Oklahoma Car Crash Statistics and Injuries

OHLAHOMA OK CAR CRASH STATISTICS & INJURIES Since 2001, the number of licensed drivers in LICENSED DRIVERS CRASHES INJURIES 6.5% Oklahoma rose while the number of crashes 16.7% 19.7% and injuries as a result of accidents dropped. 2001 2009 2001 2009 2001 2009 2009 OKLAHOMA CRASH STATISTICS In 2009 there were 71,219 reported crashes involving 126,717 drivers Of all reported motor vehicle accidents on Oklahoma state highways: 72% 48% people were injured each day 100 crashes occurred each day involved two vehides occurred in daylight 8. 9% 17% crash every 7 minutes crashes occurred Occurred between Occurred on the hours of 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. every hour Friday COMMON CAR ACCIDENT INJURIES: PERCENT OF RISHK TO THE BODY FRONTAL COLLISIONS Chest Нead 53% | 35% (D Abdomen 19% Pelvis 17% NEAR-SIDE COLLISIONS Chest Head 38% 64% Abdomen 25% Pelvis 32% FAR-SIDE COLLISIONS Chest Нead 34% | 27% Abdomen 7% Pelvis <1% RESTRAINT USE FOR OKLAHOMA PASSENGER CAR & OKLAHOMA MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH OCCUPANTS KILLED BY VEHICLE TYPE (2009) LIGHT TRUCK OCCUPANTS KILLED (2009) TOTAL OCCUPANTS KILLED: 694 TOTAL OCCUPANTS KILLED: 552 45% Light Trucks 1% Other Vehicles 38% Restraint Used 35% Passenger Cars 0% Buses 55% No Restraint Used 4% Large Trucks 0% Unknown 6% Restraint Use Unknown Seat Belt Required: Front Ages: 13 years and older OKLAHOMA Base Fine: $20 OCCUPANT Exemptions: Farm vehicles, RVs, postal service vehicles RESTRAINT Child Restraint Required: 5 years and under LAWS Base Fine: $50 School buses, taxicabs, emergency vehicles Exempt from Child Restraint Law: SOURCES: Incidence and Total Lifetime Costs of Motor Vehicle-Related Fatal and Nonfatal Injury by Road User Type, United States, 2005 Oklahoma Highway Safety Office Traffic Safety Facts (2006), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Produced for McIntyre Law P.C.