Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Pottawatomie County in 2024.

FARS records 155 deaths in 142 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 21.3 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, Pottawatomie County was number 5 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Pottawatomie County fell by 6.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (165) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (155).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 65.5% of the fatal crashes in Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie 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.Pottawatomie County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	11	3
2023	18	17	3
2022	11	9	1 or 2
2021	18	15	3
2020	12	11	5
2019	19	17	3
2018	12	12	1 or 2
2017	12	11	1 or 2
2016	21	19	3
2015	20	20	6
2015 to 2024	155	142	30

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 27 (1980)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Pottawatomie County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	11
2023	18	17
2022	11	9
2021	18	15
2020	12	11
2019	19	17
2018	12	12
2017	12	11
2016	21	19
2015	20	20
2014	9	9
2013	6	6
2012	19	16
2011	19	16
2010	22	18
2009	15	12
2008	23	22
2007	12	11
2006	17	13
2005	23	20
2004	14	13
2003	25	22
2002	26	21
2001	10	10
2000	11	10
1999	18	15
1998	27	21
1997	12	8
1996	14	14
1995	12	12
1994	14	13
1993	14	12
1992	15	12
1991	15	13
1990	8	7
1989	22	18
1988	19	16
1987	9	8
1986	16	13
1985	8	8
1984	20	17
1983	15	14
1982	18	17
1981	17	15
1980	27	21
1979	24	18
1978	12	11
1977	12	12
1976	20	15
1975	10	9

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.Pottawatomie County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Pottawatomie County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	16.1	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	21.3	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. Pottawatomie County had 74,475 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Pottawatomie County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 142 fatal crashes	30	142 fatal crashes	21.1%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 142 fatal crashes	30	142 fatal crashes	21.1%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 103 occupant deaths with restraint use known	53	103 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.5%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 155 deaths	19	155 deaths	12.3%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 155 deaths	5	155 deaths	3.2%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 155 deaths	15	155 deaths	9.7%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 142 fatal crashes with the condition reported	93	142 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	65.5%	59.5%
In the darkof 141 fatal crashes with the condition reported	67	141 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.5%	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.Pottawatomie 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	4	7	15
Monday	3	3	8	3	17
Tuesday	1 or 2	8	7	4	20
Wednesday	3	6	3	9	21
Thursday	1 or 2	3	6	5	16
Friday	6	8	4	8	26
Saturday	4	4	6	11	25
All days	21	34	38	47	140

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.Pottawatomie County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oklahoma
Interstate	20	14.1%	13.5%
Other freeways and expressways	4	2.8%	1.9%
Other principal arterial	16	11.3%	26.1%
Minor arterial	45	31.7%	20.1%
Major collector	32	22.5%	24.0%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	0.6%
Local	25	17.6%	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.Pottawatomie County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	69
Dark, not lighted	61
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Pottawatomie County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	94
Cloudy	29
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Pottawatomie County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Pottawatomie	In all of Oklahoma
Interstate 40	Interstate	20	263
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	86
State Route 9	State highway	9	79
State Route 18	State highway	11	35
State Route 99	State highway	1 or 2	24
US Route 177	US highway	29	90
US Route 270	US highway	5	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.Pottawatomie 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
Pottawatomie County: 21.3

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 Pottawatomie County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cleveland County	Oklahoma	22	240	8.3
Lincoln County	Oklahoma	8	108	31.2
McClain County	Oklahoma	7	119	28.1
Okfuskee County	Oklahoma	5	44	37.7
Oklahoma County	Oklahoma	102	913	11.5
Pontotoc County	Oklahoma	5	89	23.2
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 Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 165 deaths in Pottawatomie County from 2005 to 2014. It records 155 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Pottawatomie in 2024?

The rate of Pottawatomie County in 2024 was 16.1 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 Pottawatomie had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 30 of 142 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 Pottawatomie?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 76 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.