Mississippi County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Mississippi County in 2024.

FARS records 81 deaths in 72 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.9 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, Mississippi County was number 21 of 75 counties of Arkansas.

Deaths in Mississippi County fell by 30.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (116) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (81).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 75.0% of the fatal crashes in Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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.Mississippi County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	9	3
2023	9	8	0
2022	11	11	3
2021	9	7	4
2020	10	9	3
2019	7	7	1 or 2
2018	3	3	1 or 2
2017	7	6	3
2016	11	8	1 or 2
2015	4	4	0
2015 to 2024	81	72	20

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (1989)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Mississippi County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	9
2023	9	8
2022	11	11
2021	9	7
2020	10	9
2019	7	7
2018	3	3
2017	7	6
2016	11	8
2015	4	4
2014	7	5
2013	12	12
2012	10	9
2011	6	6
2010	13	11
2009	14	14
2008	9	8
2007	17	15
2006	17	16
2005	11	11
2004	15	10
2003	14	12
2002	12	10
2001	10	9
2000	9	9
1999	17	16
1998	10	9
1997	20	17
1996	15	15
1995	12	12
1994	12	11
1993	19	16
1992	18	16
1991	17	14
1990	17	16
1989	23	22
1988	9	8
1987	11	9
1986	14	12
1985	16	8
1984	13	12
1983	17	16
1982	16	14
1981	12	11
1980	12	10
1979	12	10
1978	18	15
1977	20	18
1976	8	8
1975	16	13

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.Mississippi County beside Arkansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Mississippi County	Arkansas	United States
2024	26.2	19.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.9	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. Mississippi County had 38,174 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Mississippi County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arkansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 72 fatal crashes	20	72 fatal crashes	27.8%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 72 fatal crashes	14	72 fatal crashes	19.4%	22.2%
No restraint usedof 58 occupant deaths with restraint use known	30	58 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.7%	54.2%
Pedestriansof 81 deaths	8	81 deaths	9.9%	11.0%
Bicyclistsof 81 deaths	1 or 2	81 deaths	2.5%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 81 deaths	6	81 deaths	7.4%	13.7%
On a rural roadof 72 fatal crashes with the condition reported	54	72 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	75.0%	63.1%
In the darkof 70 fatal crashes with the condition reported	32	70 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.7%	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.Mississippi 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	3	11
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	8
Tuesday	3	5	7	1 or 2	17
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	4	4	12
Thursday	0	1 or 2	0	5	6
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	4	11
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	7
All days	10	15	26	21	72

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.Mississippi County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arkansas
Interstate	17	23.6%	14.7%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.1%
Other principal arterial	14	19.4%	29.0%
Minor arterial	17	23.6%	20.8%
Major collector	14	19.4%	16.9%
Minor collector	3	4.2%	1.4%
Local	7	9.7%	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.Mississippi County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	36
Dark, not lighted	27
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Mississippi County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	58
Cloudy	7
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Mississippi County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Mississippi	In all of Arkansas
Interstate 55	Interstate	16	52
State Route 14	State highway	1 or 2	38
State Route 18	State highway	13	47

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.Mississippi 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
Mississippi County: 19.9

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 Mississippi County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Craighead County	Arkansas	22	185	16.8
Crittenden County	Arkansas	16	145	30.2
Poinsett County	Arkansas	9	78	33.6
Dunklin County	Missouri	6	73	25.4
Pemiscot County	Missouri	7	62	39.2
Dyer County	Tennessee	4	76	20.6
Lauderdale County	Tennessee	8	57	22.5
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 Mississippi 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. Mississippi County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ar/mississippi/. 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 Mississippi in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 116 deaths in Mississippi County from 2005 to 2014. It records 81 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Mississippi in 2024?

The rate of Mississippi County in 2024 was 26.2 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 Mississippi had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 20 of 72 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 Mississippi?

FARS records 16 fatal crashes on Interstate 55 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 14 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 13 fatal crashes on State Route 18 in the county from 2015 to 2024.