
Pedestriansof 145 deaths	27	145 deaths	18.6%	11.0%
Bicyclistsof 145 deaths	3	145 deaths	2.1%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 145 deaths	22	145 deaths	15.2%	13.7%
On a rural roadof 135 fatal crashes with the condition reported	55	135 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.7%	63.1%
In the darkof 133 fatal crashes with the condition reported	72	133 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.1%	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.Crittenden 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	5	1 or 2	4	3	13
Monday	5	6	5	7	23
Tuesday	3	4	4	8	19
Wednesday	5	1 or 2	7	8	22
Thursday	1 or 2	7	5	8	22
Friday	3	1 or 2	7	7	18
Saturday	3	1 or 2	4	9	18
All days	26	23	36	50	135

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.Crittenden County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arkansas
Interstate	64	47.4%	14.7%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.1%
Other principal arterial	17	12.6%	29.0%
Minor arterial	21	15.6%	20.8%
Major collector	12	8.9%	16.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.7%	1.4%
Local	20	14.8%	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.Crittenden County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	57
Dark, not lighted	41
Dark, lighted	26
Dawn	0
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	5
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Crittenden County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	106
Cloudy	7
Rain	19
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Crittenden County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Crittenden	In all of Arkansas
Interstate 40	Interstate	23	263
Interstate 55	Interstate	35	52
Interstate 555	Interstate	1 or 2	23
US Route 64	US highway	11	107
US Route 65	US highway	1 or 2	133
US Route 70	US highway	15	161

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.Crittenden 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
Crittenden County: 30.2

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 Crittenden County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cross County	Arkansas	3	36	21.6
Lee County	Arkansas	1 or 2	23	26.1
Mississippi County	Arkansas	10	81	19.9
Poinsett County	Arkansas	9	78	33.6
St. Francis County	Arkansas	6	81	33.6
DeSoto County	Mississippi	21	223	12.0
Tunica County	Mississippi	6	56	57.6
Shelby County	Tennessee	218	1,909	20.6
Tipton County	Tennessee	5	72	11.7

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 Crittenden 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

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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.

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Questions

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

FARS records 135 deaths in Crittenden County from 2005 to 2014. It records 145 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Crittenden in 2024?

The rate of Crittenden County in 2024 was 34.2 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 Crittenden had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 29 of 135 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 Crittenden?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 86 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.