Lincoln County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Lincoln County in 2024.

FARS records 108 deaths in 94 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 31.2 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, Lincoln County was number 18 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Lincoln County fell by 5.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (114) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (108).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 98.9% of the fatal crashes in Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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.Lincoln County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	6	0
2023	14	12	5
2022	19	17	3
2021	6	6	1 or 2
2020	6	6	1 or 2
2019	9	9	0
2018	15	12	5
2017	11	9	4
2016	11	10	5
2015	9	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	108	94	25

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (1983)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Lincoln County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	6
2023	14	12
2022	19	17
2021	6	6
2020	6	6
2019	9	9
2018	15	12
2017	11	9
2016	11	10
2015	9	7
2014	11	10
2013	14	13
2012	11	10
2011	9	7
2010	15	13
2009	11	10
2008	15	12
2007	10	9
2006	6	6
2005	12	11
2004	17	14
2003	9	7
2002	13	8
2001	6	6
2000	6	6
1999	5	4
1998	15	13
1997	18	16
1996	7	7
1995	12	8
1994	9	7
1993	11	10
1992	6	6
1991	7	5
1990	10	9
1989	9	8
1988	7	6
1987	9	8
1986	11	7
1985	5	5
1984	9	8
1983	21	14
1982	18	14
1981	14	11
1980	13	10
1979	6	6
1978	10	8
1977	14	12
1976	17	11
1975	11	11

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.Lincoln County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lincoln County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	22.9	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	31.2	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. Lincoln County had 35,000 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lincoln County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 94 fatal crashes	25	94 fatal crashes	26.6%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 94 fatal crashes	15	94 fatal crashes	16.0%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 73 occupant deaths with restraint use known	37	73 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.7%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 108 deaths	8	108 deaths	7.4%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 108 deaths	1 or 2	108 deaths	0.9%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 108 deaths	8	108 deaths	7.4%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	93	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	98.9%	59.5%
In the darkof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	39	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.5%	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.Lincoln 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	1 or 2	4	11
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	4	13
Tuesday	4	1 or 2	7	1 or 2	13
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	5	7	17
Thursday	1 or 2	6	3	1 or 2	12
Friday	3	0	7	1 or 2	12
Saturday	3	1 or 2	5	5	15
All days	18	15	35	25	93

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.Lincoln County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oklahoma
Interstate	30	31.9%	13.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.9%
Other principal arterial	1 or 2	2.1%	26.1%
Minor arterial	19	20.2%	20.1%
Major collector	33	35.1%	24.0%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	0.6%
Local	10	10.6%	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.Lincoln County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	50
Dark, not lighted	34
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Lincoln County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	72
Cloudy	16
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lincoln County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lincoln	In all of Oklahoma
Interstate 44	Interstate	30	264
State Route 18	State highway	9	35
State Route 66	State highway	12	67
State Route 99	State highway	8	24
US Route 62	US highway	7	127
US Route 177	US highway	11	90
US Route 377	US highway	1 or 2	30

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.Lincoln 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
Lincoln County: 31.2

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 Lincoln County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Creek County	Oklahoma	15	147	20.4
Logan County	Oklahoma	7	75	15.2
Okfuskee County	Oklahoma	5	44	37.7
Oklahoma County	Oklahoma	102	913	11.5
Payne County	Oklahoma	12	135	16.4
Pottawatomie County	Oklahoma	12	155	21.3

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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 114 deaths in Lincoln County from 2005 to 2014. It records 108 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lincoln in 2024?

The rate of Lincoln County in 2024 was 22.9 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 Lincoln had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 25 of 94 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 Lincoln?

7 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.