Cleveland County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 22 deaths in 22 fatal crashes in Cleveland County in 2024.

FARS records 240 deaths in 222 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.3 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, Cleveland County was number 3 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Cleveland County rose by 35.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (177) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (240).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 27.5% of the fatal crashes in Cleveland 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 Cleveland 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.Cleveland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	22	22	7
2023	24	21	7
2022	35	34	5
2021	24	23	6
2020	31	26	10
2019	18	18	4
2018	19	16	1 or 2
2017	25	25	9
2016	14	11	4
2015	28	26	8
2015 to 2024	240	222	62

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 36 (1979)2024: 22

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

Table 2.Cleveland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	22	22
2023	24	21
2022	35	34
2021	24	23
2020	31	26
2019	18	18
2018	19	16
2017	25	25
2016	14	11
2015	28	26
2014	16	14
2013	21	20
2012	16	14
2011	14	13
2010	11	11
2009	22	19
2008	24	23
2007	18	14
2006	22	21
2005	13	12
2004	27	22
2003	14	11
2002	18	18
2001	30	26
2000	17	15
1999	19	16
1998	28	25
1997	25	21
1996	30	25
1995	26	23
1994	25	22
1993	19	17
1992	20	18
1991	17	16
1990	14	13
1989	15	14
1988	15	14
1987	19	18
1986	25	19
1985	22	22
1984	11	11
1983	33	30
1982	19	18
1981	27	23
1980	21	20
1979	36	33
1978	14	12
1977	21	17
1976	18	15
1975	11	10

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.Cleveland County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cleveland County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	7.3	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.3	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. Cleveland County had 303,401 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cleveland County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 222 fatal crashes	62	222 fatal crashes	27.9%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 222 fatal crashes	59	222 fatal crashes	26.6%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 138 occupant deaths with restraint use known	72	138 occupant deathswith restraint use known	52.2%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 240 deaths	37	240 deaths	15.4%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 240 deaths	9	240 deaths	3.8%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 240 deaths	46	240 deaths	19.2%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 222 fatal crashes with the condition reported	61	222 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	27.5%	59.5%
In the darkof 220 fatal crashes with the condition reported	113	220 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.4%	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.Cleveland 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	12	5	13	11	41
Monday	7	4	7	11	29
Tuesday	4	7	7	11	29
Wednesday	3	6	9	9	27
Thursday	4	5	8	17	34
Friday	5	7	7	13	32
Saturday	5	9	1 or 2	11	27
All days	40	43	53	83	219

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.Cleveland County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oklahoma
Interstate	37	16.7%	13.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.5%	1.9%
Other principal arterial	32	14.4%	26.1%
Minor arterial	59	26.6%	20.1%
Major collector	50	22.5%	24.0%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	0.6%
Local	43	19.4%	13.8%
Not reported	0	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.Cleveland County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	97
Dark, not lighted	64
Dark, lighted	49
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Cleveland County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	147
Cloudy	57
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Cleveland County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cleveland	In all of Oklahoma
Interstate 35	Interstate	31	204
Interstate 44	Interstate	6	264
State Route 9	State highway	20	79
State Route 37	State highway	5	27
US Route 77	US highway	17	94

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.Cleveland 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
Cleveland County: 8.3

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 Cleveland County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Canadian County	Oklahoma	18	179	11.6
McClain County	Oklahoma	7	119	28.1
Oklahoma County	Oklahoma	102	913	11.5
Pottawatomie County	Oklahoma	12	155	21.3

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 Cleveland 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 Cleveland in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 177 deaths in Cleveland County from 2005 to 2014. It records 240 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cleveland in 2024?

The rate of Cleveland County in 2024 was 7.3 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 Cleveland had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 62 of 222 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 Cleveland?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 79 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.