Truck accident statistics for Canadian County, Oklahoma (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Canadian County by year

Truck accident deaths were unchanged at 5 in 2020 and 5 in 2021, then fell to 0 in 2022. The count rose to 3 in 2023 and 9 in 2024. The highest count was 9 in 2024, while the lowest was 0 in 2022. The 2024 count was 4 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents was 19.2% in 2020, 31.2% in 2021, 0.0% in 2022, 18.8% in 2023 and 50.0% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 26, 16, 12, 16 and 18 in those respective years. These annual figures distinguish deaths involving large trucks from the county's full traffic death count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Deaths within 30 days in crashes on public roads. 2024 figures come from the FARS Annual Report File and can be revised.

Who died in Canadian County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 22.7%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 15 deaths, or 68.2%. People in other vehicles were the majority of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 2 deaths, or 9.1%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles. It therefore should not be read as a literal test of whether a person was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck crashes in Canadian County involved 21 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Of those vehicles, 15 were truck-tractors, the category covering semi or tractor-trailer units. Truck-tractors represented 71.4% of the large trucks recorded in these fatal crashes. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 6. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 18 fatal crashes and 22 deaths recorded for the period. A truck accident can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table does not count each crash or each person killed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Counts are trucks, not crashes. One crash can involve more than one large truck.

How the fatal truck crashes happened

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. Angle (side impact) and Rear-end each recorded 8 deaths, or 36.4%; Head-on recorded 2, or 9.1%; Sideswipe recorded 0, or 0.0%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 4 deaths, or 18.2%. This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed-object strike, or a rollover. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separate crash configuration figures classify truck accident deaths by vehicle count: single-vehicle crashes recorded 3 deaths, or 13.6%; two-vehicle crashes recorded 10, or 45.5%; crashes involving three or more vehicles recorded 9, or 40.9%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 13, representing 59.1% of the county's total. The listed I-40 count was 13 deaths. These figures require an interstate route classification and a parseable interstate route number; the listed route counts cover the packet's route-coded subset rather than a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 15 deaths, or 68.2%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 7 deaths, or 31.8%. Urban and rural classifications each recorded 11 deaths and 50.0%. Work-zone records accounted for 2 deaths, a count of people killed rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Oklahoma and the United States

Canadian County's truck accident death rate was 2.6 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That rate was lower than Oklahoma's 3.0 and higher than the national rate of 1.6. Neighboring Oklahoma County recorded a rate of 1.3. The corresponding death counts were 22 in Canadian County, 603 in Oklahoma, 27,553 nationally and 53 in Oklahoma County.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rates use deaths at the crash location and the sum of annual Census population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors, and they do not measure deaths solely among residents. Whether reading for statistics or searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep that location-based grouping in mind.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates, so they show deaths per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or for visitors.

About these figures

FARS is a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant dying within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts identify where the crash occurred, not where those killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 181,644 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (2020-2024)