Fort Smith area traffic accidents happened far too regularly in the last decade and a half. As of May 2022, 176 fatalities occurred due to road accidents in Sebastian County. Most notably, recent news stories about car crashes involved drivers who wound up in a head-on crash.
According to the Arkansas Department of Public Safety, September 2022 had 26 fatal crash summaries, where 28 people died, and 14 were injured. Although each summary had an array of age groups, the most common were young and older generations who unfortunately passed away from these fatal car wrecks.
According to statistics released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHA), there were 585 fatal accidents in Arkansas in 2020 that resulted in 638 deaths, up from 2018. Of those deaths, 233 were in an SUV or pickup truck, 194 were in a car, 80 were motorcyclists, and 81 were pedestrians. In addition, 250 of those 638 deaths were drivers operating the vehicle under the influence and passed away.