Payne County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Payne County in 2024.

FARS records 135 deaths in 119 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.4 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, Payne County was number 9 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Payne County fell by 11.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (153) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (135).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 73.1% of the fatal crashes in Payne 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 Payne 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.Payne County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	10	0
2023	26	21	7
2022	14	13	6
2021	17	15	6
2020	6	6	0
2019	12	9	1 or 2
2018	13	13	4
2017	9	9	3
2016	10	10	4
2015	16	13	4
2015 to 2024	135	119	35

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (2023)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Payne County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	10
2023	26	21
2022	14	13
2021	17	15
2020	6	6
2019	12	9
2018	13	13
2017	9	9
2016	10	10
2015	16	13
2014	20	17
2013	22	18
2012	18	15
2011	19	12
2010	11	11
2009	13	11
2008	12	11
2007	10	9
2006	12	12
2005	16	14
2004	16	13
2003	12	9
2002	13	12
2001	9	9
2000	15	8
1999	16	14
1998	20	17
1997	12	12
1996	13	10
1995	14	12
1994	7	6
1993	10	8
1992	16	15
1991	12	11
1990	12	10
1989	13	12
1988	10	8
1987	12	9
1986	10	9
1985	4	4
1984	13	12
1983	13	13
1982	14	11
1981	16	15
1980	13	11
1979	16	14
1978	10	10
1977	12	10
1976	14	11
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.Payne County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Payne County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	14.3	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.4	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. Payne County had 83,696 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Payne County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 119 fatal crashes	35	119 fatal crashes	29.4%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 119 fatal crashes	22	119 fatal crashes	18.5%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 100 occupant deaths with restraint use known	47	100 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.0%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 135 deaths	12	135 deaths	8.9%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 135 deaths	1 or 2	135 deaths	0.7%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 135 deaths	11	135 deaths	8.1%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 119 fatal crashes with the condition reported	87	119 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	73.1%	59.5%
In the darkof 119 fatal crashes with the condition reported	47	119 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.5%	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.Payne 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	0	7	5	19
Monday	4	4	10	3	21
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	8	1 or 2	14
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	6	7	18
Thursday	1 or 2	8	0	3	12
Friday	0	5	4	6	15
Saturday	7	1 or 2	4	7	19
All days	22	25	39	32	118

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.Payne County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oklahoma
Interstate	7	5.9%	13.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.9%
Other principal arterial	25	21.0%	26.1%
Minor arterial	53	44.5%	20.1%
Major collector	15	12.6%	24.0%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.8%	0.6%
Local	18	15.1%	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.Payne County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	67
Dark, not lighted	39
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Payne County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	84
Cloudy	27
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Payne County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Payne	In all of Oklahoma
Interstate 35	Interstate	6	204
Interstate 40	Interstate	1 or 2	263
State Route 18	State highway	5	35
State Route 33	State highway	22	58
State Route 51	State highway	26	92
US Route 77	US highway	1 or 2	94
US Route 177	US highway	19	90

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.Payne 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
Payne County: 16.4

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 Payne County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Creek County	Oklahoma	15	147	20.4
Lincoln County	Oklahoma	8	108	31.2
Logan County	Oklahoma	7	75	15.2
Noble County	Oklahoma	0	46	41.3
Pawnee County	Oklahoma	3	42	26.1

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 Payne 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 Payne in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 153 deaths in Payne County from 2005 to 2014. It records 135 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Payne in 2024?

The rate of Payne County in 2024 was 14.3 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 Payne had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 35 of 119 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 Payne?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 80 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.