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Traffic deaths in Oklahoma

Deaths, 2024: 645
Fatal crashes: 594
Population: 4.1M

In 2024, 645 people died in 594 fatal crashes in Oklahoma. That was 9.3% fewer than in 2023 (711) and the fewest since 2019. The death rate was 15.7 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.5 in the United States. Oklahoma had the 24th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 12th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 12% of deaths, and 36% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

15.7

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About 1.4 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

-9%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

711 deaths in 2023, 645 in 2024

The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 1975–2024

Category	Deaths	Fatal crashes
1975	757	653
1976	832	689
1977	852	737
1978	901	763
1979	853	733
1980	959	820
1981	990	859
1982	1,054	916
1983	848	720
1984	797	691
1985	744	652
1986	698	607
1987	597	540
1988	638	561
1989	648	569
1990	641	558
1991	652	551
1992	613	535
1993	671	583
1994	687	606
1995	669	597
1996	772	670
1997	838	721
1998	755	647
1999	741	619
2000	650	574
2001	682	588
2002	739	639
2003	671	595
2004	774	664
2005	803	711
2006	765	669
2007	766	649
2008	750	672
2009	737	646
2010	668	616
2011	696	609
2012	709	643
2013	678	621
2014	669	589
2015	645	590
2016	687	628
2017	657	613
2018	655	603
2019	640	584
2020	653	600
2021	762	681
2022	710	643
2023	711	636
2024	645	594

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, 2000–2024

Category	Deaths per 100,000
2000	18.8
2001	19.7
2002	21.2
2003	19.1
2004	22.0
2005	22.6
2006	21.3
2007	21.1
2008	20.4
2009	19.8
2010	17.8
2011	18.4
2012	18.6
2013	17.6
2014	17.3
2015	16.5
2016	17.5
2017	16.7
2018	16.6
2019	16.2
2020	16.5
2021	19.1
2022	17.6
2023	17.5
2024	15.7

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

Road users

Who died

12%

of deaths were pedestrians

About two-thirds of the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	451
Pedestrians	77
Motorcyclists	106
Cyclists	11

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Oklahoma	Share in the US
Pedestrians	77	12%	18%
Motorcyclists	106	16%	16%
Cyclists	11	2%	3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	225	35%	30%
Speeding-related crashes	237	37%	29%

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

36%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 1.3 times the share in the United States: 28%

25%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About the same as the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Oklahoma	United States
Speeding-related	25.3%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	36.0%	28.1%
At night	51.5%	53.6%
At weekends	32.5%	32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

52%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

32%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About the same as the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	113
1am	99
2am	94
3am	78
4am	83
5am	85
6am	129
7am	97
8am	102
9am	91
10am	89
11am	120
12pm	119
1pm	132
2pm	126
3pm	180
4pm	158
5pm	189
6pm	188
7pm	177
8pm	178
9pm	186
10pm	153
11pm	115

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	445
Mon	448
Tue	424
Wed	409
Thu	439
Fri	461
Sat	528

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	198
Feb	185
Mar	245
Apr	230
May	270
Jun	276
Jul	282
Aug	284
Sep	333
Oct	313
Nov	263
Dec	275

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	2,191
Cloudy	678
Rain	183
Fog, Smog, Smoke	32
Snow	7
Severe Crosswinds	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	1,543
Dark - Not Lighted	1,071
Dark - Lighted	368
Dusk	77
Dawn	51
Dark - Unknown Lighting	10

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

I-40126
I-44106
I-35105
US-6952
US-7551
SR-943
US-7042
SR-5141
SR-337
US-6236

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	1,487
Pickup trucks	1,182
SUVs	951
Medium and heavy trucks	599
Motorcycles	463
Other vehicles	145
Vans	134
Other light trucks	10
Buses	7

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

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Crashes

Fatal crashes

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

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Who died Time of day Day Weather Lighting Vehicle type involved Make involved

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
Jan 16, 2024	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County	SE 44TH ST	1
Jan 16, 2024	Sapulpa, Creek County	S HICKORY ST	1
Jan 14, 2024	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County	S REGINA AVE	1
Jan 11, 2024	Chouteau, Mayes County	W MAIN ST	2
Jan 10, 2024	Wagoner County	CR-S 273RD W AVE	1
Jan 9, 2024	Pottawatomie County	CR-HARDESTY	1
Jan 8, 2024	Delaware County	US-59	1
Jan 7, 2024	Ninnekah, Grady County	US-81	1
Jan 7, 2024	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County	SW 59TH ST	1
Jan 4, 2024	Stigler, Haskell County	SR-9	1
Jan 4, 2024	North Miami, Ottawa County	US-69	1
Jan 4, 2024	Tulsa, Tulsa County	E 51ST ST S	1
Jan 4, 2024	Mayes County	US-412 CHEROKEE TPK	1
Jan 3, 2024	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County	US-62 NE 23RD ST	1
Jan 3, 2024	Cleveland County	CR-ALAMEDA	1
Jan 2, 2024	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County	W MEMORIAL RD	1
Jan 1, 2024	Pottawatomie County	CR-ROCK CREEK	1
Jan 1, 2024	Washington County	CR-PORTLAND AVE	1
Jan 1, 2024	McCurtain County	CR-BATTIEST PICKENS RD	1
Dec 30, 2023	Midwest City, Oklahoma County	E RENO AVE	1
Dec 29, 2023	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County	SW 59TH ST	1
Dec 28, 2023	Choctaw County	US-70	1
Dec 28, 2023	Edmond, Oklahoma County	WATERLOO RD	1
Dec 25, 2023	Choctaw County	US-70	3
Dec 25, 2023	Chickasha, Grady County	I-44 HE BAILEY TURNPIKE	1

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Counties in Oklahoma

Area	Deaths, 2024	Per 100,000
Adair County	7	35.5
Alfalfa County	0	—
Atoka County	3	20.7
Beaver County	8	162.8
Beckham County	5	22.5
Blaine County	0	—
Bryan County	15	29.7
Caddo County	4	15.2
Canadian County	18	9.9
Carter County	10	20.3
Cherokee County	6	12.3
Choctaw County	3	21.1
Cimarron County	5	235.7
Cleveland County	22	7.3
Coal County	1	18.3
Comanche County	8	6.6
Cotton County	0	—
Craig County	0	—
Creek County	15	20.3
Custer County	1	3.5
Delaware County	9	21.6
Dewey County	1	23.4
Ellis County	2	55.2
Garfield County	10	16.1
Garvin County	7	26.6
Grady County	11	18.9
Grant County	1	24.2
Greer County	1	18.4
Harmon County	0	—
Harper County	3	93.9
Haskell County	1	8.5
Hughes County	6	44.6
Jackson County	7	28.4
Jefferson County	0	—
Johnston County	3	29.1
Kay County	7	16.0
Kingfisher County	3	19.1
Kiowa County	5	60.5
Latimer County	2	20.9
Le Flore County	15	30.2
Lincoln County	8	22.9
Logan County	7	13.0
Love County	9	84.9
Major County	2	26.5
Marshall County	2	12.4
Mayes County	15	37.4
McClain County	7	14.4
McCurtain County	12	39.0
McIntosh County	4	20.3
Murray County	5	36.1
Muskogee County	9	13.5
Noble County	0	—
Nowata County	1	10.5
Okfuskee County	5	44.0
Oklahoma County	102	12.5
Okmulgee County	5	13.5
Osage County	11	23.5
Ottawa County	13	42.7
Pawnee County	3	18.7
Payne County	12	14.3
Pittsburg County	8	18.4
Pontotoc County	5	13.0
Pottawatomie County	12	16.1
Pushmataha County	3	27.6
Roger Mills County	3	91.3
Rogers County	16	15.8
Seminole County	10	42.8
Sequoyah County	8	19.8
Stephens County	8	18.1
Texas County	3	14.7
Tillman County	2	29.4
Tulsa County	84	12.1
Wagoner County	13	14.2
Washington County	9	16.7
Washita County	0	—
Woods County	0	—
Woodward County	4	20.1

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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.

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	198
Feb	185
Mar	245
Apr	230
May	270
Jun	276
Jul	282
Aug	284
Sep	333
Oct	313
Nov	263
Dec	275

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	198
Feb	185
Mar	245
Apr	230
May	270
Jun	276
Jul	282
Aug	284
Sep	333
Oct	313
Nov	263
Dec	275

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	198
Feb	185
Mar	245
Apr	230
May	270
Jun	276
Jul	282
Aug	284
Sep	333
Oct	313
Nov	263
Dec	275