Creek County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in Creek County in 2024.

FARS records 147 deaths in 133 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 20.4 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, Creek County was number 7 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Creek County fell by 13.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (170) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (147).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 72.9% of the fatal crashes in Creek 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 Creek 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.Creek County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	15	4
2023	16	13	1 or 2
2022	20	17	3
2021	7	7	0
2020	9	8	1 or 2
2019	21	19	4
2018	23	20	3
2017	8	8	1 or 2
2016	14	14	7
2015	14	12	7
2015 to 2024	147	133	34

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 36 (1977)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Creek County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	15
2023	16	13
2022	20	17
2021	7	7
2020	9	8
2019	21	19
2018	23	20
2017	8	8
2016	14	14
2015	14	12
2014	12	9
2013	23	17
2012	25	19
2011	12	12
2010	8	7
2009	20	17
2008	11	10
2007	20	19
2006	20	18
2005	19	16
2004	20	19
2003	18	15
2002	18	17
2001	12	11
2000	17	16
1999	27	19
1998	22	19
1997	20	19
1996	13	12
1995	23	22
1994	21	20
1993	20	19
1992	17	13
1991	18	16
1990	10	10
1989	8	7
1988	18	15
1987	14	14
1986	12	11
1985	18	16
1984	22	20
1983	25	21
1982	28	24
1981	28	25
1980	21	17
1979	22	16
1978	31	23
1977	36	29
1976	25	19
1975	19	17

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.Creek County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Creek County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	20.3	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	20.4	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. Creek County had 73,929 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Creek County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 133 fatal crashes	34	133 fatal crashes	25.6%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 133 fatal crashes	30	133 fatal crashes	22.6%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 96 occupant deaths with restraint use known	55	96 occupant deathswith restraint use known	57.3%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 147 deaths	13	147 deaths	8.8%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 147 deaths	0	147 deaths	0.0%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 147 deaths	22	147 deaths	15.0%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 133 fatal crashes with the condition reported	97	133 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	72.9%	59.5%
In the darkof 129 fatal crashes with the condition reported	49	129 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.0%	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.Creek 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	6	3	18
Monday	1 or 2	4	4	3	13
Tuesday	6	4	3	4	17
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	7	9	22
Thursday	1 or 2	3	10	1 or 2	16
Friday	4	4	7	8	23
Saturday	4	4	5	8	21
All days	24	27	42	37	130

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.Creek County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oklahoma
Interstate	33	24.8%	13.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.8%	1.9%
Other principal arterial	13	9.8%	26.1%
Minor arterial	37	27.8%	20.1%
Major collector	33	24.8%	24.0%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.5%	0.6%
Local	14	10.5%	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.Creek County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	74
Dark, not lighted	43
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	4
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	4

Table 8.Creek County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	89
Cloudy	34
Rain	7
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 Creek County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Creek	In all of Oklahoma
Interstate 44	Interstate	32	264
State Route 33	State highway	11	58
State Route 48	State highway	10	28
State Route 51	State highway	7	92
State Route 66	State highway	18	67
State Route 99	State highway	4	24

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.Creek 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
Creek County: 20.4

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 Creek County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lincoln County	Oklahoma	8	108	31.2
Okfuskee County	Oklahoma	5	44	37.7
Okmulgee County	Oklahoma	5	70	18.5
Pawnee County	Oklahoma	3	42	26.1
Payne County	Oklahoma	12	135	16.4
Tulsa County	Oklahoma	84	792	11.9

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 Creek 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 Creek in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 170 deaths in Creek County from 2005 to 2014. It records 147 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Creek in 2024?

The rate of Creek County in 2024 was 20.3 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 Creek had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 34 of 133 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 Creek?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 82 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.