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Traffic deaths in New York in 2020

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

I-8712
I-9011
BRUCKNER BLVD7
US-97
SR-25 MIDDLE COUNTRY RD7
SR-126
SR-908M SOUTHERN STATE PKWY6
BROADWAY6
I-816
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

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Crashes

Fatal crashes

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

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Who died Time of day Day Weather Lighting Vehicle type involved Make involved

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
Nov 26, 2020	New York City, Bronx County	GRAND CONCOURSE	1
Nov 26, 2020	Deposit, Broome County	CR-237 OQUAGA LAKE RD	1
Nov 25, 2020	Floral Park, Nassau County	SR-25 JERICHO TPK	1
Nov 25, 2020	Coram, Suffolk County	SR-112	1
Nov 25, 2020	Islip, Suffolk County	CR-100 SUFFOLK AVE	1
Nov 25, 2020	Fulton, Oswego County	SR-3	1
Nov 25, 2020	Royalton, Niagara County	SR-77 LEWISTON RD	2
Nov 25, 2020	Lyons, Wayne County	BROAD ST	1
Nov 25, 2020	New Windsor, Orange County	I-87	1
Nov 25, 2020	New York City, Kings County	GRAND ST	1
Nov 24, 2020	Essex County	SR-9N HAUGE RD	1
Nov 24, 2020	New York City, Queens County	JUNIPER BLVD N	1
Nov 24, 2020	New York City, Kings County	SR-907C BELT PKWY	1
Nov 24, 2020	New York City, Kings County	AVE M	1
Nov 24, 2020	New York City, New York County	SR-907L FDR DR	1
Nov 23, 2020	Utica, Oneida County	GENESEE ST	1
Nov 23, 2020	Wawarsing, Ulster County	SR-52	1
Nov 22, 2020	Latham, Albany County	SR-2 TROY SCHENECTADY RD	1
Nov 22, 2020	Orchard Park, Erie County	US-219	1
Nov 22, 2020	New York City, Queens County	I-495 LONG ISLAND EXPY RAMP	1
Nov 22, 2020	New York City, Kings County	SR-907C BELT PKWY	1
Nov 22, 2020	New York City, Kings County	ATLANTIC AVE	1
Nov 21, 2020	Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County	SR-55	1
Nov 21, 2020	Wurtsboro, Sullivan County	CR-56 NEW RD	1
Nov 20, 2020	Smithtown, Suffolk County	SR-908K SUNKEN MEADOW PKWY	1

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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.

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

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

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