Garland County, Arkansas Car Accident Statistics
23 people died in 21 fatal crashes in Garland County in 2024, according to NHTSA: 23 deaths per 100,000 residents, against 19.5 for Arkansas and 11.5 nationally. From 2019 through 2024 the county had 124 traffic deaths in 111 crashes.
Traffic deaths in Garland County by year
| Year | Deaths | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23 | 21 |
| 2023 | 16 | 15 |
| 2022 | 23 | 17 |
| 2021 | 23 | 20 |
| 2020 | 18 | 18 |
| 2019 | 21 | 20 |
Who died
People killed in Garland County crashes, 2019–2024.
Roads with the most fatal crashes
| Road | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| US-70 | 12 | 16 |
| US-270 | 11 | 15 |
| US-270-5 | 6 | 8 |
| SR-7-9 | 6 | 6 |
| SR-7 | 6 | 6 |
| US-70-090 | 5 | 5 |
| SR-5 | 5 | 5 |
| US-70-8 | 4 | 4 |
| US-270-060 | 3 | 3 |
| US-270-6 | 2 | 2 |
As named in crash reports, 2019–2024. Long highways cross many miles of the county, so they tend to rank high.
Fatal crashes inside city limits
| City | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Hot Springs | 42 | 43 |
| Lonsdale | 1 | 2 |
When fatal crashes happen
Time of day
Day of week (most: Tuesday)
46% of fatal crashes in Garland County happened in the dark, and 50% on roads classed as rural.
Drinking and speeding
What the first impact was with:
After a crash in Arkansas
Injury claims have a filing deadline set by state law. See Arkansas's car accident statute of limitations, and how shared fault can reduce what you recover.
Personal injury lawyers in Hot Springs
Lawbamba lists 11 personal injury lawyers with an office in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the practice area that deals with the fatal crash records on this page. These 4 come first in that listing (how the order is set).
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Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2024, which records every crash on a public road in which someone died within 30 days. Population figures are the Census Bureau's 2024 county estimates. A crash is counted where it happened, not where the people involved lived. “Drinking driver” means police reported a driver had been drinking; “speeding” means police reported at least one driver was speeding or going too fast for conditions. Injury-only crashes aren't in FARS.
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