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Traffic deaths in Beaver County, Oklahoma

County in Oklahoma · United States

Deaths, 2024
8
Fatal crashes
3
Population
4.9K

In 2024, 8 people died in 3 fatal crashes in Beaver County, Oklahoma. That was 166.7% more than in 2023 (3) and the most in any year since 2020. The death rate was 162.8 per 100,000 residents, compared with 15.7 in Oklahoma and 11.5 in the United States. Beaver County had the 24th most traffic deaths among Oklahoma's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 24 people died, an average of 4.8 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

162.8

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 10 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.7
  • About 14 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

96.1

average deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2020–2024

  • About 6 times the average in Oklahoma: 17.3
  • About 8 times the average in the United States: 12.3

+167%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

3 deaths in 2023, 8 in 2024

  • Oklahoma: -9%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 5 5
2021 2 1
2022 6 4
2023 3 3
2024 8 3

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2020–2024
Category Deaths per 100,000
2020 99.4
2021 40.1
2022 119.3
2023 59.9
2024 162.8

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

0%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 5 percent of the share in Oklahoma: 12%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 8
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Beaver County Share in Oklahoma
Pedestrians 0 0% 12%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 16%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 4 50% 35%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 37%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

0%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 5 percent of the share in Oklahoma: 36%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

67%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 3 times the share in Oklahoma: 25%
  • About 3 times the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Beaver County Oklahoma United States
Speeding-related 66.7% 25.3% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 36.0% 28.1%
At night 66.7% 51.5% 53.6%
At weekends 33.3% 32.5% 32.6%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

67%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 1.3 times the share in Oklahoma: 52%
  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 54%

33%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About the same as the share in Oklahoma: 32%
  • About the same as the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 1
1am 1
2am 1
3am 0
4am 1
5am 0
6am 1
7am 0
8am 0
9am 1
10am 0
11am 1
12pm 0
1pm 2
2pm 0
3pm 0
4pm 1
5pm 4
6pm 2
7pm 0
8pm 0
9pm 0
10pm 0
11pm 0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 4
Mon 3
Tue 1
Wed 5
Thu 1
Fri 1
Sat 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 2
Feb 1
Mar 1
Apr 1
May 2
Jun 0
Jul 2
Aug 2
Sep 2
Oct 0
Nov 2
Dec 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 11
Cloudy 3
Rain 1

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Daylight 9
Dark - Not Lighted 6
Dusk 1

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. US-835
  2. US-2702
  3. SR-232
  4. US-412 US-641
  5. US-4121
  6. US-270 US-412 SR-31
  7. US-270 US-4121
  8. CR-NS1371
  9. CR-NS1331
  10. CR-NS1261

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Pickup trucks 11
Medium and heavy trucks 9
Cars 5
SUVs 3
Vans 3
Other vehicles 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Ford F-2503
  2. Ram 35003
  3. Chevrolet Silverado2
  4. Ford F-1502
  5. GMC Sierra2
  6. Nissan Quest2
  7. Toyota Camry2
  8. Acura MDX1
  9. Chevrolet Tahoe1
  10. Dodge Durango1

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2024. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Date Location Deaths
Dec 18, 2024 Beaver 2
Sep 29, 2024 Turpin 1
Apr 29, 2024 — 5
Aug 2, 2023 — 1
Jul 31, 2023 — 1
Mar 26, 2023 — 1
Aug 20, 2022 — 1
May 2, 2022 — 1
May 1, 2022 — 1
Feb 27, 2022 — 3
Jan 21, 2021 — 2
Nov 24, 2020 — 1
Nov 18, 2020 — 1
Sep 9, 2020 — 1
Jul 31, 2020 — 1
Jan 22, 2020 — 1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.