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Traffic deaths in New York in 2022

State in United States

Deaths, 2022
1,182
Fatal crashes
1,111
Population
19.7M

In 2022, 1,182 people died in 1,111 fatal crashes in New York, about 3 a day. That was 2.2% more than in 2021 (1,156) and the most since 2013. The death rate was 6.0 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.8 in the United States. New York had the 10th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 49th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 26% of deaths, and 33% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

6.0

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2022

  • About half the rate in the United States: 12.8

+2%

change in deaths from 2021 to 2022

1,156 deaths in 2021, 1,182 in 2022

  • The United States: -1%

New York traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

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

Road users

Who died

26%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2022
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 638
Pedestrians 304
Motorcyclists 188
Cyclists 52
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Deaths by type, 2022
Type Deaths Share in New York Share in the US
Pedestrians 304 26% 18%
Motorcyclists 188 16% 15%
Cyclists 52 4% 3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 383 32% 32%
Speeding-related crashes 409 35% 28%

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

33%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 28%

23%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 85 percent of the share in the United States: 26%
Crash factors in 2022
Category New York United States
Speeding-related 22.8% 26.2%
Alcohol-involved 33.3% 27.7%
At night 54.7% 53.9%
At weekends 33.5% 33.3%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

55%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

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 54
2am 41
3am 29
4am 35
5am 44
6am 34
7am 37
8am 33
9am 32
10am 30
11am 45
12pm 34
1pm 38
2pm 52
3pm 49
4pm 55
5pm 62
6pm 81
7pm 63
8pm 57
9pm 58
10pm 61
11pm 40

All crashes 2022.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 168
Mon 132
Tue 133
Wed 142
Thu 158
Fri 174
Sat 204

All crashes 2022.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 63
Feb 86
Mar 74
Apr 63
May 102
Jun 98
Jul 126
Aug 115
Sep 106
Oct 88
Nov 93
Dec 97

All crashes 2022.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 731
Cloudy 252
Rain 95
Snow 19
Fog, Smog, Smoke 5
Other 1

All crashes 2022. 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 527
Dark - Lighted 338
Dark - Not Lighted 201
Dusk 22
Dawn 19
Dark - Unknown Lighting 3

All crashes 2022. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2022

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-8714
  2. US-910
  3. SR-908M SOUTHERN STATE PKWY9
  4. SR-27 SUNRISE HWY9
  5. US-9W8
  6. I-4958
  7. US-207
  8. US-117
  9. SR-226
  10. SR-236

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 568
SUVs 395
Motorcycles 195
Pickup trucks 176
Medium and heavy trucks 147
Vans 70
Other vehicles 41
Buses 18
Other light trucks 3

All crashes 2022.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Jeep Grand Cherokee41
  2. Chevrolet Silverado40
  3. Honda Civic39
  4. Toyota Camry35
  5. Honda Accord35
  6. Ford F-15030
  7. Honda CR-V24
  8. Toyota Corolla21
  9. Ram 150019
  10. Nissan Altima19

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 2022. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Crash factors
Date Location Deaths
Nov 19, 2022 Hempstead, Nassau County 1
Nov 19, 2022 Islip, Suffolk County 1
Nov 19, 2022 Huntington, Suffolk County 1
Nov 18, 2022 Patchogue, Suffolk County 1
Nov 18, 2022 Fine, St. Lawrence County 1
Nov 18, 2022 Macedon, Wayne County 1
Nov 18, 2022 New Hartford, Oneida County 1
Nov 18, 2022 Ghent, Columbia County 2
Nov 17, 2022 Rochester, Monroe County 1
Nov 17, 2022 Theresa, Jefferson County 1
Nov 17, 2022 Brighton, Monroe County 1
Nov 16, 2022 Watertown, Jefferson County 1
Nov 15, 2022 Halfmoon, Saratoga County 1
Nov 15, 2022 New York City, Queens County 1
Nov 14, 2022 Clarence, Erie County 1
Nov 14, 2022 New York City, Queens County 1
Nov 13, 2022 Goshen, Orange County 1
Nov 13, 2022 Castleton on Hudson, Rensselaer County 1
Nov 12, 2022 Islip, Suffolk County 1
Nov 12, 2022 Middletown, Orange County 1
Nov 12, 2022 Hempstead, Nassau County 1
Nov 12, 2022 New York City, Bronx County 1
Nov 12, 2022 Southampton, Suffolk County 1
Nov 12, 2022 Islip, Suffolk County 1
Nov 11, 2022 Oyster Bay, Nassau County 1

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Counties in New York in 2022

Area Deaths, 2022 Per 100,000
Albany County 23 7.3
Allegany County 4 8.6
Bronx County 55 4.0
Broome County 13 6.6
Cattaraugus County 14 18.4
Cayuga County 6 8.0
Chautauqua County 11 8.8
Chemung County 5 6.1
Chenango County 9 19.4
Clinton County 7 9.0
Columbia County 7 11.4
Cortland County 7 15.2
Delaware County 10 22.3
Dutchess County 26 8.7
Erie County 59 6.2
Essex County 2 5.4
Franklin County 7 15.2
Fulton County 2 3.8
Genesee County 11 19.1
Greene County 10 21.0
Hamilton County 2 39.2
Herkimer County 7 11.7
Jefferson County 16 13.9
Kings County 70 2.7
Lewis County 8 30.1
Livingston County 4 6.5
Madison County 11 16.4
Monroe County 45 6.0
Montgomery County 5 10.1
Nassau County 81 5.8
New York County 36 2.3
Niagara County 28 13.3
Oneida County 25 10.9
Onondaga County 21 4.5
Ontario County 13 11.6
Orange County 39 9.6
Orleans County 1 2.5
Oswego County 9 7.6
Otsego County 6 9.9
Putnam County 12 12.2
Queens County 64 2.8
Rensselaer County 12 7.5
Richmond County 14 2.8
Rockland County 21 6.1
Saratoga County 24 10.1
Schenectady County 10 6.3
Schoharie County 3 10.0
Schuyler County 2 11.4
Seneca County 2 6.1
St. Lawrence County 15 14.0
Steuben County 9 9.7
Suffolk County 164 10.7
Sullivan County 15 18.8
Tioga County 4 8.4
Tompkins County 5 4.8
Ulster County 16 8.8
Warren County 13 19.9
Washington County 11 18.1
Wayne County 8 8.8
Westchester County 37 3.7
Wyoming County 1 2.5
Yates County 5 20.4

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2022. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.