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Nevada County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics

FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Nevada County in 2024.

FARS records 30 deaths in 29 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 36.4 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, Nevada County was number 62 of 75 counties of Arkansas.

Deaths in Nevada County fell by 37.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (48) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (30).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 96.6% of the fatal crashes in Nevada 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 .

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on . NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Nevada 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.Nevada County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashesCrashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024441 or 2
20231 or 21 or 20
2022551 or 2
2021441 or 2
20201 or 21 or 20
2019430
2018441 or 2
20171 or 21 or 20
2016440
20151 or 21 or 20
2015 to 202430296
Each year from 1975
Figure 2.Deaths in Nevada County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 13 (1979)2024: 4

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

Table 2.Nevada County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashes
202444
20231 or 21 or 2
202255
202144
20201 or 21 or 2
201943
201844
20171 or 21 or 2
201644
20151 or 21 or 2
201433
20131 or 21 or 2
201276
201196
201055
20091 or 21 or 2
20081 or 21 or 2
200787
200696
20051 or 21 or 2
200433
200344
200231 or 2
200100
2000119
199944
19981 or 21 or 2
19971 or 21 or 2
199644
199576
199443
19931 or 21 or 2
199263
199164
199054
198943
198843
19871 or 21 or 2
198655
198553
198431 or 2
19831 or 21 or 2
198200
198144
198044
1979139
197888
197764
197676
197544

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.Nevada County beside Arkansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
PeriodNevada CountyArkansasUnited States
202449.819.511.5
2015 to 2024, in a year36.419.311.8

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. Nevada County had 8,026 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Nevada County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
FactorCountCounted amongShareShare in Arkansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 29 fatal crashes629 fatal crashes26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 29 fatal crashes429 fatal crashes22.2%
No restraint usedof 24 occupant deaths with restraint use known1224 occupant deathswith restraint use known54.2%
Pedestriansof 30 deaths430 deaths11.0%
Bicyclistsof 30 deaths030 deaths0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 30 deaths030 deaths13.7%
On a rural roadof 29 fatal crashes with the condition reported2829 fatal crasheswith the condition reported63.1%
In the darkof 29 fatal crashes with the condition reported729 fatal crasheswith the condition reported43.1%

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 .

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Nevada County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
WeekdayMidnight to 6 a.m.6 a.m. to noonNoon to 6 p.m.6 p.m. to midnightAll
Sunday1 or 21 or 21 or 205
Monday1 or 21 or 21 or 21 or 25
Tuesday01 or 21 or 21 or 25
Wednesday1 or 21 or 2306
Thursday01 or 201 or 23
Friday01 or 21 or 203
Saturday001 or 201 or 2
All days41110328

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.Nevada County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function classFatal crashesShareShare in Arkansas
Interstate931.0%14.7%
Other freeways and expressways00.0%2.1%
Other principal arterial00.0%29.0%
Minor arterial724.1%20.8%
Major collector1034.5%16.9%
Minor collector00.0%1.4%
Local310.3%15.1%
Not reported0n/an/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.Nevada County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light conditionFatal crashes
Daylight21
Dark, not lighted6
Dark, lighted1 or 2
Dawn0
Dusk1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown0
Other or unknown0
Table 8.Nevada County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
WeatherFatal crashes
Clear24
Cloudy1 or 2
Rain3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain0
Fog, smog or smoke0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow0
Other or not reported0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Nevada County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
RouteTypeIn NevadaIn all of Arkansas
Interstate 30Interstate9204
US Route 67US highway1 or 2158
US Route 278US highway1 or 245
US Route 371US highway420

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.Nevada 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
  • Nevada County: 36.4

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 Nevada County
CountyStateDeaths, 2024Deaths, 2015 to 2024For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clark CountyArkansas46328.9
Columbia CountyArkansas64519.5
Hempstead CountyArkansas97536.2
Lafayette CountyArkansas1 or 21015.4
Ouachita CountyArkansas45724.8
Pike CountyArkansas1 or 21817.2

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 Nevada County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

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Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Nevada County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ar/nevada/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to .

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 . 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 Nevada in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 48 deaths in Nevada County from 2005 to 2014. It records 30 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Nevada in 2024?

The rate of Nevada County in 2024 was 49.8 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 Nevada had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 6 of 29 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 Nevada?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 17 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.