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Traffic deaths in Lee County, Arkansas

County in Arkansas · United States

Deaths, 2024
1
Fatal crashes
1
Population
8.1K

In 2024, 1 person died in 1 fatal crash in Lee County, Arkansas. That was 75.0% fewer than in 2023 (4) and the fewest since 2022. The death rate was 12.3 per 100,000 residents, compared with 19.5 in Arkansas and 11.5 in the United States. Lee County had the 64th most traffic deaths among Arkansas's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 11 people died, an average of 2.2 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

12.3

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 19.5
  • About the same as the rate in the United States: 11.5

26.2

average deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2020–2024

  • About 1.3 times the average in Arkansas: 20.8
  • About double the average in the United States: 12.3

-75%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

4 deaths in 2023, 1 in 2024

  • Arkansas: +1%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 2 2
2021 3 2
2022 1 1
2023 4 4
2024 1 1

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2020–2024
Category Deaths per 100,000
2020 23.3
2021 34.8
2022 11.9
2023 48.4
2024 12.3

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

0%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 5 percent of the share in Arkansas: 11%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 1
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Lee County Share in Arkansas
Pedestrians 0 0% 11%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 13%
Cyclists 0 0% 1%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 0 0% 26%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 23%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

0%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 5 percent of the share in Arkansas: 23%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

0%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 5 percent of the share in Arkansas: 27%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Lee County Arkansas United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 26.9% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 22.9% 28.1%
At night 100.0% 46.8% 53.6%
At weekends 0.0% 29.6% 32.6%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

100%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About double the share in Arkansas: 47%
  • About 1.9 times the share in the United States: 54%

0%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 5 percent of the share in Arkansas: 30%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 0
1am 1
2am 0
3am 0
4am 2
5am 0
6am 0
7am 0
8am 0
9am 0
10am 1
11am 0
12pm 0
1pm 0
2pm 0
3pm 2
4pm 1
5pm 0
6pm 1
7pm 0
8pm 1
9pm 0
10pm 1
11pm 0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 2
Mon 2
Tue 3
Wed 0
Thu 2
Fri 1
Sat 0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 1
Apr 0
May 0
Jun 0
Jul 1
Aug 3
Sep 2
Oct 1
Nov 2
Dec 0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 7
Rain 2
Cloudy 1

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Dark - Not Lighted 5
Daylight 4
Dark - Unknown Lighting 1

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. SR-1-103
  2. SR-12
  3. US-792
  4. US-79-152
  5. CR-1191

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 4
Pickup trucks 3
Medium and heavy trucks 3
Vans 1
Other vehicles 1
Buses 1
SUVs 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. GMC Sierra2
  2. Blue Bird BB Conventional1
  3. Buick LeSabre1
  4. Chrysler Town and Country1
  5. Dodge Charger1
  6. Freightliner CST1201
  7. GMC Yukon1
  8. Kenworth T6801
  9. Mack CXU1
  10. Nissan Maxima1

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2024. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Date Location Deaths
Oct 15, 2024 — 1
Nov 19, 2023 — 1
Sep 22, 2023 — 1
Sep 11, 2023 — 1
Aug 28, 2023 — 1
Nov 24, 2022 — 1
Jul 27, 2021 Marianna 2
Mar 4, 2021 — 1
Aug 16, 2020 — 1
Aug 11, 2020 Haynes 1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.