McCurtain County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in McCurtain County in 2024.

FARS records 129 deaths in 117 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 40.4 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, McCurtain County was number 11 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in McCurtain County rose by 1.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (127) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (129).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 91.5% of the fatal crashes in McCurtain 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 McCurtain 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.McCurtain County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	11	4
2023	16	14	7
2022	10	10	3
2021	22	19	10
2020	15	12	6
2019	10	10	5
2018	11	9	4
2017	11	11	4
2016	14	13	5
2015	8	8	3
2015 to 2024	129	117	51

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (2004)2024: 12

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

Table 2.McCurtain County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	11
2023	16	14
2022	10	10
2021	22	19
2020	15	12
2019	10	10
2018	11	9
2017	11	11
2016	14	13
2015	8	8
2014	9	6
2013	16	15
2012	10	9
2011	11	11
2010	13	13
2009	15	14
2008	8	8
2007	12	11
2006	14	14
2005	19	15
2004	25	21
2003	13	13
2002	14	13
2001	11	10
2000	10	10
1999	16	15
1998	10	8
1997	17	15
1996	22	19
1995	10	10
1994	13	13
1993	16	14
1992	14	14
1991	16	15
1990	10	9
1989	11	11
1988	16	13
1987	14	12
1986	11	10
1985	7	7
1984	6	6
1983	18	15
1982	16	15
1981	11	9
1980	14	11
1979	21	19
1978	21	15
1977	19	16
1976	20	15
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.McCurtain County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	McCurtain County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	39.0	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	40.4	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. McCurtain County had 30,778 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.McCurtain County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 117 fatal crashes	51	117 fatal crashes	43.6%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 117 fatal crashes	27	117 fatal crashes	23.1%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 103 occupant deaths with restraint use known	61	103 occupant deathswith restraint use known	59.2%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 129 deaths	6	129 deaths	4.7%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 129 deaths	1 or 2	129 deaths	0.8%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 129 deaths	10	129 deaths	7.8%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 117 fatal crashes with the condition reported	107	117 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	91.5%	59.5%
In the darkof 116 fatal crashes with the condition reported	50	116 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.1%	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.McCurtain 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	6	1 or 2	9	24
Monday	1 or 2	6	5	1 or 2	14
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	3	13
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6	11
Thursday	3	6	4	1 or 2	15
Friday	1 or 2	6	11	6	25
Saturday	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	13
All days	21	29	34	31	115

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.McCurtain 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	74	63.2%	26.1%
Minor arterial	8	6.8%	20.1%
Major collector	24	20.5%	24.0%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	0.6%
Local	11	9.4%	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.McCurtain County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	62
Dark, not lighted	47
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	4
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.McCurtain County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	76
Cloudy	26
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	6
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in McCurtain County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In McCurtain	In all of Oklahoma
State Route 3	State highway	20	86
State Route 4	State highway	3	32
State Route 37	State highway	7	27
US Route 70	US highway	25	107
US Route 259	US highway	31	38
US Route 270	US highway	1 or 2	91

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.McCurtain 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
McCurtain County: 40.4

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 McCurtain County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Little River County	Arkansas	3	37	30.5
Polk County	Arkansas	8	56	28.4
Sevier County	Arkansas	4	48	29.3
Choctaw County	Oklahoma	3	59	40.6
Le Flore County	Oklahoma	15	136	27.5
Pushmataha County	Oklahoma	3	39	35.6
Bowie County	Texas	11	159	17.1
Red River County	Texas	4	52	43.6

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 McCurtain 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 McCurtain in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 127 deaths in McCurtain County from 2005 to 2014. It records 129 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of McCurtain in 2024?

The rate of McCurtain County in 2024 was 39.0 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 McCurtain had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 51 of 117 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 McCurtain?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 87 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.