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Traffic deaths in New York in 2020

State in United States

Deaths, 2020
1,045
Fatal crashes
958
Population
20.1M

In 2020, 1,045 people died in 958 fatal crashes in New York, about 3 a day. The death rate was 5.2 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.8 in the United States. New York had the 13th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 50th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 22% of deaths, and 35% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

5.2

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2020

  • About 45 percent of the rate in the United States: 11.8

New York traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Road users

Who died

22%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 1.3 times the share in the United States: 17%
Who died in 2020
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 568
Pedestrians 229
Motorcyclists 201
Cyclists 47
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Deaths by type, 2020
Type Deaths Share in New York Share in the US
Pedestrians 229 22% 17%
Motorcyclists 201 19% 14%
Cyclists 47 4% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 296 28% 30%
Speeding-related crashes 383 37% 29%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

35%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 29%

20%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About three-quarters of the share in the United States: 27%
Crash factors in 2020
Category New York United States
Speeding-related 20.1% 26.7%
Alcohol-involved 34.9% 28.6%
At night 50.6% 53.4%
At weekends 33.0% 32.9%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

51%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 53%

33%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 45
1am 38
2am 15
3am 24
4am 31
5am 31
6am 32
7am 44
8am 21
9am 32
10am 33
11am 23
12pm 36
1pm 46
2pm 38
3pm 50
4pm 58
5pm 60
6pm 60
7pm 61
8pm 53
9pm 50
10pm 37
11pm 40

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 141
Mon 118
Tue 137
Wed 133
Thu 123
Fri 131
Sat 175

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 72
Feb 65
Mar 46
Apr 46
May 65
Jun 91
Jul 86
Aug 109
Sep 126
Oct 95
Nov 91
Dec 66

All crashes 2020.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 638
Cloudy 208
Rain 80
Snow 16
Fog, Smog, Smoke 7
Other 1

All crashes 2020. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Daylight 474
Dark - Lighted 263
Dark - Not Lighted 166
Dusk 29
Dawn 23
Dark - Unknown Lighting 3

All crashes 2020. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-8712
  2. I-9011
  3. BRUCKNER BLVD7
  4. US-97
  5. SR-25 MIDDLE COUNTRY RD7
  6. SR-126
  7. SR-908M SOUTHERN STATE PKWY6
  8. BROADWAY6
  9. I-816
  10. SR-25 JERICHO TPK6

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 554
SUVs 317
Motorcycles 208
Medium and heavy trucks 115
Pickup trucks 97
Vans 79
Other vehicles 46
Buses 11
Other light trucks 6

All crashes 2020.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Honda Accord39
  2. Toyota Camry30
  3. Honda CR-V29
  4. Honda Civic28
  5. Jeep Grand Cherokee23
  6. Chevrolet Silverado22
  7. Hyundai Elantra21
  8. Nissan Rogue20
  9. Ford Escape19
  10. Toyota RAV417

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2020. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Crash factors
Date Location Deaths
Mar 31, 2020 Brant, Erie County 1
Mar 29, 2020 Syracuse, Onondaga County 1
Mar 28, 2020 Southampton, Suffolk County 1
Mar 27, 2020 Oyster Bay, Nassau County 1
Mar 26, 2020 Richfield Spgs, Otsego County 1
Mar 26, 2020 Stony Point, Rockland County 1
Mar 26, 2020 Bath, Steuben County 1
Mar 24, 2020 Painted Post, Steuben County 1
Mar 23, 2020 Bedford, Westchester County 1
Mar 23, 2020 Saugerties, Ulster County 1
Mar 23, 2020 New York City, Queens County 1
Mar 21, 2020 Galway, Saratoga County 1
Mar 20, 2020 Brookhaven, Suffolk County 1
Mar 20, 2020 Niagara Falls, Niagara County 1
Mar 20, 2020 Rotterdam, Schenectady County 1
Mar 17, 2020 Ridge, Suffolk County 1
Mar 17, 2020 Airmont, Rockland County 1
Mar 15, 2020 Penn Yan, Yates County 1
Mar 14, 2020 New York City, Queens County 1
Mar 14, 2020 Wolcott, Wayne County 1
Mar 14, 2020 New York City, Queens County 1
Mar 14, 2020 New York City, New York County 1
Mar 11, 2020 Islip, Suffolk County 1
Mar 9, 2020 Yonkers, Westchester County 1
Mar 9, 2020 Rotterdam, Schenectady County 2

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Counties in New York in 2020

Area Deaths, 2020 Per 100,000
Albany County 18 5.7
Allegany County 4 8.6
Bronx County 55 3.8
Broome County 11 5.6
Cattaraugus County 6 7.8
Cayuga County 3 3.9
Chautauqua County 8 6.3
Chemung County 7 8.4
Chenango County 13 27.6
Clinton County 3 3.8
Columbia County 5 8.1
Cortland County 3 6.4
Delaware County 6 13.6
Dutchess County 27 9.1
Erie County 48 5.0
Essex County 5 13.4
Franklin County 3 6.3
Fulton County 8 15.1
Genesee County 10 17.2
Greene County 3 6.3
Hamilton County 0 —
Herkimer County 9 15.0
Jefferson County 15 12.9
Kings County 59 2.2
Lewis County 5 18.8
Livingston County 4 6.5
Madison County 10 14.7
Monroe County 49 6.5
Montgomery County 2 4.0
Nassau County 78 5.6
New York County 27 1.6
Niagara County 24 11.3
Oneida County 18 7.8
Onondaga County 23 4.8
Ontario County 17 15.1
Orange County 27 6.7
Orleans County 1 2.5
Oswego County 18 15.3
Otsego County 3 5.1
Putnam County 5 5.1
Queens County 84 3.5
Rensselaer County 13 8.1
Richmond County 9 1.8
Rockland County 16 4.7
Saratoga County 18 7.6
Schenectady County 11 7.0
Schoharie County 5 16.8
Schuyler County 0 —
Seneca County 6 17.9
St. Lawrence County 6 5.5
Steuben County 7 7.5
Suffolk County 113 7.4
Sullivan County 8 10.2
Tioga County 11 22.7
Tompkins County 6 5.7
Ulster County 22 12.1
Warren County 2 3.0
Washington County 5 8.2
Wayne County 14 15.4
Westchester County 44 4.4
Wyoming County 3 7.5
Yates County 2 8.1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.