Ottawa County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Ottawa County in 2024.

FARS records 117 deaths in 102 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 37.8 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, Ottawa County was number 15 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Ottawa County rose by 8.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (108) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (117).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 82.4% of the fatal crashes in Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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.Ottawa County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	11	0
2023	12	11	3
2022	13	13	1 or 2
2021	25	18	8
2020	9	9	1 or 2
2019	10	8	1 or 2
2018	3	3	1 or 2
2017	14	14	4
2016	7	6	3
2015	11	9	0
2015 to 2024	117	102	24

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (2021)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Ottawa County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	11
2023	12	11
2022	13	13
2021	25	18
2020	9	9
2019	10	8
2018	3	3
2017	14	14
2016	7	6
2015	11	9
2014	4	4
2013	8	8
2012	13	10
2011	8	6
2010	11	11
2009	18	9
2008	7	7
2007	8	7
2006	9	8
2005	22	18
2004	8	6
2003	11	10
2002	5	5
2001	6	6
2000	11	10
1999	12	8
1998	6	6
1997	16	12
1996	14	11
1995	12	11
1994	7	6
1993	12	9
1992	9	9
1991	10	9
1990	12	10
1989	8	6
1988	15	15
1987	18	17
1986	13	12
1985	21	16
1984	5	5
1983	10	9
1982	11	10
1981	6	6
1980	21	15
1979	10	9
1978	19	15
1977	18	15
1976	5	4
1975	12	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.Ottawa County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Ottawa County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	42.7	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	37.8	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. Ottawa County had 30,429 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Ottawa County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 102 fatal crashes	24	102 fatal crashes	23.5%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 102 fatal crashes	19	102 fatal crashes	18.6%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 76 occupant deaths with restraint use known	38	76 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.0%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 117 deaths	15	117 deaths	12.8%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 117 deaths	1 or 2	117 deaths	1.7%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 117 deaths	11	117 deaths	9.4%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 102 fatal crashes with the condition reported	84	102 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	82.4%	59.5%
In the darkof 99 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	99 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.5%	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.Ottawa 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	5	3	1 or 2	3	13
Monday	1 or 2	4	6	6	17
Tuesday	0	5	5	1 or 2	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	7	13
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	11
Friday	0	1 or 2	5	6	13
Saturday	7	3	4	4	18
All days	17	19	31	30	97

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.Ottawa County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oklahoma
Interstate	13	12.7%	13.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.9%
Other principal arterial	12	11.8%	26.1%
Minor arterial	27	26.5%	20.1%
Major collector	33	32.4%	24.0%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	0.6%
Local	17	16.7%	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.Ottawa County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	49
Dark, not lighted	40
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Ottawa County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	61
Cloudy	27
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	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Ottawa County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Ottawa	In all of Oklahoma
Interstate 44	Interstate	13	264
State Route 10	State highway	17	32
US Route 59	US highway	7	62
US Route 60	US highway	6	61
US Route 69	US highway	9	135
US Route 412	US highway	1 or 2	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.Ottawa 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
Ottawa County: 37.8

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 Ottawa County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cherokee County	Kansas	4	44	22.4
McDonald County	Missouri	12	87	37.4
Newton County	Missouri	29	166	28.1
Craig County	Oklahoma	0	27	18.8
Delaware County	Oklahoma	9	82	19.6

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 Ottawa 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 Ottawa in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 108 deaths in Ottawa County from 2005 to 2014. It records 117 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Ottawa in 2024?

The rate of Ottawa County in 2024 was 42.7 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 Ottawa had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 24 of 102 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 Ottawa?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 53 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.