Grady County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Grady County in 2024.

FARS records 135 deaths in 122 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.2 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, Grady County was number 9 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Grady County rose by 2.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (132) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (135).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 89.3% of the fatal crashes in Grady 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 Grady 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.Grady County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	10	1 or 2
2023	11	9	1 or 2
2022	9	7	1 or 2
2021	12	12	1 or 2
2020	14	14	4
2019	13	12	4
2018	18	16	3
2017	14	13	3
2016	16	14	4
2015	17	15	4
2015 to 2024	135	122	29

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (1981)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Grady County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	10
2023	11	9
2022	9	7
2021	12	12
2020	14	14
2019	13	12
2018	18	16
2017	14	13
2016	16	14
2015	17	15
2014	17	13
2013	19	19
2012	21	19
2011	13	12
2010	13	12
2009	11	8
2008	10	10
2007	10	9
2006	10	10
2005	8	7
2004	16	15
2003	19	15
2002	12	11
2001	12	10
2000	9	9
1999	18	13
1998	16	15
1997	23	18
1996	15	14
1995	11	11
1994	13	10
1993	12	11
1992	7	6
1991	18	16
1990	8	8
1989	8	8
1988	9	8
1987	10	10
1986	14	12
1985	18	13
1984	19	17
1983	11	11
1982	24	21
1981	26	24
1980	14	13
1979	22	19
1978	23	19
1977	17	14
1976	11	9
1975	18	16

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.Grady County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Grady County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	18.9	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.2	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. Grady County had 58,298 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Grady County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 122 fatal crashes	29	122 fatal crashes	23.8%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 122 fatal crashes	26	122 fatal crashes	21.3%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 104 occupant deaths with restraint use known	48	104 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.2%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 135 deaths	8	135 deaths	5.9%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 135 deaths	1 or 2	135 deaths	1.5%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 135 deaths	14	135 deaths	10.4%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 122 fatal crashes with the condition reported	109	122 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	89.3%	59.5%
In the darkof 122 fatal crashes with the condition reported	51	122 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.8%	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.Grady 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	3	4	1 or 2	5	14
Monday	1 or 2	7	7	4	20
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	6	6	17
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	5	13
Thursday	0	6	1 or 2	5	13
Friday	4	7	9	7	27
Saturday	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	14
All days	16	33	29	40	118

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.Grady County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oklahoma
Interstate	18	14.8%	13.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.9%
Other principal arterial	33	27.0%	26.1%
Minor arterial	23	18.9%	20.1%
Major collector	32	26.2%	24.0%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.8%	0.6%
Local	15	12.3%	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.Grady County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	61
Dark, not lighted	48
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	3
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Grady County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	83
Cloudy	27
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Grady County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Grady	In all of Oklahoma
Interstate 44	Interstate	18	264
State Route 4	State highway	7	32
State Route 37	State highway	10	27
US Route 62	US highway	16	127
US Route 81	US highway	27	75

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.Grady 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
Grady County: 24.2

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 Grady County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Caddo County	Oklahoma	4	86	30.8
Canadian County	Oklahoma	18	179	11.6
Comanche County	Oklahoma	8	116	9.5
Garvin County	Oklahoma	7	83	30.9
McClain County	Oklahoma	7	119	28.1
Stephens County	Oklahoma	8	69	15.8

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 Grady 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 Grady in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 132 deaths in Grady County from 2005 to 2014. It records 135 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Grady in 2024?

The rate of Grady County in 2024 was 18.9 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 Grady had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 29 of 122 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 Grady?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 78 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.