Comanche County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Comanche County in 2024.

FARS records 116 deaths in 109 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.5 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, Comanche County was number 16 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Comanche County fell by 20.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (145) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (116).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 47.7% of the fatal crashes in Comanche 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 Comanche 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.Comanche County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	7	0
2023	12	11	6
2022	10	10	3
2021	12	12	6
2020	15	13	4
2019	11	10	4
2018	5	5	1 or 2
2017	16	15	3
2016	15	14	4
2015	12	12	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	116	109	34

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 29 (1976)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Comanche County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	7
2023	12	11
2022	10	10
2021	12	12
2020	15	13
2019	11	10
2018	5	5
2017	16	15
2016	15	14
2015	12	12
2014	15	15
2013	15	15
2012	14	13
2011	14	14
2010	12	12
2009	15	15
2008	15	14
2007	24	20
2006	14	12
2005	7	7
2004	12	11
2003	5	5
2002	10	9
2001	13	12
2000	13	12
1999	14	13
1998	20	18
1997	15	12
1996	15	14
1995	16	15
1994	13	11
1993	10	8
1992	17	14
1991	26	17
1990	18	18
1989	15	15
1988	18	17
1987	10	10
1986	16	15
1985	13	13
1984	16	15
1983	17	15
1982	13	13
1981	17	16
1980	22	19
1979	12	10
1978	13	11
1977	10	10
1976	29	22
1975	27	24

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.Comanche County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Comanche County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	6.6	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.5	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. Comanche County had 121,642 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Comanche County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 109 fatal crashes	34	109 fatal crashes	31.2%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 109 fatal crashes	26	109 fatal crashes	23.9%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 74 occupant deaths with restraint use known	33	74 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.6%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 116 deaths	24	116 deaths	20.7%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 116 deaths	3	116 deaths	2.6%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 116 deaths	12	116 deaths	10.3%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 109 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	109 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.7%	59.5%
In the darkof 106 fatal crashes with the condition reported	53	106 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.0%	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.Comanche 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	6	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	12
Monday	1 or 2	7	3	10	21
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	4	1 or 2	11
Wednesday	3	5	3	5	16
Thursday	5	0	4	4	13
Friday	0	1 or 2	7	5	14
Saturday	7	0	1 or 2	9	18
All days	24	19	24	38	105

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.Comanche County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oklahoma
Interstate	13	11.9%	13.5%
Other freeways and expressways	5	4.6%	1.9%
Other principal arterial	40	36.7%	26.1%
Minor arterial	5	4.6%	20.1%
Major collector	26	23.9%	24.0%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	0.6%
Local	20	18.3%	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.Comanche County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	49
Dark, not lighted	36
Dark, lighted	17
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Comanche County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	59
Cloudy	37
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Comanche County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Comanche	In all of Oklahoma
Interstate 44	Interstate	13	264
State Route 7	State highway	9	45
State Route 18	State highway	1 or 2	35
US Route 62	US highway	13	127

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.Comanche 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
Comanche County: 9.5

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 Comanche County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Caddo County	Oklahoma	4	86	30.8
Cotton County	Oklahoma	0	21	37.1
Grady County	Oklahoma	11	135	24.2
Kiowa County	Oklahoma	5	26	30.1
Stephens County	Oklahoma	8	69	15.8
Tillman County	Oklahoma	1 or 2	13	18.1

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 Comanche 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 Comanche in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 145 deaths in Comanche County from 2005 to 2014. It records 116 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Comanche in 2024?

The rate of Comanche County in 2024 was 6.6 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 Comanche had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 34 of 109 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 Comanche?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 36 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.