Pulaski County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 91 deaths in 89 fatal crashes in Pulaski County in 2024.

FARS records 714 deaths in 672 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.0 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, Pulaski County was number 1 of 75 counties of Arkansas.

Deaths in Pulaski County rose by 25.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (567) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (714).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 18.6% of the fatal crashes in Pulaski 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 Pulaski 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.Pulaski County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	91	89	29
2023	88	85	24
2022	92	83	23
2021	70	68	22
2020	85	81	19
2019	62	59	18
2018	70	65	20
2017	60	57	11
2016	43	40	12
2015	53	45	10
2015 to 2024	714	672	188

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 92 (2022)2024: 91

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

Table 2.Pulaski County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	91	89
2023	88	85
2022	92	83
2021	70	68
2020	85	81
2019	62	59
2018	70	65
2017	60	57
2016	43	40
2015	53	45
2014	40	39
2013	59	50
2012	56	53
2011	58	56
2010	47	46
2009	57	51
2008	67	61
2007	64	58
2006	66	59
2005	53	49
2004	57	46
2003	37	36
2002	42	37
2001	53	46
2000	55	47
1999	56	53
1998	53	50
1997	41	41
1996	61	54
1995	61	52
1994	53	43
1993	40	36
1992	47	45
1991	57	52
1990	52	50
1989	56	52
1988	56	50
1987	51	44
1986	49	46
1985	34	33
1984	42	40
1983	43	41
1982	40	35
1981	54	45
1980	52	47
1979	53	47
1978	40	37
1977	50	44
1976	46	36
1975	43	41

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.Pulaski County beside Arkansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Pulaski County	Arkansas	United States
2024	22.6	19.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.0	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. Pulaski County had 403,394 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Pulaski County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arkansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 672 fatal crashes	188	672 fatal crashes	28.0%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 672 fatal crashes	126	672 fatal crashes	18.8%	22.2%
No restraint usedof 311 occupant deaths with restraint use known	177	311 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.9%	54.2%
Pedestriansof 714 deaths	200	714 deaths	28.0%	11.0%
Bicyclistsof 714 deaths	13	714 deaths	1.8%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 714 deaths	93	714 deaths	13.0%	13.7%
On a rural roadof 671 fatal crashes with the condition reported	125	671 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	18.6%	63.1%
In the darkof 669 fatal crashes with the condition reported	410	669 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	61.3%	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.Pulaski 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	42	16	19	27	104
Monday	21	15	20	28	84
Tuesday	17	16	21	31	85
Wednesday	17	18	13	27	75
Thursday	15	11	27	36	89
Friday	21	21	19	45	106
Saturday	49	11	21	48	129
All days	182	108	140	242	672

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.Pulaski County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arkansas
Interstate	216	32.3%	14.7%
Other freeways and expressways	33	4.9%	2.1%
Other principal arterial	132	19.7%	29.0%
Minor arterial	130	19.4%	20.8%
Major collector	32	4.8%	16.9%
Minor collector	3	0.4%	1.4%
Local	123	18.4%	15.1%
Not reported	3	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.Pulaski County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	237
Dark, not lighted	252
Dark, lighted	144
Dawn	9
Dusk	13
Dark, lighting unknown	14
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Pulaski County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	543
Cloudy	52
Rain	67
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	6

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Pulaski County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Pulaski	In all of Arkansas
Interstate 30	Interstate	61	204
Interstate 40	Interstate	51	263
Interstate 55	Interstate	1 or 2	52
Interstate 430	Interstate	33	33
Interstate 530	Interstate	21	55
Interstate 630	Interstate	23	23
State Route 5	State highway	21	95
State Route 10	State highway	21	45
State Route 107	State highway	18	22
State Route 365	State highway	19	33
State Route 367	State highway	9	35
US Route 64	US highway	1 or 2	107
US Route 67	US highway	40	158
US Route 70	US highway	49	161
US Route 165	US highway	4	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.Pulaski 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
Pulaski County: 18.0

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 Pulaski County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Faulkner County	Arkansas	18	164	13.0
Grant County	Arkansas	1 or 2	53	29.1
Jefferson County	Arkansas	14	141	21.0
Lonoke County	Arkansas	17	127	17.2
Perry County	Arkansas	3	28	27.4
Saline County	Arkansas	12	150	12.1

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 Pulaski 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

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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 Pulaski in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 567 deaths in Pulaski County from 2005 to 2014. It records 714 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Pulaski in 2024?

The rate of Pulaski County in 2024 was 22.6 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 Pulaski had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 188 of 672 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 Pulaski?

15 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 372 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.