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Fatal crashes in New York

Every fatal crash in New York is counted by NHTSA, by year since 1975 and by county. These are deaths on the road, not claims, and they are not our numbers.

Fatal crashes in New York, by year1975–2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

1975 2,374 fatal crashes at the peak 2024

All 50 years as a table
YearFatal crashesDeaths
2024 1,036 1,101
2023 1,035 1,117
2022 1,111 1,182
2021 1,098 1,156
2020 958 1,045
2019 879 934
2018 910 964
2017 939 1,006
2016 981 1,041
2015 1,061 1,136
2014 980 1,041
2013 1,124 1,202
2012 1,096 1,180
2011 1,093 1,171
2010 1,128 1,201
2009 1,069 1,158
2008 1,174 1,238
2007 1,237 1,332
2006 1,349 1,454
2005 1,332 1,434
2004 1,372 1,495
2003 1,368 1,493
2002 1,411 1,530
2001 1,441 1,564
2000 1,369 1,460
1999 1,473 1,599
1998 1,404 1,514
1997 1,510 1,652
1996 1,450 1,593
1995 1,567 1,679
1994 1,537 1,678
1993 1,637 1,790
1992 1,657 1,815
1991 1,827 2,008
1990 2,036 2,217
1989 2,078 2,260
1988 2,064 2,256
1987 2,119 2,339
1986 1,949 2,121
1985 1,852 2,006
1984 1,886 2,060
1983 1,918 2,077
1982 1,965 2,162
1981 2,280 2,489
1980 2,374 2,610
1979 2,217 2,396
1978 2,200 2,436
1977 2,119 2,336
1976 2,062 2,291
1975 2,123 2,366

The fifteen New York counties with the most fatal crashes2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
County Fatal crashes Deaths
Suffolk 36103 110 120
Queens 36081 67 73
Kings 36047 64 64
Nassau 36059 63 65
Erie 36029 54 55
Bronx 36005 47 52
Monroe 36055 45 47
Westchester 36119 39 42
Orange 36071 38 39
Dutchess 36027 35 36
New York 36061 35 40
Onondaga 36067 33 34
Ulster 36111 21 23
Rockland 36087 17 17
Albany 36001 16 17

Which roads, in New York2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

Share is of the crashes this source assigned a road class to, not of every crash in the state.

Road class Fatal crashes Deaths Share
Not Signed 368 387 36%
State Highway 351 376 34%
County 169 180 16%
Interstate 92 100 9%
U.S. Highway 54 56 5%
Trafficway Not in State Inventory 2 2 0%

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