Sebastian County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Sebastian County in 2024.

FARS records 151 deaths in 144 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.8 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, Sebastian County was number 8 of 75 counties of Arkansas.

Deaths in Sebastian County rose by 23.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (122) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (151).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 21.5% of the fatal crashes in Sebastian 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 Sebastian 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.Sebastian County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	14	3
2023	20	20	8
2022	22	19	7
2021	20	19	6
2020	15	14	1 or 2
2019	9	9	1 or 2
2018	15	14	5
2017	14	14	3
2016	15	15	6
2015	6	6	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	151	144	41

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (2022)2024: 15

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

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

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.Sebastian County beside Arkansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Sebastian County	Arkansas	United States
2024	11.5	19.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.8	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. Sebastian County had 130,323 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Sebastian County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arkansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 144 fatal crashes	41	144 fatal crashes	28.5%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 144 fatal crashes	42	144 fatal crashes	29.2%	22.2%
No restraint usedof 76 occupant deaths with restraint use known	42	76 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.3%	54.2%
Pedestriansof 151 deaths	21	151 deaths	13.9%	11.0%
Bicyclistsof 151 deaths	4	151 deaths	2.6%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 151 deaths	43	151 deaths	28.5%	13.7%
On a rural roadof 144 fatal crashes with the condition reported	31	144 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	21.5%	63.1%
In the darkof 142 fatal crashes with the condition reported	68	142 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.9%	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.Sebastian 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	8	3	3	1 or 2	16
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	4	12
Tuesday	3	6	5	7	21
Wednesday	5	1 or 2	7	7	20
Thursday	1 or 2	4	10	10	25
Friday	1 or 2	7	3	10	22
Saturday	3	6	10	9	28
All days	23	28	44	49	144

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.Sebastian County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arkansas
Interstate	6	4.2%	14.7%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.7%	2.1%
Other principal arterial	56	38.9%	29.0%
Minor arterial	22	15.3%	20.8%
Major collector	13	9.0%	16.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.7%	1.4%
Local	45	31.3%	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.Sebastian County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	67
Dark, not lighted	46
Dark, lighted	22
Dawn	4
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Sebastian County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	117
Cloudy	10
Rain	14
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 Sebastian County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Sebastian	In all of Arkansas
State Route 10	State highway	9	45
State Route 22	State highway	14	29
US Route 64	US highway	7	107
US Route 71	US highway	17	163
US Route 270	US highway	1 or 2	86

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.Sebastian 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
Sebastian County: 11.8

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 Sebastian County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Crawford County	Arkansas	8	92	14.8
Franklin County	Arkansas	11	63	35.9
Logan County	Arkansas	8	46	21.4
Scott County	Arkansas	4	36	35.7
Le Flore County	Oklahoma	15	136	27.5
Sequoyah County	Oklahoma	8	77	18.9

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 Sebastian 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 Sebastian in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 122 deaths in Sebastian County from 2005 to 2014. It records 151 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Sebastian in 2024?

The rate of Sebastian County in 2024 was 11.5 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 Sebastian had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 41 of 144 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 Sebastian?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 48 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.