Lawrence County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Lawrence County in 2024.

FARS records 83 deaths in 70 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 50.7 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, Lawrence County was number 20 of 75 counties of Arkansas.

Deaths in Lawrence County rose by 31.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (63) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (83).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 29.0% of the occupants killed in Lawrence County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 54.2% 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 Lawrence 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.Lawrence County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	9	0
2023	3	3	0
2022	11	8	1 or 2
2021	6	6	3
2020	12	8	1 or 2
2019	8	8	3
2018	14	12	1 or 2
2017	4	4	1 or 2
2016	11	8	1 or 2
2015	5	4	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	83	70	14

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 14 (2018)2024: 9

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

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

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.Lawrence County beside Arkansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lawrence County	Arkansas	United States
2024	55.6	19.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	50.7	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. Lawrence County had 16,200 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lawrence County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arkansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 70 fatal crashes	14	70 fatal crashes	20.0%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 70 fatal crashes	19	70 fatal crashes	27.1%	22.2%
No restraint usedof 62 occupant deaths with restraint use known	18	62 occupant deathswith restraint use known	29.0%	54.2%
Pedestriansof 83 deaths	5	83 deaths	6.0%	11.0%
Bicyclistsof 83 deaths	1 or 2	83 deaths	1.2%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 83 deaths	6	83 deaths	7.2%	13.7%
On a rural roadof 70 fatal crashes with the condition reported	55	70 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	78.6%	63.1%
In the darkof 70 fatal crashes with the condition reported	26	70 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.1%	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.Lawrence 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	0	0	1 or 2	4	6
Monday	1 or 2	4	3	1 or 2	10
Tuesday	5	0	1 or 2	3	10
Wednesday	4	3	4	0	11
Thursday	0	4	7	5	16
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	8
Saturday	0	3	3	3	9
All days	12	15	24	19	70

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.Lawrence County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arkansas
Interstate	0	0.0%	14.7%
Other freeways and expressways	4	5.7%	2.1%
Other principal arterial	43	61.4%	29.0%
Minor arterial	6	8.6%	20.8%
Major collector	14	20.0%	16.9%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	1.4%
Local	3	4.3%	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.Lawrence County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	38
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	3
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Lawrence County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	50
Cloudy	9
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lawrence County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lawrence	In all of Arkansas
State Route 25	State highway	3	48
State Route 367	State highway	1 or 2	35
US Route 63	US highway	29	99
US Route 67	US highway	13	158
US Route 412	US highway	8	99

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.Lawrence 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
Lawrence County: 50.7

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 Lawrence County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Craighead County	Arkansas	22	185	16.8
Greene County	Arkansas	6	79	17.3
Independence County	Arkansas	10	100	26.4
Jackson County	Arkansas	3	45	26.7
Randolph County	Arkansas	1 or 2	45	24.6
Sharp County	Arkansas	7	53	30.4

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

FARS records 63 deaths in Lawrence County from 2005 to 2014. It records 83 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lawrence in 2024?

The rate of Lawrence County in 2024 was 55.6 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 Lawrence had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 14 of 70 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 Lawrence?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 54 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.