{"meta":{"dataset":"fatal-crashes","title":"Fatal crashes by county and type: trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicyclists, NHTSA FARS 2019 to 2024","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23733739","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23733739","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23733738","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Fatal crashes by county and type: trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicyclists, NHTSA FARS 2019 to 2024, version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23733739, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Fatal crashes by county and type: trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicyclists, NHTSA FARS 2019 to 2024 (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23733739","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are counts from NHTSA's public crash census, kept for marketing planning. A county's count says nothing about who was at fault, and the newest year can change when NHTSA issues its final file.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-27","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/fatal-crashes/areas/40.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/research/fatal-crashes-by-county/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"key":"40","records":[{"id":"fatal-crashes:40","area":"40","areaName":"Oklahoma","areaType":"state","state":"OK","year":2024,"status":"P","text":"Oklahoma: 594 fatal crashes killed 645 people in 2024, including 77 pedestrians, 11 bicyclists and 106 motorcyclists; 100 of the crashes involved a large truck (NHTSA FARS, annual report file, can change in the final file).","value":594,"unit":"fatal crashes","fatal_crashes":594,"fatalities":645,"large_truck_crashes":100,"large_truck_deaths":115,"motorcycle_crashes":101,"motorcyclist_deaths":106,"pedestrian_crashes":78,"pedestrian_deaths":77,"bicyclist_crashes":11,"bicyclist_deaths":11,"alcohol_impaired_crashes":208,"alcohol_impaired_deaths":225,"speeding_crashes":214,"work_zone_crashes":24,"rural_crashes":337,"urban_crashes":256,"population":4097758,"fatal_crashes_per_100k":14.5,"fatalities_per_100k":15.74,"file_status":"annual report file","fatal_crashes_2019":584,"fatal_crashes_2020":600,"fatal_crashes_2021":681,"fatal_crashes_2022":643,"fatal_crashes_2023":636,"fatal_crashes_2024":594,"change_pct_since_2019":1.7,"final_through":2023,"yearFields":["fatal_crashes","fatalities","large_truck_crashes","large_truck_deaths","motorcycle_crashes","motorcyclist_deaths","pedestrian_crashes","pedestrian_deaths","bicyclist_crashes","bicyclist_deaths","alcohol_impaired_crashes","alcohol_impaired_deaths","speeding_crashes","work_zone_crashes","rural_crashes","urban_crashes","population","fatal_crashes_per_100k","fatalities_per_100k"],"years":{"2019":[584,640,95,101,68,68,84,85,13,13,138,156,116,18,383,200,3956971,14.76,16.17],"2020":[600,653,87,89,63,63,85,86,12,12,160,180,146,19,359,241,3965243,15.13,16.47],"2021":[681,762,121,139,81,80,104,106,12,12,174,192,167,20,381,299,3992760,17.06,19.08],"2022":[643,710,112,136,95,93,94,96,14,14,175,189,149,15,366,277,4025327,15.97,17.64],"2023":[636,711,114,129,101,102,87,88,15,15,152,177,209,25,341,289,4062716,15.65,17.5],"2024":[594,645,100,115,101,106,78,77,11,11,208,225,214,24,337,256,4097758,14.5,15.74]},"effectiveFrom":"2024-01-01","effectiveTo":"2024-12-31","sources":[{"label":"NHTSA FARS 2024 national CSV (annual report file); 2019-2023 for the trend","url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-27"},{"label":"Census Bureau county population estimates (Vintage 2025, Vintage 2019) and 2020 urban-rural classification","url":"https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/totals/co-est2025-alldata.csv","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-27"}],"source":{"agency":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","file":"FARS2024NationalCSV.zip","table":"accident, vehicle, person, MIDRVACC","release":"FARS 2024 annual report file; 2019-2023 final files","vintage":"FARS 2019-2024","sha256":"5112727a8c0dc91ffee27ca05bddb073934f2d192ce4fae997da767dccdbe04f","url":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars","accessed":"2026-10-27"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":true,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-27","note":"The newest year is NHTSA's first release and can change in the final file.","dataset":"fatal-crashes","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"preliminary figure"}]}