Pittsburg County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Pittsburg County in 2024.

FARS records 103 deaths in 95 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 23.5 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, Pittsburg County was number 20 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Pittsburg County fell by 15.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (122) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (103).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 77.9% of the fatal crashes in Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg 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.Pittsburg County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	8	0
2023	4	4	1 or 2
2022	15	13	1 or 2
2021	9	6	1 or 2
2020	5	5	0
2019	16	15	1 or 2
2018	16	16	5
2017	10	10	6
2016	7	7	3
2015	13	11	5
2015 to 2024	103	95	26

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1983)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Pittsburg County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	8
2023	4	4
2022	15	13
2021	9	6
2020	5	5
2019	16	15
2018	16	16
2017	10	10
2016	7	7
2015	13	11
2014	7	7
2013	10	8
2012	6	5
2011	14	10
2010	6	6
2009	12	12
2008	15	15
2007	20	15
2006	19	16
2005	13	12
2004	22	19
2003	15	13
2002	8	8
2001	12	12
2000	17	16
1999	13	10
1998	13	12
1997	17	16
1996	19	15
1995	14	12
1994	16	11
1993	16	14
1992	7	7
1991	14	13
1990	10	10
1989	5	5
1988	8	8
1987	17	16
1986	9	9
1985	15	13
1984	16	15
1983	25	15
1982	14	13
1981	4	4
1980	19	16
1979	16	13
1978	11	10
1977	17	11
1976	8	5
1975	16	12

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.Pittsburg County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Pittsburg County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	18.4	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	23.5	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. Pittsburg County had 43,471 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Pittsburg County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 95 fatal crashes	26	95 fatal crashes	27.4%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 95 fatal crashes	24	95 fatal crashes	25.3%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 74 occupant deaths with restraint use known	51	74 occupant deathswith restraint use known	68.9%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 103 deaths	10	103 deaths	9.7%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 103 deaths	1 or 2	103 deaths	1.0%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 103 deaths	12	103 deaths	11.7%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 95 fatal crashes with the condition reported	74	95 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	77.9%	59.5%
In the darkof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	36	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.3%	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.Pittsburg 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	4	1 or 2	7	0	12
Monday	1 or 2	5	4	3	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	4	8	17
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	5	3	14
Thursday	1 or 2	0	5	4	11
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	5	11
Saturday	3	1 or 2	3	8	16
All days	14	18	31	31	94

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.Pittsburg 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	5	5.3%	1.9%
Other principal arterial	29	30.5%	26.1%
Minor arterial	19	20.0%	20.1%
Major collector	21	22.1%	24.0%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	0.6%
Local	21	22.1%	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.Pittsburg County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	55
Dark, not lighted	31
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	0
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Pittsburg County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	72
Cloudy	10
Rain	11
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 Pittsburg County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Pittsburg	In all of Oklahoma
State Route 1	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 9	State highway	4	79
US Route 69	US highway	25	135
US Route 270	US highway	15	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.Pittsburg 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
Pittsburg County: 23.5

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 Pittsburg County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Atoka County	Oklahoma	3	54	38.3
Coal County	Oklahoma	1 or 2	8	14.7
Haskell County	Oklahoma	1 or 2	28	23.0
Hughes County	Oklahoma	6	30	22.4
Latimer County	Oklahoma	1 or 2	26	26.2
McIntosh County	Oklahoma	4	67	34.3
Pushmataha County	Oklahoma	3	39	35.6

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 Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 122 deaths in Pittsburg County from 2005 to 2014. It records 103 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Pittsburg in 2024?

The rate of Pittsburg County in 2024 was 18.4 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 Pittsburg had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 of 95 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 Pittsburg?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 45 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.