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

Truck accident deaths in Tulsa County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 9 in 2020 to 8 in 2021, then rose to 11 in 2022. The count remained at 11 in 2023 before rising to 13 in 2024. The highest count was 13 in 2024, and the lowest was 8 in 2021. The 2024 count was 4 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of all traffic deaths recorded in truck accidents was 11.2% in 2020, 7.5% in 2021, 12.4% in 2022, 10.6% in 2023 and 15.5% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 80, 106, 89, 104 and 84 in those respective years. These annual figures count deaths, rather than the number of fatal crashes.^{[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 Tulsa County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 7.7%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 40 deaths, or 76.9%. People in other vehicles was the largest person category for Tulsa County truck accident deaths from 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 8 deaths, or 15.4%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles, so the label is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Tulsa County involved 46 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 26, accounting for 56.5% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 20. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures describe vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are distinct from the county's 45 fatal crashes and 52 deaths during the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table should be read as a vehicle count rather than a crash or death count.^{[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) recorded 16 deaths (30.8%), head-on 10 (19.2%), rear-end 13 (25.0%) and sideswipe 3 (5.8%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 10 deaths (19.2%). That label means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or a collision with a fixed object. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were 9 (17.3%) in single-vehicle crashes, 29 (55.8%) in two-vehicle crashes and 14 (26.9%) in crashes involving three or more vehicles. Configuration counts vehicles involved and is separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 18, or 34.6%. The listed route-coded counts were 13 deaths on I-44 and 5 on I-244. These figures require interstate route coding and a readable I-route number; the listed routes are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime recorded 31 deaths (59.6%), and nighttime recorded 21 (40.4%). The land-use categories recorded 46 urban deaths (88.5%), 5 rural deaths (9.6%) and 1 death with land use not reported (1.9%). Work-zone deaths numbered 5. Each of these figures counts deaths in fatal crashes involving large trucks, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Oklahoma and the United States

Tulsa County's truck accident death rate was 1.5 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Oklahoma's rate was 3.0, and the United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than both the state and national rates. The corresponding death counts were 52 for Tulsa County, 603 for Oklahoma and 27,553 nationally. No rates for listed neighboring counties are supplied in this data packet.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates use deaths by crash location and annual population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the grouping to keep in mind is where the crash happened, rather than where the people killed lived.^{[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 NHTSA's census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts identify crash location, not the deceased person's residence.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 to 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and may be revised. Rates divide 2020 to 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Tulsa County, Oklahoma (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)