Mayes County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Mayes County in 2024.

FARS records 125 deaths in 111 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 31.0 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, Mayes County was number 12 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Mayes County fell by 1.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (127) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (125).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 83.8% of the fatal crashes in Mayes 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 Mayes 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.Mayes County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	14	1 or 2
2023	7	7	3
2022	10	10	3
2021	14	11	3
2020	18	15	7
2019	5	5	1 or 2
2018	14	13	1 or 2
2017	14	14	5
2016	21	16	3
2015	7	6	3
2015 to 2024	125	111	32

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (2001)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Mayes County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	14
2023	7	7
2022	10	10
2021	14	11
2020	18	15
2019	5	5
2018	14	13
2017	14	14
2016	21	16
2015	7	6
2014	15	14
2013	12	12
2012	12	12
2011	9	7
2010	18	17
2009	7	6
2008	14	11
2007	15	11
2006	10	9
2005	15	14
2004	5	4
2003	17	15
2002	15	14
2001	26	20
2000	15	14
1999	15	14
1998	16	15
1997	15	13
1996	15	10
1995	12	12
1994	10	10
1993	7	7
1992	9	9
1991	7	7
1990	17	16
1989	14	11
1988	8	5
1987	13	12
1986	10	9
1985	23	18
1984	16	16
1983	13	12
1982	22	17
1981	11	9
1980	18	14
1979	17	15
1978	11	10
1977	13	11
1976	21	16
1975	16	13

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.Mayes County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Mayes County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	37.4	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	31.0	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. Mayes County had 40,134 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Mayes County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 111 fatal crashes	32	111 fatal crashes	28.8%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 111 fatal crashes	40	111 fatal crashes	36.0%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 86 occupant deaths with restraint use known	39	86 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.3%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 125 deaths	8	125 deaths	6.4%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 125 deaths	1 or 2	125 deaths	0.8%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 125 deaths	18	125 deaths	14.4%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 111 fatal crashes with the condition reported	93	111 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	83.8%	59.5%
In the darkof 110 fatal crashes with the condition reported	40	110 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.4%	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.Mayes 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	3	6	4	16
Monday	1 or 2	4	10	5	21
Tuesday	0	3	3	6	12
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	3	8	15
Thursday	1 or 2	7	4	3	15
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	6	17
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	5	13
All days	13	22	37	37	109

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.Mayes County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oklahoma
Interstate	6	5.4%	13.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.9%
Other principal arterial	33	29.7%	26.1%
Minor arterial	11	9.9%	20.1%
Major collector	47	42.3%	24.0%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	0.6%
Local	14	12.6%	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.Mayes County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	66
Dark, not lighted	38
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Mayes County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	69
Cloudy	30
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 Mayes County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Mayes	In all of Oklahoma
Interstate 44	Interstate	5	264
State Route 20	State highway	13	52
State Route 82	State highway	16	40
US Route 69	US highway	16	135
US Route 412	US highway	13	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.Mayes 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
Mayes County: 31.0

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 Mayes County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cherokee County	Oklahoma	6	86	17.8
Craig County	Oklahoma	0	27	18.8
Delaware County	Oklahoma	9	82	19.6
Rogers County	Oklahoma	16	150	15.8
Wagoner County	Oklahoma	13	106	12.8

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 Mayes 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 Mayes in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 127 deaths in Mayes County from 2005 to 2014. It records 125 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Mayes in 2024?

The rate of Mayes County in 2024 was 37.4 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 Mayes had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 32 of 111 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 Mayes?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 63 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.