Oklahoma County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 102 deaths in 96 fatal crashes in Oklahoma County in 2024.

FARS records 913 deaths in 874 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.5 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, Oklahoma County was number 1 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Oklahoma County rose by 22.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (743) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (913).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 3.8% of the fatal crashes in Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma County by year, 2015 to 2024

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102

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.Oklahoma County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	102	96	29
2023	110	104	24
2022	93	89	19
2021	107	103	17
2020	74	73	20
2019	79	73	13
2018	85	82	19
2017	90	86	28
2016	88	86	19
2015	85	82	21
2015 to 2024	913	874	209

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 161 (1981)2024: 102

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

Table 2.Oklahoma County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	102	96
2023	110	104
2022	93	89
2021	107	103
2020	74	73
2019	79	73
2018	85	82
2017	90	86
2016	88	86
2015	85	82
2014	73	66
2013	75	74
2012	87	81
2011	70	63
2010	82	78
2009	73	72
2008	72	68
2007	82	78
2006	57	54
2005	72	67
2004	77	71
2003	78	67
2002	71	63
2001	66	57
2000	61	54
1999	66	62
1998	75	66
1997	98	82
1996	105	86
1995	70	63
1994	81	75
1993	71	63
1992	68	55
1991	73	64
1990	63	55
1989	80	74
1988	88	82
1987	80	80
1986	93	84
1985	116	102
1984	119	111
1983	122	105
1982	140	130
1981	161	136
1980	132	121
1979	109	98
1978	112	101
1977	109	99
1976	96	84
1975	117	100

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.Oklahoma County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Oklahoma County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	12.5	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.5	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. Oklahoma County had 818,198 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Oklahoma County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 874 fatal crashes	209	874 fatal crashes	23.9%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 874 fatal crashes	257	874 fatal crashes	29.4%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 423 occupant deaths with restraint use known	216	423 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.1%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 913 deaths	241	913 deaths	26.4%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 913 deaths	28	913 deaths	3.1%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 913 deaths	169	913 deaths	18.5%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 870 fatal crashes with the condition reported	33	870 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	3.8%	59.5%
In the darkof 867 fatal crashes with the condition reported	494	867 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	57.0%	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.Oklahoma 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	36	15	26	44	121
Monday	18	27	31	32	108
Tuesday	17	30	27	46	120
Wednesday	20	12	29	44	105
Thursday	20	24	21	42	107
Friday	26	25	37	55	143
Saturday	43	23	31	61	158
All days	180	156	202	324	862

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.Oklahoma County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oklahoma
Interstate	222	25.5%	13.5%
Other freeways and expressways	26	3.0%	1.9%
Other principal arterial	275	31.6%	26.1%
Minor arterial	190	21.8%	20.1%
Major collector	58	6.7%	24.0%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.2%	0.6%
Local	97	11.1%	13.8%
Not reported	4	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.Oklahoma County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	341
Dark, not lighted	236
Dark, lighted	254
Dawn	13
Dusk	19
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	7

Table 8.Oklahoma County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	487
Cloudy	313
Rain	54
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	13

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Oklahoma County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Oklahoma	In all of Oklahoma
Interstate 35	Interstate	41	204
Interstate 40	Interstate	68	263
Interstate 44	Interstate	69	264
Interstate 240	Interstate	28	28
State Route 3	State highway	20	86
State Route 37	State highway	1 or 2	27
State Route 66	State highway	8	67
State Route 74	State highway	17	51
State Route 152	State highway	7	32
US Route 62	US highway	35	127
US Route 77	US highway	16	94

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.Oklahoma 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
Oklahoma County: 11.5

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 Oklahoma County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Canadian County	Oklahoma	18	179	11.6
Cleveland County	Oklahoma	22	240	8.3
Lincoln County	Oklahoma	8	108	31.2
Logan County	Oklahoma	7	75	15.2
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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 743 deaths in Oklahoma County from 2005 to 2014. It records 913 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Oklahoma in 2024?

The rate of Oklahoma County in 2024 was 12.5 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 Oklahoma had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 209 of 874 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 Oklahoma?

11 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 310 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.