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Traffic deaths in Oklahoma in 2022

State in United States

Deaths, 2022
710
Fatal crashes
643
Population
4M

In 2022, 710 people died in 643 fatal crashes in Oklahoma. That was 6.8% fewer than in 2021 (762) and the fewest since 2020. The death rate was 17.6 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.8 in the United States. Oklahoma had the 22nd most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 11th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 14% of deaths, and 23% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

17.6

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2022

  • About 1.4 times the rate in the United States: 12.8

-7%

change in deaths from 2021 to 2022

762 deaths in 2021, 710 in 2022

  • The United States: -1%

Oklahoma traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Road users

Who died

14%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About three-quarters of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2022
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 506
Pedestrians 96
Motorcyclists 93
Cyclists 15
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Deaths by type, 2022
Type Deaths Share in Oklahoma Share in the US
Pedestrians 96 14% 18%
Motorcyclists 93 13% 15%
Cyclists 15 2% 3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 189 27% 32%
Speeding-related crashes 159 22% 28%

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

23%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 85 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

26%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 26%
Crash factors in 2022
Category Oklahoma United States
Speeding-related 25.5% 26.2%
Alcohol-involved 23.2% 27.7%
At night 46.0% 53.9%
At weekends 28.6% 33.3%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

46%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 85 percent of the share in the United States: 54%

29%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 85 percent of the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 32
1am 11
2am 18
3am 11
4am 17
5am 15
6am 17
7am 20
8am 23
9am 18
10am 26
11am 22
12pm 21
1pm 24
2pm 35
3pm 27
4pm 46
5pm 42
6pm 37
7pm 36
8pm 37
9pm 41
10pm 24
11pm 17

All crashes 2022.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 75
Mon 96
Tue 92
Wed 87
Thu 91
Fri 93
Sat 109

All crashes 2022.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 54
Feb 33
Mar 45
Apr 40
May 60
Jun 60
Jul 61
Aug 56
Sep 83
Oct 57
Nov 51
Dec 43

All crashes 2022.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 471
Cloudy 113
Rain 35
Fog, Smog, Smoke 4
Snow 2
Severe Crosswinds 1

All crashes 2022. 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 336
Dark - Not Lighted 190
Dark - Lighted 74
Dusk 20
Dawn 8
Dark - Unknown Lighting 3

All crashes 2022. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2022

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-4428
  2. I-3520
  3. I-4016
  4. US-6913
  5. US-599
  6. US-709
  7. SR-98
  8. US-2707
  9. US-627
  10. US-647

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 289
Pickup trucks 230
SUVs 182
Medium and heavy trucks 128
Motorcycles 99
Other vehicles 37
Vans 37
Buses 2
Other light trucks 2

All crashes 2022.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado65
  2. Ford F-15039
  3. Dodge Ram24
  4. Freightliner Cascadia23
  5. GMC Sierra22
  6. Toyota Camry16
  7. Ford F-25015
  8. Ram 150014
  9. Nissan Altima14
  10. Chevrolet Tahoe14

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 2022. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Date Location Deaths
Dec 31, 2022 Tulsa, Tulsa County 1
Dec 31, 2022 Stephens County 1
Dec 31, 2022 Lincoln County 1
Dec 31, 2022 Okmulgee County 1
Dec 30, 2022 Ardmore, Carter County 1
Dec 29, 2022 Tulsa, Tulsa County 1
Dec 28, 2022 Spencer, Oklahoma County 1
Dec 24, 2022 Rogers County 1
Dec 24, 2022 Pottawatomie County 2
Dec 22, 2022 Lincoln County 1
Dec 22, 2022 Ellis County 1
Dec 22, 2022 Okfuskee County 1
Dec 20, 2022 McIntosh County 1
Dec 19, 2022 Creek County 1
Dec 19, 2022 Tuttle, Grady County 2
Dec 19, 2022 Carter County 1
Dec 19, 2022 Jackson County 1
Dec 18, 2022 McCurtain County 1
Dec 17, 2022 Norman, Cleveland County 1
Dec 17, 2022 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County 1
Dec 17, 2022 Cherokee County 1
Dec 16, 2022 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County 1
Dec 16, 2022 Ottawa County 1
Dec 15, 2022 Oklahoma City, Cleveland County 1
Dec 15, 2022 Noble County 2

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Counties in Oklahoma in 2022

Area Deaths, 2022 Per 100,000
Adair County 10 51.3
Alfalfa County 1 17.6
Atoka County 5 35.0
Beaver County 6 119.3
Beckham County 6 27.3
Blaine County 3 35.5
Bryan County 11 22.8
Caddo County 12 45.7
Canadian County 12 7.1
Carter County 10 20.6
Cherokee County 7 14.6
Choctaw County 5 34.7
Cimarron County 4 179.7
Cleveland County 35 11.7
Coal County 1 18.8
Comanche County 10 8.2
Cotton County 4 73.1
Craig County 7 49.4
Creek County 20 27.5
Custer County 7 24.9
Delaware County 15 36.2
Dewey County 1 22.8
Ellis County 2 54.2
Garfield County 7 11.3
Garvin County 9 34.9
Grady County 9 15.9
Grant County 2 48.4
Greer County 1 18.0
Harmon County 0 —
Harper County 1 31.6
Haskell County 2 17.2
Hughes County 2 14.9
Jackson County 6 24.4
Jefferson County 2 37.0
Johnston County 10 97.0
Kay County 11 25.1
Kingfisher County 2 13.1
Kiowa County 1 11.8
Latimer County 2 20.9
Le Flore County 17 34.7
Lincoln County 19 55.6
Logan County 5 9.6
Love County 3 29.4
Major County 1 13.2
Marshall County 3 18.8
Mayes County 10 25.3
McClain County 10 22.0
McCurtain County 10 32.4
McIntosh County 10 51.5
Murray County 2 14.6
Muskogee County 8 12.1
Noble County 9 82.8
Nowata County 1 10.6
Okfuskee County 1 8.9
Oklahoma County 93 11.6
Okmulgee County 5 13.5
Osage County 12 26.2
Ottawa County 13 42.8
Pawnee County 6 38.3
Payne County 14 16.9
Pittsburg County 15 34.4
Pontotoc County 5 13.1
Pottawatomie County 11 15.0
Pushmataha County 3 28.0
Roger Mills County 2 59.5
Rogers County 14 14.1
Seminole County 8 34.1
Sequoyah County 12 30.2
Stephens County 11 25.2
Texas County 2 9.7
Tillman County 2 28.7
Tulsa County 89 13.1
Wagoner County 13 15.0
Washington County 2 3.8
Washita County 6 56.0
Woods County 0 —
Woodward County 2 10.0

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2022. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.