Garfield County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Garfield County in 2024.

FARS records 69 deaths in 66 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.1 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, Garfield County was number 33 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Garfield County fell by 18.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (85) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (69).

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

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 20.3% of the deaths in Garfield County and 12.9% 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 Garfield 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.Garfield County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	1 or 2
2023	8	8	1 or 2
2022	7	6	1 or 2
2021	7	6	1 or 2
2020	6	6	1 or 2
2019	6	6	1 or 2
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	5	5	1 or 2
2016	10	9	3
2015	4	4	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	69	66	16

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1982)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Garfield County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	8	8
2022	7	6
2021	7	6
2020	6	6
2019	6	6
2018	6	6
2017	5	5
2016	10	9
2015	4	4
2014	7	6
2013	10	8
2012	11	11
2011	4	4
2010	9	6
2009	7	7
2008	11	11
2007	4	4
2006	10	9
2005	12	12
2004	10	8
2003	4	4
2002	7	7
2001	6	5
2000	3	3
1999	1 or 2	1 or 2
1998	10	7
1997	12	12
1996	13	13
1995	7	6
1994	13	9
1993	12	11
1992	10	6
1991	11	10
1990	0	0
1989	10	10
1988	4	4
1987	15	14
1986	10	10
1985	14	10
1984	11	10
1983	5	5
1982	25	18
1981	14	14
1980	16	14
1979	15	13
1978	17	16
1977	18	17
1976	16	13
1975	15	15

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.Garfield County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Garfield County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	16.1	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.1	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. Garfield County had 62,044 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Garfield County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 66 fatal crashes	16	66 fatal crashes	24.2%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 66 fatal crashes	15	66 fatal crashes	22.7%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 47 occupant deaths with restraint use known	28	47 occupant deathswith restraint use known	59.6%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 69 deaths	4	69 deaths	5.8%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 69 deaths	1 or 2	69 deaths	2.9%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 69 deaths	14	69 deaths	20.3%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 66 fatal crashes with the condition reported	36	66 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.5%	59.5%
In the darkof 66 fatal crashes with the condition reported	25	66 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.9%	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.Garfield 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	4	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	11
Monday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	9
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	9
Thursday	1 or 2	3	4	0	9
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	3	10
Saturday	3	4	0	3	10
All days	16	15	21	14	66

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.Garfield County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oklahoma
Interstate	0	0.0%	13.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.9%
Other principal arterial	26	39.4%	26.1%
Minor arterial	7	10.6%	20.1%
Major collector	15	22.7%	24.0%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	0.6%
Local	18	27.3%	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.Garfield County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	39
Dark, not lighted	19
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Garfield County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	40
Cloudy	22
Rain	1 or 2
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 Garfield County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Garfield	In all of Oklahoma
State Route 74	State highway	3	51
US Route 60	US highway	7	61
US Route 64	US highway	9	113
US Route 81	US highway	6	75
US Route 412	US highway	5	71

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.Garfield 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
Garfield County: 11.1

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 Garfield County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Alfalfa County	Oklahoma	0	16	27.8
Grant County	Oklahoma	1 or 2	16	37.5
Kay County	Oklahoma	7	84	19.1
Kingfisher County	Oklahoma	3	46	29.5
Logan County	Oklahoma	7	75	15.2
Major County	Oklahoma	1 or 2	41	53.6
Noble County	Oklahoma	0	46	41.3

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 Garfield 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Garfield County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ok/garfield/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Garfield in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 85 deaths in Garfield County from 2005 to 2014. It records 69 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Garfield in 2024?

The rate of Garfield County in 2024 was 16.1 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 Garfield had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 16 of 66 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 Garfield?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 30 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.