Pontotoc County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Pontotoc County in 2024.

FARS records 89 deaths in 76 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 23.2 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, Pontotoc County was number 23 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Pontotoc County rose by 7.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (83) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (89).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 84.2% of the fatal crashes in Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc 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.Pontotoc County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	5	3
2023	6	5	1 or 2
2022	5	4	1 or 2
2021	8	7	1 or 2
2020	10	7	1 or 2
2019	11	10	1 or 2
2018	13	10	1 or 2
2017	9	8	1 or 2
2016	14	12	3
2015	8	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	89	76	16

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 17 (1996)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Pontotoc County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	5
2023	6	5
2022	5	4
2021	8	7
2020	10	7
2019	11	10
2018	13	10
2017	9	8
2016	14	12
2015	8	8
2014	9	8
2013	7	6
2012	4	4
2011	7	6
2010	10	9
2009	11	11
2008	9	8
2007	9	7
2006	6	5
2005	11	9
2004	6	6
2003	6	5
2002	11	9
2001	9	6
2000	6	5
1999	5	5
1998	17	13
1997	10	8
1996	17	10
1995	8	8
1994	13	12
1993	13	11
1992	10	7
1991	5	5
1990	8	4
1989	9	7
1988	8	6
1987	0	0
1986	7	6
1985	6	5
1984	13	13
1983	6	4
1982	7	6
1981	9	7
1980	11	10
1979	11	8
1978	8	8
1977	8	8
1976	14	8
1975	7	5

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.Pontotoc County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Pontotoc County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	13.0	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	23.2	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. Pontotoc County had 38,343 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Pontotoc County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 76 fatal crashes	16	76 fatal crashes	21.1%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 76 fatal crashes	14	76 fatal crashes	18.4%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 66 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	66 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.5%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 89 deaths	6	89 deaths	6.7%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 89 deaths	1 or 2	89 deaths	1.1%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 89 deaths	10	89 deaths	11.2%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 76 fatal crashes with the condition reported	64	76 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	84.2%	59.5%
In the darkof 76 fatal crashes with the condition reported	26	76 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.2%	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.Pontotoc 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Monday	3	6	4	3	16
Tuesday	0	3	4	3	10
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	0	6
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	1 or 2	13
Friday	1 or 2	3	4	1 or 2	11
Saturday	4	3	1 or 2	3	12
All days	12	21	27	15	75

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.Pontotoc 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	3	3.9%	1.9%
Other principal arterial	17	22.4%	26.1%
Minor arterial	26	34.2%	20.1%
Major collector	19	25.0%	24.0%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.6%	0.6%
Local	9	11.8%	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.Pontotoc County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	49
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Pontotoc County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	51
Cloudy	19
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Pontotoc County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Pontotoc	In all of Oklahoma
State Route 1	State highway	11	31
State Route 3	State highway	9	86
State Route 48	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 99	State highway	1 or 2	24
US Route 377	US highway	4	30

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.Pontotoc 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
Pontotoc County: 23.2

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 Pontotoc County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Coal County	Oklahoma	1 or 2	8	14.7
Garvin County	Oklahoma	7	83	30.9
Hughes County	Oklahoma	6	30	22.4
Johnston County	Oklahoma	3	44	41.2
McClain County	Oklahoma	7	119	28.1
Murray County	Oklahoma	5	44	31.7
Pottawatomie County	Oklahoma	12	155	21.3
Seminole County	Oklahoma	10	93	38.5

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 Pontotoc 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Pontotoc County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ok/pontotoc/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Pontotoc in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 83 deaths in Pontotoc County from 2005 to 2014. It records 89 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Pontotoc in 2024?

The rate of Pontotoc County in 2024 was 13.0 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 Pontotoc had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 16 of 76 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 Pontotoc?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 27 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.