What is the deadliest road in Oklahoma?

I-44 had the most fatal crashes of any numbered road in Oklahoma from 2015 to 2024: 245, with 268 deaths. I-40 was second with 240 and I-35 third with 192. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).

Which interstate in Oklahoma is the most dangerous per mile?

I-35, with 8.2 fatal crashes a year per 100 miles over 2015 to 2024 on 235 miles. That is crashes per mile of road, not per vehicle.

How many fatal crashes in Oklahoma happen on numbered roads?

3,664 of 6,172 fatal crashes in Oklahoma from 2015 to 2024 (59%) were filed on an interstate, US or state route; the rest were on county roads, city streets and unnamed roads, which are in the state's total but not ranked here.

The deadliest roads in Oklahoma

I-44 had the most fatal crashes of any numbered road in Oklahoma from 2015 to 2024: 245, with 268 deaths. The 60 roads listed held 52% of all fatal crashes in Oklahoma from 2015 to 2024; 6 are interstates, 21 US routes, 33 state highways.

190 numbered roads in Oklahoma recorded a fatal crash in those years; the 60 with 5 or more are ranked below, and 21 have a page of their own. All fatal crashes in Oklahoma.

Every numbered road in Oklahoma, ranked by fatal crashes

	Road	Kind	Fatal crashes	Deaths	2022 to 2024	Counties with the most
1	I-44	Interstate	245	268	86	Oklahoma, Tulsa, Creek
2	I-40	Interstate	240	266	65	Oklahoma, Canadian, Custer
3	I-35	Interstate	192	221	57	Oklahoma, McClain, Cleveland
4	US 69	US route	133	146	45	Bryan, Pittsburg, Atoka
5	US 62	US route	126	140	34	Oklahoma, Grady, Muskogee
6	US 64	US route	109	119	29	Tulsa, Muskogee, Pawnee
7	US 70	US route	105	116	28	McCurtain, Bryan, Choctaw
8	US 75	US route	99	109	27	Tulsa, Washington, Okmulgee
9	US 77	US route	94	102	33	Cleveland, Oklahoma, Kay
10	US 270	US route	91	99	29	Pittsburg, Dewey, Blaine
11	State Highway 51	State highway	90	101	25	Payne, Wagoner, Tulsa
12	US 177	US route	89	102	26	Pottawatomie, Payne, Lincoln
13	State Highway 3	State highway	84	88	19	McCurtain, Oklahoma, Atoka
14	State Highway 9	State highway	79	88	27	Cleveland, Haskell, Pottawatomie
15	US 81	US route	75	92	13	Grady, Stephens, Canadian
16	US 412	US route	70	79	24	Rogers, Mayes, Delaware
17	State Highway 66	State highway	67	71	17	Rogers, Creek, Lincoln
18	US 59	US route	62	68	26	Delaware, Adair, Le Flore
19	US 60	US route	61	64	16	Major, Craig, Garfield
20	State Highway 33	State highway	57	65	17	Payne, Logan, Creek
21	State Highway 20	State highway	52	58	14	Rogers, Mayes, Osage
22	US 169	US route	50	58	14	Tulsa, Nowata, Rogers
23	State Highway 74	State highway	48	52	18	Oklahoma, Logan, McClain
24	State Highway 11	State highway	46	51	19	Tulsa, Osage, Kay
25	State Highway 82	State highway	40	45	8	Mayes, Cherokee, Craig
26	State Highway 7	State highway	39	45	12	Comanche, Stephens, Murray
27	US 259	US route	38	42	12	McCurtain, Le Flore
28	US 271	US route	36	44	9	Le Flore, Choctaw, Pushmataha
29	I-244	Interstate	36	41	13	Tulsa
30	State Highway 18	State highway	35	38	13	Pottawatomie, Lincoln, Pawnee
31	State Highway 76	State highway	34	37	8	McClain, Garvin, Carter
32	State Highway 4	State highway	32	35	9	Canadian, Grady, McCurtain
33	State Highway 152	State highway	32	34	9	Washita, Canadian, Oklahoma
34	State Highway 10	State highway	32	33	10	Ottawa, Cherokee, Delaware
35	State Highway 1	State highway	31	32	6	Pontotoc, Johnston, Le Flore
36	US 377	US route	28	39	7	Seminole, Johnston, Marshall
37	State Highway 48	State highway	28	35	9	Creek, Johnston, Hughes
38	State Highway 37	State highway	27	33	6	Grady, McCurtain, Cleveland
39	State Highway 99	State highway	24	27	10	Lincoln, Osage, Creek
40	I-240	Interstate	24	26	8	Oklahoma
41	US 183	US route	23	25	6	Custer, Woodward, Tillman
42	State Highway 16	State highway	19	19	6	Creek, Okmulgee, Muskogee
43	State Highway 39	State highway	18	22	3	Pottawatomie, McClain, Seminole
44	State Highway 19	State highway	18	20	3	Garvin, Pontotoc, Grady
45	US 277	US route	17	21	3	Grady, Caddo, Comanche
46	State Highway 2	State highway	17	19	4	Latimer, Muskogee, Craig
47	State Highway 31	State highway	16	20	5	Pittsburg, Haskell, Le Flore
48	State Highway 3W	State highway	16	20	2	Pontotoc
49	US 54	US route	16	19	2	Texas
50	State Highway 56	State highway	16	16	5	Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Seminole
51	State Highway 112	State highway	15	20	5	Le Flore
52	State Highway 32	State highway	15	17	3	Marshall, Love
53	State Highway 28	State highway	15	16	1	Mayes, Delaware, Nowata
54	State Highway 58	State highway	14	17	4	Major, Comanche, Caddo
55	US 283	US route	14	16	8	Jackson, Greer, Beckham
56	State Highway 29	State highway	14	14	3	Garvin, Stephens
57	US 281	US route	13	17	4	Caddo, Major, Woods
58	State Highway 59	State highway	12	13	3	McClain, Seminole
59	State Highway 88	State highway	12	13	3	Rogers
60	I-235	Interstate	12	12	3	Oklahoma

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2024 Annual Report File (released April 2026, subject to revision). How we count

Download every numbered road in Oklahoma as CSV. Free to reuse with credit: “Fatal Crash Data, fatalcrashdata.com/deadliest-roads/oklahoma/, from NHTSA FARS (2024 Annual Report File).”

Interstates in Oklahoma per mile

Fatal crashes a year per 100 miles of road, 2015 to 2024, for interstates with 20 miles or more in Oklahoma. Crashes per mile of road, not per vehicle. Mileage from the FHWA Interstate route log.

	Road	Per 100 miles a year	Fatal crashes	Miles
1	I-35	8.2	192	235
2	I-44	7.7	245	318
3	I-40	7.3	240	329

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2024 Annual Report File (released April 2026, subject to revision). How we count

Questions about the deadliest roads in Oklahoma

What is the deadliest road in Oklahoma?: I-44 had the most fatal crashes of any numbered road in Oklahoma from 2015 to 2024: 245, with 268 deaths. I-40 was second with 240 and I-35 third with 192. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
Which interstate in Oklahoma is the most dangerous per mile?: I-35, with 8.2 fatal crashes a year per 100 miles over 2015 to 2024 on 235 miles. That is crashes per mile of road, not per vehicle.
How many fatal crashes in Oklahoma happen on numbered roads?: 3,664 of 6,172 fatal crashes in Oklahoma from 2015 to 2024 (59%) were filed on an interstate, US or state route; the rest were on county roads, city streets and unnamed roads, which are in the state's total but not ranked here.

Where the Oklahoma road numbers come from

Counted from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 2024 Annual Report File: every fatal crash filed on a numbered interstate, US or state route in Oklahoma, read from the road name NHTSA filed, with ramps, frontage and service roads left out. A road gets its own page with 15 or more fatal crashes from 2022 to 2024. The full method.