White County, Arkansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 19 deaths in 18 fatal crashes in White County in 2024.

FARS records 155 deaths in 146 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.8 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, White County was number 7 of 75 counties of Arkansas.

Deaths in White County fell by 3.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (160) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (155).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 67.9% of the occupants killed in White County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 54.2% 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 White 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.White County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	19	18	4
2023	18	17	4
2022	16	16	4
2021	20	19	3
2020	20	20	1 or 2
2019	14	13	1 or 2
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	10	10	3
2016	20	18	7
2015	11	8	3
2015 to 2024	155	146	32

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1997)2024: 19

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

Table 2.White County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	19	18
2023	18	17
2022	16	16
2021	20	19
2020	20	20
2019	14	13
2018	7	7
2017	10	10
2016	20	18
2015	11	8
2014	17	16
2013	15	13
2012	16	14
2011	8	8
2010	14	14
2009	16	14
2008	15	15
2007	23	21
2006	20	19
2005	16	16
2004	17	15
2003	23	19
2002	19	15
2001	21	18
2000	11	11
1999	14	13
1998	12	12
1997	25	20
1996	21	18
1995	19	16
1994	8	7
1993	14	13
1992	11	9
1991	21	14
1990	18	11
1989	24	18
1988	17	12
1987	15	12
1986	8	7
1985	8	7
1984	13	12
1983	9	9
1982	13	12
1981	8	6
1980	9	8
1979	9	8
1978	10	10
1977	12	12
1976	11	8
1975	12	11

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.White County beside Arkansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	White County	Arkansas	United States
2024	24.0	19.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.8	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. White County had 79,128 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.White County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Arkansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 146 fatal crashes	32	146 fatal crashes	21.9%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 146 fatal crashes	29	146 fatal crashes	19.9%	22.2%
No restraint usedof 112 occupant deaths with restraint use known	76	112 occupant deathswith restraint use known	67.9%	54.2%
Pedestriansof 155 deaths	14	155 deaths	9.0%	11.0%
Bicyclistsof 155 deaths	1 or 2	155 deaths	0.6%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 155 deaths	22	155 deaths	14.2%	13.7%
On a rural roadof 146 fatal crashes with the condition reported	104	146 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	71.2%	63.1%
In the darkof 146 fatal crashes with the condition reported	60	146 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.1%	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.White 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	3	3	8	16
Monday	1 or 2	3	10	10	25
Tuesday	1 or 2	6	14	6	27
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	6	8	20
Thursday	1 or 2	4	5	5	16
Friday	6	4	4	3	17
Saturday	7	1 or 2	5	11	25
All days	21	27	47	51	146

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.White County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Arkansas
Interstate	1 or 2	0.7%	14.7%
Other freeways and expressways	17	11.6%	2.1%
Other principal arterial	25	17.1%	29.0%
Minor arterial	30	20.5%	20.8%
Major collector	47	32.2%	16.9%
Minor collector	5	3.4%	1.4%
Local	21	14.4%	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.White County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	81
Dark, not lighted	55
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.White County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	105
Cloudy	23
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in White County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In White	In all of Arkansas
State Route 5	State highway	11	95
State Route 16	State highway	5	49
State Route 36	State highway	18	20
State Route 367	State highway	8	35
US Route 64	US highway	9	107
US Route 67	US highway	24	158
US Route 167	US highway	8	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.White 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
White County: 19.8

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 White County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cleburne County	Arkansas	8	67	26.6
Faulkner County	Arkansas	18	164	13.0
Independence County	Arkansas	10	100	26.4
Jackson County	Arkansas	3	45	26.7
Lonoke County	Arkansas	17	127	17.2
Prairie County	Arkansas	9	33	40.6
Woodruff County	Arkansas	0	9	14.3

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 White 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 White in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 160 deaths in White County from 2005 to 2014. It records 155 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of White in 2024?

The rate of White County in 2024 was 24.0 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 White had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 32 of 146 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 White?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 83 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.