Canadian County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 18 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Canadian County in 2024.

FARS records 179 deaths in 163 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Oklahoma in the same years is 17.0.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Canadian County was number 4 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Canadian County rose by 2.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (174) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (179).

In the counties of Oklahoma the deaths fell by 6.6% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 40.1% of the fatal crashes in Canadian County with a known setting were rural, against 59.5% in Oklahoma.

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 Canadian 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.Canadian County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	18	14	5
2023	16	15	1 or 2
2022	12	12	3
2021	16	15	5
2020	26	22	7
2019	20	19	8
2018	18	18	5
2017	24	22	7
2016	17	15	1 or 2
2015	12	11	4
2015 to 2024	179	163	48

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (1981)2024: 18

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

Table 2.Canadian County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	18	14
2023	16	15
2022	12	12
2021	16	15
2020	26	22
2019	20	19
2018	18	18
2017	24	22
2016	17	15
2015	12	11
2014	14	13
2013	12	11
2012	18	18
2011	22	19
2010	15	13
2009	21	19
2008	15	13
2007	16	14
2006	15	15
2005	26	24
2004	19	16
2003	17	14
2002	23	23
2001	14	12
2000	12	11
1999	15	12
1998	10	10
1997	17	14
1996	14	13
1995	13	9
1994	8	7
1993	13	12
1992	16	14
1991	21	15
1990	9	9
1989	11	10
1988	9	9
1987	13	11
1986	10	8
1985	9	9
1984	14	12
1983	13	12
1982	25	20
1981	26	24
1980	18	15
1979	15	14
1978	17	14
1977	18	16
1976	15	15
1975	11	9

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.Canadian County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Canadian County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	9.9	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.6	17.0	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. Canadian County had 181,644 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Canadian County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 163 fatal crashes	48	163 fatal crashes	29.4%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 163 fatal crashes	39	163 fatal crashes	23.9%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 113 occupant deaths with restraint use known	49	113 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.4%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 179 deaths	21	179 deaths	11.7%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 179 deaths	1 or 2	179 deaths	1.1%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 179 deaths	19	179 deaths	10.6%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 162 fatal crashes with the condition reported	65	162 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.1%	59.5%
In the darkof 162 fatal crashes with the condition reported	77	162 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.5%	45.2%

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.Canadian 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	4	4	5	18
Monday	0	5	8	4	17
Tuesday	5	6	7	6	24
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	6	8	22
Thursday	6	4	5	11	26
Friday	3	7	4	11	25
Saturday	9	8	5	8	30
All days	30	40	39	53	162

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.Canadian County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oklahoma
Interstate	50	30.9%	13.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.2%	1.9%
Other principal arterial	46	28.4%	26.1%
Minor arterial	14	8.6%	20.1%
Major collector	28	17.3%	24.0%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.6%	0.6%
Local	21	13.0%	13.8%
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.Canadian County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	76
Dark, not lighted	65
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	4
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Canadian County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	106
Cloudy	39
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	5

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Canadian County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Canadian	In all of Oklahoma
Interstate 40	Interstate	48	263
Interstate 44	Interstate	1 or 2	264
State Route 3	State highway	6	86
State Route 4	State highway	21	32
State Route 37	State highway	1 or 2	27
State Route 66	State highway	5	67
State Route 152	State highway	8	32
US Route 81	US highway	10	75
US Route 270	US highway	6	91

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 Oklahoma

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Canadian County on the county map of Oklahoma

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

Fewer than 102 counties
10 to 14.99 counties
15 to 19.915 counties
20 to 29.922 counties
30 or more29 counties
Canadian County: 11.6

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 Oklahoma

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Canadian County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Blaine County	Oklahoma	0	36	39.7
Caddo County	Oklahoma	4	86	30.8
Cleveland County	Oklahoma	22	240	8.3
Grady County	Oklahoma	11	135	24.2
Kingfisher County	Oklahoma	3	46	29.5
McClain County	Oklahoma	7	119	28.1
Oklahoma County	Oklahoma	102	913	11.5

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Oklahoma have a population nearest to that of Canadian 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 Canadian in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 174 deaths in Canadian County from 2005 to 2014. It records 179 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Canadian in 2024?

The rate of Canadian County in 2024 was 9.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Oklahoma was 15.7. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 48 of 163 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 Canadian?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 106 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.