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Traffic deaths in Garvin County, Oklahoma

County in Oklahoma · United States

Deaths, 2024
7
Fatal crashes
6
Population
26.3K

In 2024, 7 people died in 6 fatal crashes in Garvin County, Oklahoma. That was 16.7% more than in 2023 (6) and the most since 2022. The death rate was 26.6 per 100,000 residents, compared with 15.7 in Oklahoma and 11.5 in the United States. Garvin County had the 30th most traffic deaths among Oklahoma's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 35 people died, an average of 7.0 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. 17% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

26.6

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 1.7 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.7
  • About double the rate in the United States: 11.5

27.0

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

  • About 1.6 times the average in Oklahoma: 17.3
  • About double the average in the United States: 12.3

+17%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

6 deaths in 2023, 7 in 2024

  • Oklahoma: -9%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 8 7
2021 5 4
2022 9 9
2023 6 5
2024 7 6

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 31.2
2021 19.4
2022 34.9
2023 23.1
2024 26.6

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 6
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 1
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Garvin County Share in Oklahoma
Pedestrians 0 0% 12%
Motorcyclists 1 14% 16%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 3 43% 35%
Speeding-related crashes 1 14% 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

17%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About half the share in Oklahoma: 36%
  • About 60 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

33%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 1.3 times the share in Oklahoma: 25%
  • About 1.3 times the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Garvin County Oklahoma United States
Speeding-related 33.3% 25.3% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 16.7% 36.0% 28.1%
At night 50.0% 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

50%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About the same as the share in Oklahoma: 52%
  • About the same as 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 0
1am 0
2am 0
3am 1
4am 0
5am 2
6am 1
7am 1
8am 2
9am 1
10am 2
11am 1
12pm 1
1pm 3
2pm 1
3pm 3
4pm 0
5pm 1
6pm 2
7pm 1
8pm 1
9pm 4
10pm 2
11pm 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 6
Mon 6
Tue 2
Wed 2
Thu 3
Fri 2
Sat 10

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 1
Feb 3
Mar 0
Apr 2
May 3
Jun 6
Jul 3
Aug 1
Sep 2
Oct 4
Nov 5
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 21
Cloudy 5
Rain 4

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 18
Dark - Not Lighted 13

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. I-356
  2. SR-745
  3. US-773
  4. SR-73
  5. SR-293
  6. SR-192
  7. SR-762
  8. US-1772
  9. CR-INDIAN MERIDIAN1
  10. CR-32851

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 15
Pickup trucks 12
Medium and heavy trucks 10
SUVs 10
Vans 3
Motorcycles 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Ford Fusion3
  2. Chevrolet GMT-4002
  3. Chevrolet Silverado2
  4. Freightliner Cascadia2
  5. Honda Accord2
  6. Kenworth T6802
  7. Peterbilt 3792
  8. Ram 15002
  9. GMC Sierra Limited1
  10. BMW 528i1

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
Oct 4, 2024 Pauls Valley 2
Jun 22, 2024 Hennepin 1
Jun 9, 2024 Pauls Valley 1
May 31, 2024 Lindsay 1
May 20, 2024 Elmore City 1
Apr 29, 2024 Pauls Valley 1
Nov 9, 2023 — 1
Nov 2, 2023 — 1
Jun 24, 2023 — 1
Apr 12, 2023 — 2
Jan 2, 2023 — 1
Nov 16, 2022 — 1
Oct 15, 2022 — 1
Oct 9, 2022 — 1
Sep 18, 2022 — 1
Sep 1, 2022 — 1
Aug 8, 2022 Elmore City 1
Jul 23, 2022 — 1
Jul 16, 2022 — 1
May 7, 2022 — 1
Jul 18, 2021 — 1
Jun 21, 2021 — 2
Feb 27, 2021 — 1
Feb 2, 2021 — 1
Dec 5, 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.