Lonoke County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 17 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in Lonoke County in 2024.

FARS records 127 deaths in 110 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.2 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, Lonoke County was number 12 of 75 counties of Arkansas.

Deaths in Lonoke County fell by 7.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (137) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (127).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 70.0% of the fatal crashes in Lonoke 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 Lonoke 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.Lonoke County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	17	15	4
2023	9	9	0
2022	17	16	6
2021	16	14	3
2020	12	10	1 or 2
2019	10	9	3
2018	7	5	1 or 2
2017	9	9	1 or 2
2016	15	11	5
2015	15	12	3
2015 to 2024	127	110	28

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (2004)2024: 17

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

Table 2.Lonoke County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	17	15
2023	9	9
2022	17	16
2021	16	14
2020	12	10
2019	10	9
2018	7	5
2017	9	9
2016	15	11
2015	15	12
2014	9	9
2013	11	11
2012	20	17
2011	11	11
2010	8	7
2009	12	12
2008	19	18
2007	17	16
2006	12	11
2005	18	16
2004	25	20
2003	20	13
2002	20	14
2001	15	13
2000	18	16
1999	9	9
1998	17	14
1997	10	9
1996	11	10
1995	9	8
1994	13	11
1993	7	6
1992	7	5
1991	15	11
1990	9	8
1989	10	10
1988	12	12
1987	11	9
1986	15	12
1985	8	8
1984	11	9
1983	13	11
1982	7	7
1981	11	10
1980	11	9
1979	17	14
1978	20	17
1977	6	5
1976	15	10
1975	10	9

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.Lonoke County beside Arkansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lonoke County	Arkansas	United States
2024	22.3	19.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.2	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. Lonoke County had 76,390 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lonoke County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arkansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 110 fatal crashes	28	110 fatal crashes	25.5%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 110 fatal crashes	24	110 fatal crashes	21.8%	22.2%
No restraint usedof 91 occupant deaths with restraint use known	50	91 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.9%	54.2%
Pedestriansof 127 deaths	10	127 deaths	7.9%	11.0%
Bicyclistsof 127 deaths	0	127 deaths	0.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 127 deaths	11	127 deaths	8.7%	13.7%
On a rural roadof 110 fatal crashes with the condition reported	77	110 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	70.0%	63.1%
In the darkof 108 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	108 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.7%	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.Lonoke 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	3	3	6	17
Monday	1 or 2	3	7	1 or 2	14
Tuesday	3	8	6	5	22
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	4	12
Thursday	1 or 2	3	5	4	13
Friday	3	4	6	6	19
Saturday	3	1 or 2	4	3	12
All days	18	24	37	30	109

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.Lonoke County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arkansas
Interstate	21	19.1%	14.7%
Other freeways and expressways	9	8.2%	2.1%
Other principal arterial	31	28.2%	29.0%
Minor arterial	25	22.7%	20.8%
Major collector	9	8.2%	16.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.9%	1.4%
Local	14	12.7%	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.Lonoke County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	58
Dark, not lighted	39
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Lonoke County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	89
Cloudy	8
Rain	11
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 Lonoke County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lonoke	In all of Arkansas
Interstate 40	Interstate	21	263
State Route 5	State highway	10	95
State Route 367	State highway	7	35
US Route 67	US highway	11	158
US Route 70	US highway	4	161
US Route 165	US highway	12	29

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.Lonoke 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
Lonoke County: 17.2

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 Lonoke 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
Faulkner County	Arkansas	18	164	13.0
Jefferson County	Arkansas	14	141	21.0
Prairie County	Arkansas	9	33	40.6
Pulaski County	Arkansas	91	714	18.0
White County	Arkansas	19	155	19.8

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 Lonoke 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 Lonoke in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 137 deaths in Lonoke County from 2005 to 2014. It records 127 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lonoke in 2024?

The rate of Lonoke County in 2024 was 22.3 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 Lonoke had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 28 of 110 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 Lonoke?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 65 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.