Lawrence County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Lawrence County in 2024.

FARS records 123 deaths in 109 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 32.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Missouri in the same years is 15.5.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Lawrence County was number 13 of 115 counties of Missouri.

Deaths in Lawrence County rose by 17.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (105) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (123).

In the counties of Missouri the deaths rose by 4.6% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 88.1% of the fatal crashes in Lawrence County with a known setting were rural, against 52.2% in Missouri.

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 Lawrence 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.Lawrence County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	1 or 2
2023	20	15	3
2022	15	14	4
2021	16	13	1 or 2
2020	11	8	3
2019	8	8	1 or 2
2018	12	12	1 or 2
2017	11	11	3
2016	7	6	1 or 2
2015	13	12	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	123	109	23

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (2005)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Lawrence County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	20	15
2022	15	14
2021	16	13
2020	11	8
2019	8	8
2018	12	12
2017	11	11
2016	7	6
2015	13	12
2014	9	5
2013	7	7
2012	7	7
2011	9	8
2010	10	10
2009	12	9
2008	10	8
2007	8	7
2006	11	9
2005	22	20
2004	13	11
2003	16	15
2002	14	12
2001	13	12
2000	13	11
1999	14	12
1998	13	10
1997	13	9
1996	13	12
1995	10	9
1994	10	9
1993	7	7
1992	11	8
1991	13	11
1990	17	12
1989	11	10
1988	6	6
1987	11	10
1986	8	5
1985	11	11
1984	9	9
1983	6	6
1982	10	9
1981	5	5
1980	8	7
1979	14	11
1978	4	3
1977	3	3
1976	11	10
1975	7	7

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.Lawrence County beside Missouri and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lawrence County	Missouri	United States
2024	25.5	15.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	32.0	15.5	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. Lawrence County had 39,209 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lawrence County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Missouri
A driver recorded as drinkingof 109 fatal crashes	23	109 fatal crashes	21.1%	27.5%
A speeding-related driverof 109 fatal crashes	23	109 fatal crashes	21.1%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 88 occupant deaths with restraint use known	47	88 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.4%	63.5%
Pedestriansof 123 deaths	11	123 deaths	8.9%	11.9%
Bicyclistsof 123 deaths	1 or 2	123 deaths	0.8%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 123 deaths	15	123 deaths	12.2%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 109 fatal crashes with the condition reported	96	109 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	88.1%	52.2%
In the darkof 105 fatal crashes with the condition reported	51	105 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.6%	45.3%

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.Lawrence 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	5	1 or 2	3	7	17
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	4	12
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	8	4	17
Thursday	1 or 2	5	6	9	21
Friday	5	1 or 2	3	6	15
Saturday	3	1 or 2	6	6	16
All days	19	18	32	37	106

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.Lawrence County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Missouri
Interstate	27	25.2%	15.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	7.0%
Other principal arterial	23	21.5%	23.2%
Minor arterial	21	19.6%	20.9%
Major collector	20	18.7%	19.3%
Minor collector	3	2.8%	2.5%
Local	13	12.1%	11.9%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Lawrence County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	54
Dark, not lighted	45
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	4

Table 8.Lawrence County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	76
Cloudy	19
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lawrence County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lawrence	In all of Missouri
Interstate 44	Interstate	27	272
State Route 14	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 37	State highway	4	22
State Route 96	State highway	11	23
State Route F	State highway	1 or 2	46
State Route H	State highway	1 or 2	82
State Route K	State highway	1 or 2	45
State Route O	State highway	1 or 2	47
State Route T	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route V	State highway	1 or 2	31
US Route 60	US highway	18	156

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 Missouri

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Lawrence County on the county map of Missouri

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 104 counties
10 to 14.917 counties
15 to 19.926 counties
20 to 29.950 counties
30 or more18 counties
Lawrence County: 32.0

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 Missouri

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Lawrence County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Barry County	Missouri	4	101	28.6
Christian County	Missouri	5	93	10.4
Dade County	Missouri	1 or 2	20	26.3
Greene County	Missouri	38	398	13.4
Jasper County	Missouri	24	180	14.7
Newton County	Missouri	29	166	28.1
Stone County	Missouri	10	82	25.8

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Missouri have a population nearest to that of Lawrence 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.
Governors Highway Safety Association: State Highway Safety OfficesThe list of the highway safety offices of the states.

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 Lawrence in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 105 deaths in Lawrence County from 2005 to 2014. It records 123 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lawrence in 2024?

The rate of Lawrence County in 2024 was 25.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Missouri was 15.3. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Lawrence had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 23 of 109 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 Lawrence?

11 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 70 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.