Tulsa County, Oklahoma: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 84 deaths in 79 fatal crashes in Tulsa County in 2024.

FARS records 792 deaths in 740 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.9 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, Tulsa County was number 2 of 77 counties of Oklahoma.

Deaths in Tulsa County rose by 15.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (685) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (792).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 8.0% of the fatal crashes in Tulsa 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 Tulsa County by year, 2015 to 2024

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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.Tulsa County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	84	79	23
2023	104	94	27
2022	89	85	24
2021	106	95	29
2020	80	76	19
2019	53	50	15
2018	66	62	15
2017	71	69	24
2016	67	63	24
2015	72	67	17
2015 to 2024	792	740	217

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 106 (2021)2024: 84

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

Table 2.Tulsa County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	84	79
2023	104	94
2022	89	85
2021	106	95
2020	80	76
2019	53	50
2018	66	62
2017	71	69
2016	67	63
2015	72	67
2014	61	59
2013	71	69
2012	75	68
2011	69	63
2010	57	54
2009	76	67
2008	73	70
2007	72	64
2006	64	57
2005	67	67
2004	72	69
2003	60	58
2002	59	55
2001	67	60
2000	61	55
1999	69	64
1998	50	48
1997	74	70
1996	57	55
1995	61	56
1994	64	55
1993	42	42
1992	59	55
1991	61	52
1990	65	54
1989	72	61
1988	57	51
1987	56	55
1986	70	66
1985	45	43
1984	70	65
1983	68	63
1982	88	77
1981	99	87
1980	86	79
1979	63	62
1978	79	70
1977	70	65
1976	67	61
1975	60	52

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.Tulsa County beside Oklahoma and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Tulsa County	Oklahoma	United States
2024	12.1	15.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.9	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. Tulsa County had 694,682 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Tulsa County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oklahoma
A driver recorded as drinkingof 740 fatal crashes	217	740 fatal crashes	29.3%	26.5%
A speeding-related driverof 740 fatal crashes	231	740 fatal crashes	31.2%	26.0%
No restraint usedof 393 occupant deaths with restraint use known	183	393 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.6%	53.7%
Pedestriansof 792 deaths	179	792 deaths	22.6%	12.3%
Bicyclistsof 792 deaths	20	792 deaths	2.5%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 792 deaths	159	792 deaths	20.1%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 737 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	737 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	8.0%	59.5%
In the darkof 738 fatal crashes with the condition reported	412	738 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	55.8%	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.Tulsa 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	42	18	21	27	108
Monday	16	17	21	36	90
Tuesday	15	17	34	35	101
Wednesday	12	24	22	43	101
Thursday	17	13	28	41	99
Friday	21	5	25	50	101
Saturday	38	13	40	37	128
All days	161	107	191	269	728

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.Tulsa County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oklahoma
Interstate	92	12.5%	13.5%
Other freeways and expressways	56	7.6%	1.9%
Other principal arterial	211	28.6%	26.1%
Minor arterial	256	34.7%	20.1%
Major collector	41	5.6%	24.0%
Minor collector	4	0.5%	0.6%
Local	77	10.4%	13.8%
Not reported	3	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.Tulsa County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	304
Dark, not lighted	227
Dark, lighted	183
Dawn	8
Dusk	14
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Tulsa County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	516
Cloudy	169
Rain	43
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Tulsa County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Tulsa	In all of Oklahoma
Interstate 44	Interstate	42	264
Interstate 244	Interstate	46	46
State Route 11	State highway	19	46
State Route 20	State highway	6	52
State Route 51	State highway	15	92
US Route 64	US highway	31	113
US Route 69	US highway	1 or 2	135
US Route 75	US highway	50	102
US Route 169	US highway	36	57
US Route 412	US highway	6	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.Tulsa 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
Tulsa County: 11.9

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 Tulsa County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Creek County	Oklahoma	15	147	20.4
Okmulgee County	Oklahoma	5	70	18.5
Osage County	Oklahoma	11	89	19.1
Pawnee County	Oklahoma	3	42	26.1
Rogers County	Oklahoma	16	150	15.8
Wagoner County	Oklahoma	13	106	12.8
Washington County	Oklahoma	9	53	10.1

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 Tulsa 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 Tulsa in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 685 deaths in Tulsa County from 2005 to 2014. It records 792 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Tulsa in 2024?

The rate of Tulsa County in 2024 was 12.1 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 Tulsa had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 217 of 740 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 Tulsa?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 253 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.