Jefferson County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Jefferson County in 2024.

FARS records 141 deaths in 130 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 21.0 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, Jefferson County was number 11 of 75 counties of Arkansas.

Deaths in Jefferson County fell by 4.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (147) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (141).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 60.8% of the fatal crashes in Jefferson County with known light were in the dark, against 43.1% 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 Jefferson 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.Jefferson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	13	3
2023	18	16	7
2022	16	13	1 or 2
2021	16	15	5
2020	16	16	3
2019	14	14	3
2018	11	11	1 or 2
2017	16	14	1 or 2
2016	11	11	1 or 2
2015	9	7	5
2015 to 2024	141	130	33

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (1989)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Jefferson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	13
2023	18	16
2022	16	13
2021	16	15
2020	16	16
2019	14	14
2018	11	11
2017	16	14
2016	11	11
2015	9	7
2014	16	14
2013	10	10
2012	15	12
2011	19	17
2010	10	10
2009	17	15
2008	17	14
2007	22	16
2006	12	10
2005	9	9
2004	19	18
2003	19	16
2002	17	16
2001	16	16
2000	15	14
1999	21	20
1998	19	16
1997	28	21
1996	15	12
1995	13	13
1994	22	19
1993	14	12
1992	20	20
1991	19	18
1990	20	17
1989	31	28
1988	28	26
1987	17	16
1986	15	14
1985	17	13
1984	14	13
1983	15	13
1982	14	14
1981	10	8
1980	11	10
1979	8	8
1978	22	17
1977	12	12
1976	22	21
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.Jefferson County beside Arkansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Jefferson County	Arkansas	United States
2024	22.0	19.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	21.0	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. Jefferson County had 63,605 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Jefferson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arkansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 130 fatal crashes	33	130 fatal crashes	25.4%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 130 fatal crashes	14	130 fatal crashes	10.8%	22.2%
No restraint usedof 95 occupant deaths with restraint use known	56	95 occupant deathswith restraint use known	58.9%	54.2%
Pedestriansof 141 deaths	25	141 deaths	17.7%	11.0%
Bicyclistsof 141 deaths	3	141 deaths	2.1%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 141 deaths	8	141 deaths	5.7%	13.7%
On a rural roadof 130 fatal crashes with the condition reported	70	130 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.8%	63.1%
In the darkof 130 fatal crashes with the condition reported	79	130 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.8%	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.Jefferson 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	6	1 or 2	6	6	20
Monday	5	3	3	5	16
Tuesday	4	3	3	4	14
Wednesday	6	0	3	6	15
Thursday	5	8	6	8	27
Friday	1 or 2	3	4	7	15
Saturday	8	6	3	6	23
All days	35	25	28	42	130

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.Jefferson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arkansas
Interstate	28	21.5%	14.7%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.5%	2.1%
Other principal arterial	43	33.1%	29.0%
Minor arterial	23	17.7%	20.8%
Major collector	13	10.0%	16.9%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	1.4%
Local	21	16.2%	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.Jefferson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	47
Dark, not lighted	50
Dark, lighted	24
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	5
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Jefferson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	105
Cloudy	9
Rain	13
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Jefferson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Jefferson	In all of Arkansas
Interstate 530	Interstate	28	55
State Route 365	State highway	9	33
US Route 63	US highway	10	99
US Route 65	US highway	17	133
US Route 79	US highway	11	70
US Route 270	US highway	7	86

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.Jefferson 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
Jefferson County: 21.0

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 Jefferson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Arkansas County	Arkansas	1 or 2	31	18.0
Cleveland County	Arkansas	1 or 2	28	35.9
Grant County	Arkansas	1 or 2	53	29.1
Lincoln County	Arkansas	1 or 2	21	15.9
Lonoke County	Arkansas	17	127	17.2
Pulaski County	Arkansas	91	714	18.0

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 Jefferson 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.

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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 Jefferson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 147 deaths in Jefferson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 141 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Jefferson in 2024?

The rate of Jefferson County in 2024 was 22.0 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 Jefferson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 33 of 130 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 Jefferson?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 82 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.