COUNTY FATALITY DATA
Lawrence County, Missouri
Road fatality data for Lawrence County (MO). Data period: 2016-2023.
- 100
- Total Fatalities (2016-2023)
- 20
- Latest Year Deaths
- 51.5
- Per 100k Residents
- Increasing
- Trend
The verdict
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System, Lawrence County ranks #82 of 2,328 U.S. counties by road-fatality rate per 100,000 residents (highest first) and #5 of 84 rated counties in MO. Lawrence County's fatality rate of 51.5 per 100,000 residents puts it among the most dangerous one in ten U.S. counties by that per-capita measure.
- #82 of 2,328
- national by fatality rate
- #5 of 84
- in MO by rate
- 3%
- of rated U.S. counties are deadlier per capita
- Increasing
- fatality trend
FARS milepost strip
Milepost LAWRENCE-109 · Lawrence 51.5/100k · #82 of 2,328
Lawrence County · 51.5/100k · increasing · cause n/a
- BOOK 51.5/100k
- TREND #82 of 2,328
- CAUSE 100 book
- PHOTO Increasing
- VS-ST 87 crash
- CRASH +136.4% vs MO
Stamps derive from this county's NHTSA FARS row (per-100k or book, corpus rank, trend, nationwide peer NAME, vs-state gap), not a trip-risk forecast. PlainRoadSafety is informational only. See our disclaimer. Verify with NHTSA FARS → · Read with methodology → · Understanding road fatality data → · Missouri state profile →
How does Lawrence County compare?
2023 road deaths per 100,000 residents. Choose any comparison from the menu.
Lawrence County is 2.4× deadlier than the comparison
2023 road deaths from the NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System over population from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2023). Rates shown for counties with 10,000+ residents and a 2023 FARS record.
Among the 15 rated counties in Missouri, Lawrence County ranks 5 for per-capita risk, above the state's own per-capita average of 21.8 per 100,000 -- nationally, this rate puts it among the most dangerous one in ten U.S. counties by that per-capita measure. The gap between Lawrence County's rate and the state average is 29.7 per 100,000. Its closest per-capita peer statewide is Barry County, at 53.9 per 100,000 (a difference of 2.4). Its peer counties, highest to lowest per 100,000 residents: Ripley County (74.0), Pemiscot County (54.7), Morgan County (54.6), Barry County (53.9), Douglas County (49.1), Ralls County (47.7), Bates County (43.1), New Madrid County (38.9), Bollinger County (37.9), Saline County (34.7), Stone County (33.7), Wright County (30.9), Lafayette County (30.1), Dunklin County (29.6).
Lawrence County's rate vs. every rated U.S. county
Deaths per 100,000 residents -- counties with 10,000+ people, NHTSA FARS over Census population
52 Higher than most a lower per-capita rate than 3% of 2,328 rated counties
rated U.S. counties, bucketed by value
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Source NHTSA FARS over U.S. Census Bureau population estimates · 2026-08-09
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) This information is for research and informational purposes only
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Source and method. PlainRoadSafety is rendered directly from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). PlainRoadSafety aggregates published FARS records and does not invent a fatality count the census does not report. County figures are computed directly from NHTSA FARS census data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our Editorial & Corrections Policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or Report a correction. Data current as of October 2024.