Oklahoma Is Trying To Reduce ATV Deaths, But Do They Know What An ATV Is?

An advocacy group in the state of Oklahoma is looking to address more than a dozen ATV-related deaths that have taken place this year. According to the group, 17 Oklahomans have died in 2025 alone, some as young as eight years old. And while that is both tragic and unnecessary, we wonder – does
this advocacy group actually know what an ATV is?

An article published by KOCO News 5 (an ABC affiliate) shed some light on the groups’ efforts to reduce fatalities through free statewide training, but the video they shared along with that piece features a UTV, not an ATV.

In the video, Elizabeth Koldoff, Director of Injury Prevention for ATV Ride Safe Oklahoma, says “ATVs are not toys, these are big machines, and they come with a big responsibility.”