Le Flore County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Le Flore County in 2024.

FARS records 136 deaths in 115 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 27.5 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, Le Flore County was number 8 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Le Flore County rose by 6.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (128) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (136).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 91.3% of the fatal crashes in Le Flore 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 Le Flore 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.Le Flore County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	14	4
2023	13	12	3
2022	17	12	4
2021	13	8	1 or 2
2020	10	9	5
2019	9	9	1 or 2
2018	11	10	1 or 2
2017	16	15	5
2016	18	15	6
2015	14	11	6
2015 to 2024	136	115	39

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 27 (2004)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Le Flore County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	14
2023	13	12
2022	17	12
2021	13	8
2020	10	9
2019	9	9
2018	11	10
2017	16	15
2016	18	15
2015	14	11
2014	10	8
2013	7	7
2012	8	8
2011	9	9
2010	9	9
2009	19	15
2008	17	14
2007	14	14
2006	20	17
2005	15	15
2004	27	19
2003	15	14
2002	10	10
2001	17	15
2000	16	12
1999	19	15
1998	10	9
1997	11	8
1996	16	14
1995	6	6
1994	12	10
1993	12	10
1992	11	10
1991	12	8
1990	14	13
1989	22	15
1988	14	12
1987	10	9
1986	15	14
1985	12	12
1984	6	6
1983	14	12
1982	12	11
1981	18	12
1980	11	11
1979	9	9
1978	16	14
1977	13	10
1976	9	9
1975	11	8

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.Le Flore County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Le Flore County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	30.2	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	27.5	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. Le Flore County had 49,647 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Le Flore County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 115 fatal crashes	39	115 fatal crashes	33.9%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 115 fatal crashes	36	115 fatal crashes	31.3%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 106 occupant deaths with restraint use known	64	106 occupant deathswith restraint use known	60.4%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 136 deaths	7	136 deaths	5.1%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 136 deaths	0	136 deaths	0.0%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 136 deaths	15	136 deaths	11.0%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 115 fatal crashes with the condition reported	105	115 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	91.3%	59.5%
In the darkof 114 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	114 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.5%	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.Le Flore 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	7	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	15
Monday	0	5	8	5	18
Tuesday	0	5	3	1 or 2	9
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	8	6	19
Thursday	3	7	5	4	19
Friday	3	5	6	5	19
Saturday	3	1 or 2	3	6	14
All days	19	27	38	29	113

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.Le Flore 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	33	28.7%	26.1%
Minor arterial	18	15.7%	20.1%
Major collector	43	37.4%	24.0%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.9%	0.6%
Local	20	17.4%	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.Le Flore County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	67
Dark, not lighted	44
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Le Flore County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	84
Cloudy	20
Rain	8
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 Le Flore County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Le Flore	In all of Oklahoma
State Route 1	State highway	7	31
State Route 9	State highway	3	79
State Route 82	State highway	1 or 2	40
US Route 59	US highway	14	62
US Route 259	US highway	7	38
US Route 270	US highway	7	91
US Route 271	US highway	18	37

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.Le Flore 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
Le Flore County: 27.5

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 Le Flore County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Polk County	Arkansas	8	56	28.4
Scott County	Arkansas	4	36	35.7
Sebastian County	Arkansas	15	151	11.8
Haskell County	Oklahoma	1 or 2	28	23.0
Latimer County	Oklahoma	1 or 2	26	26.2
McCurtain County	Oklahoma	12	129	40.4
Pushmataha County	Oklahoma	3	39	35.6
Sequoyah County	Oklahoma	8	77	18.9

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 Le Flore 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 Le Flore in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 128 deaths in Le Flore County from 2005 to 2014. It records 136 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Le Flore in 2024?

The rate of Le Flore County in 2024 was 30.2 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 Le Flore had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 39 of 115 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 Le Flore?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 58 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.