Counties in Oklahoma by traffic fatalities

Oklahoma County had the highest traffic fatalities of 77 counties in 2018, at 85. Nowata County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 5 and the figure for Oklahoma was 655. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest85Oklahoma County

Lowest0Nowata County

Median577 counties

Oklahoma655History

Map of counties, 2018

Under 2
2 to 3
3 to 5
5 to 9
9 to 14
14 and over

count, 2018. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2018

count. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Oklahoma County	85	-5.6%
2	Tulsa County	66	-7%
3	Creek County	23	+187.5%
4	Cleveland County	19	-24%
5	Canadian County	18	-25%
5	Grady County	18	+28.6%
7	Bryan County	17	+54.5%
7	Rogers County	17	+88.9%
9	Muskogee County	16	+220%
9	Pittsburg County	16	+60%
11	Lincoln County	15	+36.4%
11	McClain County	15	+7.1%
11	Wagoner County	15	+150%
14	Mayes County	14	0%
15	Payne County	13	+44.4%
15	Pontotoc County	13	+44.4%
17	Pottawatomie County	12	0%
18	Cherokee County	11	0%
18	Garvin County	11	+57.1%
18	Le Flore County	11	-31.3%
18	McCurtain County	11	0%
22	Carter County	10	-9.1%
22	Okmulgee County	10	+150%
22	Osage County	10	-9.1%
25	Marshall County	9	+200%
25	Noble County	9	+28.6%
27	Caddo County	8	-33.3%
27	McIntosh County	8	+166.7%
29	Blaine County	7	-12.5%
29	Johnston County	7	+40%
29	Kay County	7	+75%
29	Logan County	7	+250%
29	Major County	7	+133.3%
34	Atoka County	6	-14.3%
34	Custer County	6	-14.3%
34	Garfield County	6	+20%
34	Okfuskee County	6	+20%
38	Beckham County	5	0%
38	Comanche County	5	-68.8%
38	Jackson County	5	+150%
38	Pushmataha County	5	+66.7%
42	Choctaw County	4	-42.9%
42	Kingfisher County	4	-42.9%
42	Love County	4	-33.3%
42	Washington County	4	-20%
46	Adair County	3	-62.5%
46	Alfalfa County	3	+200%
46	Beaver County	3	-25%
46	Craig County	3	+50%
46	Delaware County	3	-62.5%
46	Kiowa County	3	-25%
46	Murray County	3	-40%
46	Ottawa County	3	-78.6%
46	Seminole County	3	-75%
46	Sequoyah County	3	-62.5%
46	Stephens County	3	0%
46	Woods County	3	n/a
58	Cimarron County	2	0%
58	Ellis County	2	+100%
58	Harper County	2	0%
58	Haskell County	2	-50%
58	Hughes County	2	-33.3%
58	Pawnee County	2	-50%
58	Texas County	2	-71.4%
58	Washita County	2	-60%
58	Woodward County	2	-66.7%
67	Coal County	1	n/a
67	Cotton County	1	-50%
67	Jefferson County	1	n/a
67	Latimer County	1	-75%
67	Roger Mills County	1	n/a
67	Tillman County	1	0%
73	Dewey County	0	-100%
73	Grant County	0	n/a
73	Greer County	0	-100%
73	Harmon County	0	-100%
73	Nowata County	0	-100%

Other periods

About this ranking

People killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.

A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2026). Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash (Counties in Oklahoma by traffic fatalities, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip

MLA 9

Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in Oklahoma by traffic fatalities, 2018. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/oklahoma-counties?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2026. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Counties in Oklahoma by traffic fatalities, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/oklahoma-counties?period=2018.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2026) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in Oklahoma by traffic fatalities, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/oklahoma-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{National Highway Traffic Safety Administration}},
  title = {{Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash: Counties in Oklahoma by traffic fatalities, 2018}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/oklahoma-counties?period=2018. Publisher attribution: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Oklahoma County, with 85 in 2018, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Nowata County, with 0 in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Retrieved 2026-10-12.