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Deadliest counties in Oklahoma
Counties in Oklahoma ranked by traffic deaths across 2020–2024, and by their average yearly death rate. Counties with more residents and more road miles tend to have more deaths, so the rate is the fairer comparison.
Most traffic deaths, 2020–2024
| # | County | Deaths 2020–2024 | Deaths 2024 | Per 100,000 a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma County | 486 | 102 | 12.1 |
| 2 | Tulsa County | 463 | 84 | 13.6 |
| 3 | Cleveland County | 136 | 22 | 9.1 |
| 4 | Canadian County | 88 | 18 | 10.4 |
| 5 | McCurtain County | 75 | 12 | 48.6 |
| 6 | Payne County | 75 | 12 | 18.1 |
| 7 | Ottawa County | 72 | 13 | 47.5 |
| 8 | Pottawatomie County | 71 | 12 | 19.3 |
| 9 | Rogers County | 70 | 16 | 14.2 |
| 10 | Le Flore County | 68 | 15 | 27.8 |
| 11 | Creek County | 67 | 15 | 18.4 |
| 12 | Muskogee County | 65 | 9 | 19.6 |
| 13 | Mayes County | 64 | 15 | 32.3 |
| 14 | Wagoner County | 63 | 13 | 14.5 |
| 15 | Bryan County | 59 | 15 | 24.4 |
| 16 | Comanche County | 57 | 8 | 9.4 |
| 17 | Grady County | 57 | 11 | 20.1 |
| 18 | McClain County | 57 | 7 | 25.2 |
| 19 | Lincoln County | 53 | 8 | 30.9 |
| 20 | Delaware County | 52 | 9 | 25.2 |
| 21 | Seminole County | 50 | 10 | 42.6 |
| 22 | Carter County | 48 | 10 | 19.8 |
| 23 | Osage County | 47 | 11 | 20.4 |
| 24 | Kay County | 46 | 7 | 21.0 |
| 25 | Sequoyah County | 45 | 8 | 22.6 |
| 26 | Logan County | 43 | 7 | 16.5 |
| 27 | Caddo County | 42 | 4 | 31.8 |
| 28 | Pittsburg County | 41 | 8 | 18.8 |
| 29 | Stephens County | 40 | 8 | 18.3 |
| 30 | Cherokee County | 38 | 6 | 15.9 |
| 31 | Garfield County | 38 | 10 | 12.2 |
| 32 | Adair County | 37 | 7 | 37.9 |
| 33 | McIntosh County | 36 | 4 | 37.1 |
| 34 | Garvin County | 35 | 7 | 27.0 |
| 35 | Beckham County | 34 | 5 | 30.7 |
| 36 | Pontotoc County | 34 | 5 | 17.8 |
| 37 | Love County | 32 | 9 | 62.0 |
| 38 | Choctaw County | 29 | 3 | 40.5 |
| 39 | Okmulgee County | 29 | 5 | 15.7 |
| 40 | Custer County | 27 | 1 | 19.1 |
| 41 | Washington County | 27 | 9 | 10.1 |
| 42 | Okfuskee County | 26 | 5 | 46.2 |
| 43 | Beaver County | 24 | 8 | 96.1 |
| 44 | Atoka County | 23 | 3 | 32.0 |
| 45 | Texas County | 23 | 3 | 22.2 |
| 46 | Johnston County | 22 | 3 | 42.8 |
| 47 | Noble County | 21 | 0 | 48.2 |
| 48 | Pushmataha County | 20 | 3 | 37.0 |
| 49 | Jackson County | 19 | 7 | n/a |
| 50 | Marshall County | 19 | 2 | n/a |
Highest death rates, 2020–2024
Deaths per 100,000 residents a year, averaged over 2020–2024. Only counties with at least 20 deaths in that time are ranked, because rates based on fewer deaths swing too much from year to year to compare. The rate divides deaths by the people who live in a county, so small counties crossed by busy highways can rank high: many of the people who die there are travelling through. How rates are worked out
| # | County | Deaths 2020–2024 | Deaths 2024 | Per 100,000 a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beaver County | 24 | 8 | 96.1 |
| 2 | Love County | 32 | 9 | 62.0 |
| 3 | McCurtain County | 75 | 12 | 48.6 |
| 4 | Noble County | 21 | 0 | 48.2 |
| 5 | Ottawa County | 72 | 13 | 47.5 |
| 6 | Okfuskee County | 26 | 5 | 46.2 |
| 7 | Johnston County | 22 | 3 | 42.8 |
| 8 | Seminole County | 50 | 10 | 42.6 |
| 9 | Choctaw County | 29 | 3 | 40.5 |
| 10 | Adair County | 37 | 7 | 37.9 |
| 11 | McIntosh County | 36 | 4 | 37.1 |
| 12 | Pushmataha County | 20 | 3 | 37.0 |
| 13 | Mayes County | 64 | 15 | 32.3 |
| 14 | Atoka County | 23 | 3 | 32.0 |
| 15 | Caddo County | 42 | 4 | 31.8 |
| 16 | Lincoln County | 53 | 8 | 30.9 |
| 17 | Beckham County | 34 | 5 | 30.7 |
| 18 | Le Flore County | 68 | 15 | 27.8 |
| 19 | Garvin County | 35 | 7 | 27.0 |
| 20 | Delaware County | 52 | 9 | 25.2 |
| 21 | McClain County | 57 | 7 | 25.2 |
| 22 | Bryan County | 59 | 15 | 24.4 |
| 23 | Sequoyah County | 45 | 8 | 22.6 |
| 24 | Texas County | 23 | 3 | 22.2 |
| 25 | Kay County | 46 | 7 | 21.0 |
| 26 | Osage County | 47 | 11 | 20.4 |
| 27 | Grady County | 57 | 11 | 20.1 |
| 28 | Carter County | 48 | 10 | 19.8 |
| 29 | Muskogee County | 65 | 9 | 19.6 |
| 30 | Pottawatomie County | 71 | 12 | 19.3 |
| 31 | Custer County | 27 | 1 | 19.1 |
| 32 | Pittsburg County | 41 | 8 | 18.8 |
| 33 | Creek County | 67 | 15 | 18.4 |
| 34 | Stephens County | 40 | 8 | 18.3 |
| 35 | Payne County | 75 | 12 | 18.1 |
| 36 | Pontotoc County | 34 | 5 | 17.8 |
| 37 | Logan County | 43 | 7 | 16.5 |
| 38 | Cherokee County | 38 | 6 | 15.9 |
| 39 | Okmulgee County | 29 | 5 | 15.7 |
| 40 | Wagoner County | 63 | 13 | 14.5 |
| 41 | Rogers County | 70 | 16 | 14.2 |
| 42 | Tulsa County | 463 | 84 | 13.6 |
| 43 | Garfield County | 38 | 10 | 12.2 |
| 44 | Oklahoma County | 486 | 102 | 12.1 |
| 45 | Canadian County | 88 | 18 | 10.4 |
| 46 | Washington County | 27 | 9 | 10.1 |
| 47 | Comanche County | 57 | 8 | 9.4 |
| 48 | Cleveland County | 136 | 22 | 9.1 |