I-35 truck accidents in Oklahoma (2020-2024)

I-35 truck accident deaths in Oklahoma by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-35 in Oklahoma rose from 8 in 2020 to 15 in 2021, then fell to 11 in 2022. The count rose to 12 in 2023 and fell to 10 in 2024. For deaths in large-truck crashes, 2021 was the highest year and 2020 the lowest. The 2024 count was higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All deaths assigned to the route followed the same sequence of annual increases and decreases: 23 in 2020, 31 in 2021, 24 in 2022, 26 in 2023 and 20 in 2024. This measure also reached its highest count in 2021, but its lowest was in 2024. Neither annual series has a tie for its highest or lowest count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Crashes are placed on the route by the trafficway identifier recorded for each fatal crash. 2024 is the Annual Report File.

Counties along I-35 in Oklahoma

I-35 truck accident deaths in Oklahoma occurred across 11 counties. Among the listed rows, Love County had the highest death count, 12, and share, 21.4%. Kay County recorded 10 deaths, 17.9%; McClain County recorded 7, 12.5%. Oklahoma County and Logan County each recorded 6 deaths and 10.7%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Carter County recorded 5 deaths, 8.9%; Garvin County had 4, 7.1%. Cleveland County and Murray County each had 2 deaths, 3.6%. Payne County had 1 death, 1.8%, the lowest count and share among the listed rows. Shares refer to the segment's large-truck deaths. These county figures locate the fatal crashes assigned to I-35; they do not identify where those killed lived.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-35 happened

For I-35 in Oklahoma, rear-end truck accident deaths numbered 20, 35.7%; angle (side impact) deaths numbered 7, 12.5%. Sideswipe, head-on and Other each recorded 2 deaths, 3.6%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 23 deaths, 41.1%. It means no collision with another motor vehicle in transport at the first harmful event. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Daytime recorded 25 truck accident deaths, 44.6%, and nighttime recorded 31, 55.4%. Urban locations accounted for 12 deaths, 21.4%, while rural locations accounted for 44, 78.6%. Work-zone deaths numbered 8. These classifications count people killed, not trucks or crashes. Manner of collision describes the first harmful event rather than every event within a fatal truck crash.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-35 in other states

Across I-35, the supplied route-wide count was 314 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 6 states. Oklahoma's 56 truck accident deaths represented 17.8% of that route-wide count. The listed Texas segment recorded 207 deaths in large-truck crashes, a higher death count than Oklahoma's 56.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The other-state table supplies a subset of state segments; its entries are not the route-wide total. The 314 figure is supplied separately for I-35 across all states. These truck accident counts describe fatal outcomes assigned to crash locations. They are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings, and the packet provides no population or mileage rates for comparing these segments.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

The Oklahoma I-35 truck accident figures use NHTSA's FARS, a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. State and county counts follow crash locations.^[8][6][7]

For I-35 in Oklahoma, crash-level ROUTE and TWAY_ID fields establish route assignment, not the highway's full geographic extent. Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should keep these location-based groupings in mind. The 2020 to 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File, which can change when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File.^[8][6][7]

See also

• I-35 truck accidents in Texas (2020-2024)

On related publications

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