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Deadliest counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked by traffic deaths across 2020–2024, and by their average yearly death rate. Counties with more residents and more road miles tend to have more deaths, so the rate is the fairer comparison.

Most traffic deaths, 2020–2024

#	County	Deaths 2020–2024	Deaths 2024	Per 100,000 a year
1	Suffolk County	708	120	9.2
2	Nassau County	373	65	5.4
3	Queens County	363	73	3.1
4	Kings County	338	64	2.6
5	Erie County	284	55	6.0
6	Bronx County	254	52	3.6
7	Monroe County	245	47	6.5
8	Westchester County	204	42	4.1
9	New York County	184	40	2.3
10	Orange County	168	39	8.2
11	Dutchess County	136	36	9.1
12	Onondaga County	135	34	5.7
13	Oneida County	106	16	9.3
14	Niagara County	102	18	9.7
15	Albany County	101	17	6.4
16	Rockland County	90	17	5.2
17	Ulster County	87	23	9.5
18	Saratoga County	79	14	6.6
19	Oswego County	75	12	12.7
20	Ontario County	71	10	12.6
21	St. Lawrence County	67	14	12.5
22	Sullivan County	66	18	16.5
23	Broome County	61	10	6.2
24	Chautauqua County	60	12	9.5
25	Jefferson County	59	8	10.3
26	Rensselaer County	59	13	7.4
27	Richmond County	59	13	2.4
28	Schenectady County	56	17	7.0
29	Wayne County	51	9	11.2
30	Cattaraugus County	45	7	11.8
31	Madison County	45	10	13.4
32	Chemung County	43	9	10.5
33	Columbia County	42	5	13.7
34	Washington County	41	8	13.5
35	Genesee County	40	3	13.8
36	Warren County	39	9	11.9
37	Tioga County	38	10	15.9
38	Chenango County	37	7	16.0
39	Steuben County	37	4	8.0
40	Delaware County	36	13	16.2
41	Putnam County	36	9	7.3
42	Tompkins County	33	4	6.3
43	Greene County	32	7	13.4
44	Herkimer County	32	9	10.7
45	Allegany County	30	8	12.9
46	Clinton County	27	5	6.9
47	Fulton County	27	8	10.3
48	Livingston County	27	6	8.8
49	Cayuga County	26	9	6.9
50	Franklin County	26	3	11.1

Highest death rates, 2020–2024

Deaths per 100,000 residents a year, averaged over 2020–2024. Only counties with at least 20 deaths in that time are ranked, because rates based on fewer deaths swing too much from year to year to compare. The rate divides deaths by the people who live in a county, so small counties crossed by busy highways can rank high: many of the people who die there are travelling through. How rates are worked out

#	County	Deaths 2020–2024	Deaths 2024	Per 100,000 a year
1	Yates County	21	6	17.1
2	Lewis County	22	3	16.5
3	Sullivan County	66	18	16.5
4	Delaware County	36	13	16.2
5	Chenango County	37	7	16.0
6	Tioga County	38	10	15.9
7	Genesee County	40	3	13.8
8	Columbia County	42	5	13.7
9	Washington County	41	8	13.5
10	Greene County	32	7	13.4
11	Madison County	45	10	13.4
12	Seneca County	22	3	13.4
13	Schoharie County	20	2	13.3
14	Allegany County	30	8	12.9
15	Oswego County	75	12	12.7
16	Ontario County	71	10	12.6
17	St. Lawrence County	67	14	12.5
18	Essex County	22	6	11.9
19	Warren County	39	9	11.9
20	Cattaraugus County	45	7	11.8
21	Wayne County	51	9	11.2
22	Franklin County	26	3	11.1
23	Cortland County	25	4	10.8
24	Herkimer County	32	9	10.7
25	Chemung County	43	9	10.5
26	Fulton County	27	8	10.3
27	Jefferson County	59	8	10.3
28	Niagara County	102	18	9.7
29	Chautauqua County	60	12	9.5
30	Ulster County	87	23	9.5
31	Oneida County	106	16	9.3
32	Suffolk County	708	120	9.2
33	Dutchess County	136	36	9.1
34	Livingston County	27	6	8.8
35	Orange County	168	39	8.2
36	Steuben County	37	4	8.0
37	Otsego County	23	7	7.6
38	Rensselaer County	59	13	7.4
39	Putnam County	36	9	7.3
40	Schenectady County	56	17	7.0
41	Cayuga County	26	9	6.9
42	Clinton County	27	5	6.9
43	Saratoga County	79	14	6.6
44	Monroe County	245	47	6.5
45	Albany County	101	17	6.4
46	Tompkins County	33	4	6.3
47	Broome County	61	10	6.2
48	Erie County	284	55	6.0
49	Onondaga County	135	34	5.7
50	Nassau County	373	65	5.4

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