Fatal crash profile · City

Traffic deaths in Midwest City, Oklahoma

City in Oklahoma County · Oklahoma · United States

Deaths, 2024
3
Fatal crashes
3
Population
58.6K

In 2024, 3 people died in 3 fatal crashes in Midwest City, Oklahoma. That was the same as in 2023. The death rate was 5.1 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.5 in Oklahoma County, 15.7 in Oklahoma and 11.5 in the United States. Between 2020 and 2024, 16 people died, an average of 3.2 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

5.1

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 40 percent of the rate in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma: 12.5
  • About one-third of the rate in Oklahoma: 15.7
  • About 45 percent of the rate in the United States: 11.5

+0%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

3 deaths in 2023, 3 in 2024

  • Oklahoma County, Oklahoma: -7%
  • Oklahoma: -9%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 2 2
2021 5 5
2022 3 3
2023 3 3
2024 3 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 3.4
2021 8.6
2022 5.2
2023 5.2
2024 5.1

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 County, Oklahoma: 24%
  • 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 3
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Midwest City Share in Oklahoma County
Pedestrians 0 0% 24%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 17%
Cyclists 0 0% 4%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 1 33% 42%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 39%

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

0%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 5 percent of the share in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma: 30%
  • About 5 percent of the share in Oklahoma: 25%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Midwest City Oklahoma County Oklahoma United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 30.2% 25.3% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 36.5% 36.0% 28.1%
At night 100.0% 62.5% 51.5% 53.6%
At weekends 0.0% 35.4% 32.5% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

100%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 1.6 times the share in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma: 63%
  • About 1.9 times the share in Oklahoma: 52%
  • About 1.9 times the share in the United States: 54%

0%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 5 percent of the share in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma: 35%
  • About 5 percent of the share in Oklahoma: 32%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 0
1am 1
2am 1
3am 0
4am 0
5am 0
6am 0
7am 1
8am 0
9am 0
10am 1
11am 0
12pm 0
1pm 1
2pm 0
3pm 1
4pm 1
5pm 0
6pm 4
7pm 0
8pm 3
9pm 1
10pm 0
11pm 0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 5
Mon 2
Tue 3
Wed 1
Thu 1
Fri 3
Sat 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 0
Feb 1
Mar 0
Apr 1
May 0
Jun 2
Jul 1
Aug 3
Sep 1
Oct 2
Nov 3
Dec 2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 13
Cloudy 2

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 8
Dark - Lighted 4
Dark - Not Lighted 3

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. NE 10TH ST4
  2. E RENO AVE3
  3. I-402
  4. S MIDWEST BLVD2
  5. N POST RD1
  6. S AIR DEPOT BLVD1
  7. S WESTMINSTER RD1
  8. SPENCER RD1
  9. US-62 NE 23RD ST1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
SUVs 6
Motorcycles 5
Pickup trucks 5
Cars 4
Other vehicles 1
Vans 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Honda CR-V2
  2. Chevrolet GMT-4001
  3. Chevrolet Silverado1
  4. Chevrolet Tahoe1
  5. Chevrolet Trax1
  6. Dodge Durango1
  7. Dodge Ram1
  8. Ford E-1501
  9. Ford F-1501
  10. Ford Fusion1

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 Deaths
Nov 18, 2024 1
Oct 3, 2024 1
Apr 16, 2024 1
Dec 30, 2023 1
Sep 17, 2023 1
Feb 10, 2023 1
Aug 22, 2022 1
Jun 29, 2022 1
Jun 21, 2022 1
Dec 14, 2021 1
Nov 28, 2021 1
Oct 15, 2021 1
Aug 29, 2021 1
Jul 18, 2021 1
Nov 20, 2020 1
Aug 23, 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.