Saline County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Saline County in 2024.

FARS records 150 deaths in 142 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.1 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, Saline County was number 9 of 75 counties of Arkansas.

Deaths in Saline County rose by 2.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (147) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (150).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 31.0% of fatal crashes in Saline County and 22.2% 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 Saline 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.Saline County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	12	4
2023	20	19	5
2022	15	15	6
2021	29	28	9
2020	15	15	6
2019	15	12	1 or 2
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	10	9	1 or 2
2016	9	8	1 or 2
2015	18	17	4
2015 to 2024	150	142	41

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 29 (2021)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Saline County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	12
2023	20	19
2022	15	15
2021	29	28
2020	15	15
2019	15	12
2018	7	7
2017	10	9
2016	9	8
2015	18	17
2014	14	14
2013	20	20
2012	13	13
2011	13	13
2010	15	15
2009	20	17
2008	14	14
2007	9	9
2006	12	11
2005	17	17
2004	22	20
2003	8	8
2002	16	14
2001	16	14
2000	18	17
1999	9	9
1998	10	10
1997	18	17
1996	16	12
1995	16	12
1994	16	16
1993	11	8
1992	18	16
1991	14	12
1990	14	12
1989	18	14
1988	13	12
1987	16	16
1986	9	9
1985	7	7
1984	14	12
1983	9	9
1982	14	11
1981	10	10
1980	16	12
1979	15	15
1978	14	12
1977	4	4
1976	12	10
1975	8	8

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.Saline County beside Arkansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Saline County	Arkansas	United States
2024	9.1	19.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.1	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. Saline County had 131,769 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Saline County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arkansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 142 fatal crashes	41	142 fatal crashes	28.9%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 142 fatal crashes	44	142 fatal crashes	31.0%	22.2%
No restraint usedof 92 occupant deaths with restraint use known	51	92 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.4%	54.2%
Pedestriansof 150 deaths	11	150 deaths	7.3%	11.0%
Bicyclistsof 150 deaths	0	150 deaths	0.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 150 deaths	28	150 deaths	18.7%	13.7%
On a rural roadof 142 fatal crashes with the condition reported	83	142 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.5%	63.1%
In the darkof 139 fatal crashes with the condition reported	55	139 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.6%	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.Saline 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	7	4	7	6	24
Monday	3	1 or 2	3	3	11
Tuesday	3	1 or 2	6	6	17
Wednesday	4	6	8	3	21
Thursday	1 or 2	5	10	5	22
Friday	4	6	5	9	24
Saturday	4	1 or 2	10	5	21
All days	27	27	49	37	140

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.Saline County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arkansas
Interstate	41	28.9%	14.7%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.7%	2.1%
Other principal arterial	17	12.0%	29.0%
Minor arterial	36	25.4%	20.8%
Major collector	12	8.5%	16.9%
Minor collector	3	2.1%	1.4%
Local	32	22.5%	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.Saline County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	82
Dark, not lighted	53
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Saline County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	107
Cloudy	10
Rain	20
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Saline County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Saline	In all of Arkansas
Interstate 30	Interstate	34	204
Interstate 530	Interstate	6	55
State Route 5	State highway	15	95
State Route 9	State highway	5	48
State Route 35	State highway	6	23
State Route 367	State highway	1 or 2	35
US Route 67	US highway	1 or 2	158
US Route 70	US highway	11	161
US Route 167	US highway	3	87

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.Saline 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
Saline County: 12.1

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 Saline County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Garland County	Arkansas	23	212	21.3
Grant County	Arkansas	1 or 2	53	29.1
Hot Spring County	Arkansas	6	120	35.9
Perry County	Arkansas	3	28	27.4
Pulaski County	Arkansas	91	714	18.0

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 Saline 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 Saline in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 147 deaths in Saline County from 2005 to 2014. It records 150 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Saline in 2024?

The rate of Saline County in 2024 was 9.1 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 Saline had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 41 of 142 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 Saline?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 82 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.