Fatal crash profile · State

Traffic deaths in New York

State in United States

Deaths, 2024
1,101
Fatal crashes
1,036
Population
20M

In 2024, 1,101 people died in 1,036 fatal crashes in New York, about 3 a day. That was 1.4% fewer than in 2023 (1,117) and the fewest since 2020. The death rate was 5.5 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.5 in the United States. New York had the 11th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 49th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 26% of deaths, and 32% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

5.5

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About half the rate in the United States: 11.5

-1%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

1,117 deaths in 2023, 1,101 in 2024

  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 1975–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
1975 2,366 2,123
1976 2,291 2,062
1977 2,336 2,119
1978 2,436 2,200
1979 2,396 2,217
1980 2,610 2,374
1981 2,489 2,280
1982 2,162 1,965
1983 2,077 1,918
1984 2,060 1,886
1985 2,006 1,852
1986 2,121 1,949
1987 2,339 2,119
1988 2,256 2,064
1989 2,260 2,078
1990 2,217 2,036
1991 2,008 1,827
1992 1,815 1,657
1993 1,790 1,637
1994 1,678 1,537
1995 1,679 1,567
1996 1,593 1,450
1997 1,652 1,510
1998 1,514 1,404
1999 1,599 1,473
2000 1,460 1,369
2001 1,564 1,441
2002 1,530 1,411
2003 1,493 1,368
2004 1,495 1,372
2005 1,434 1,332
2006 1,454 1,349
2007 1,332 1,237
2008 1,238 1,174
2009 1,158 1,069
2010 1,201 1,128
2011 1,171 1,093
2012 1,180 1,096
2013 1,202 1,124
2014 1,041 980
2015 1,136 1,061
2016 1,041 981
2017 1,006 939
2018 964 910
2019 934 879
2020 1,045 958
2021 1,156 1,098
2022 1,182 1,111
2023 1,117 1,035
2024 1,101 1,036

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2000–2024
Category Deaths per 100,000
2000 7.7
2001 8.2
2002 8.0
2003 7.8
2004 7.8
2005 7.5
2006 7.6
2007 7.0
2008 6.4
2009 6.0
2010 6.2
2011 6.0
2012 6.0
2013 6.1
2014 5.3
2015 5.8
2016 5.3
2017 5.1
2018 4.9
2019 4.8
2020 5.2
2021 5.8
2022 6.0
2023 5.7
2024 5.5

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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

Road users

Who died

26%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 1.5 times the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 556
Pedestrians 289
Motorcyclists 209
Cyclists 47
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in New York Share in the US
Pedestrians 289 26% 18%
Motorcyclists 209 19% 16%
Cyclists 47 4% 3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 300 27% 30%
Speeding-related crashes 364 33% 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

32%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 1.1 times the share in the United States: 28%

13%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About half the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category New York United States
Speeding-related 13.3% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 32.0% 28.1%
At night 49.1% 53.6%
At weekends 31.0% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

49%

of fatal crashes happened at night

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

31%

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 224
1am 192
2am 162
3am 142
4am 158
5am 173
6am 176
7am 172
8am 128
9am 149
10am 178
11am 161
12pm 186
1pm 234
2pm 248
3pm 256
4pm 255
5pm 304
6pm 334
7pm 303
8pm 301
9pm 305
10pm 265
11pm 230

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 787
Mon 676
Tue 670
Wed 674
Thu 730
Fri 792
Sat 909

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 330
Feb 332
Mar 313
Apr 334
May 462
Jun 484
Jul 511
Aug 564
Sep 530
Oct 501
Nov 467
Dec 410

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 3,350
Cloudy 1,254
Rain 466
Snow 84
Fog, Smog, Smoke 37
Other 2

All crashes 2020–2024. 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 2,488
Dark - Lighted 1,595
Dark - Not Lighted 885
Dusk 146
Dawn 106
Dark - Unknown Lighting 13

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-8768
  2. I-49546
  3. SR-908M SOUTHERN STATE PKWY41
  4. US-941
  5. I-9037
  6. SR-27 SUNRISE HWY37
  7. US-1130
  8. US-9W29
  9. SR-25 MIDDLE COUNTRY RD27
  10. SR-2226

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 2,650
SUVs 1,951
Motorcycles 1,063
Pickup trucks 711
Medium and heavy trucks 618
Vans 350
Other vehicles 244
Buses 73
Other light trucks 18

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Honda Accord178
  2. Honda Civic170
  3. Chevrolet Silverado164
  4. Toyota Camry145
  5. Honda CR-V136
  6. Jeep Grand Cherokee127
  7. Ford F-150107
  8. Toyota RAV496
  9. Nissan Rogue96
  10. Toyota Corolla93

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 2024. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Crash factors
Date Location Deaths
Dec 28, 2023 Queens County 1
Dec 28, 2023 New York City, Kings County 1
Dec 28, 2023 Manhasset, Nassau County 1
Dec 27, 2023 Cheektowaga, Erie County 1
Dec 27, 2023 Mc Graw, Cortland County 1
Dec 27, 2023 Starkey, Yates County 1
Dec 26, 2023 Tarrytown, Westchester County 1
Dec 26, 2023 Avon, Livingston County 1
Dec 25, 2023 Tarrytown, Westchester County 1
Dec 25, 2023 Geneva, Ontario County 1
Dec 25, 2023 Buffalo, Erie County 1
Dec 25, 2023 New York City, Kings County 1
Dec 24, 2023 Southampton, Suffolk County 1
Dec 24, 2023 Kingston, Ulster County 1
Dec 24, 2023 New York City, Queens County 1
Dec 23, 2023 Niskayuna, Schenectady County 2
Dec 22, 2023 Hempstead, Nassau County 2
Dec 22, 2023 Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County 2
Dec 22, 2023 New York City, Queens County 1
Dec 22, 2023 Albany, Albany County 1
Dec 21, 2023 Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County 1
Dec 21, 2023 Remsen, Oneida County 1
Dec 20, 2023 Hillburn, Rockland County 1
Dec 20, 2023 Albany, Albany County 1
Dec 20, 2023 Ridgeway, Orleans County 1

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Counties in New York

Area Deaths, 2024 Per 100,000
Albany County 17 5.3
Allegany County 8 17.1
Bronx County 52 3.7
Broome County 10 5.1
Cattaraugus County 7 9.3
Cayuga County 9 12.1
Chautauqua County 12 9.6
Chemung County 9 11.1
Chenango County 7 15.3
Clinton County 5 6.4
Columbia County 5 8.3
Cortland County 4 8.7
Delaware County 13 29.2
Dutchess County 36 12.0
Erie County 55 5.8
Essex County 6 16.4
Franklin County 3 6.4
Fulton County 8 15.3
Genesee County 3 5.1
Greene County 7 14.8
Hamilton County 1 19.7
Herkimer County 9 15.2
Jefferson County 8 7.1
Kings County 64 2.4
Lewis County 3 11.3
Livingston County 6 9.8
Madison County 10 14.9
Monroe County 47 6.3
Montgomery County 1 2.0
Nassau County 65 4.7
New York County 40 2.4
Niagara County 18 8.6
Oneida County 16 7.0
Onondaga County 34 7.3
Ontario County 10 8.9
Orange County 39 9.4
Orleans County 3 7.5
Oswego County 12 10.2
Otsego County 7 11.5
Putnam County 9 9.1
Queens County 73 3.1
Rensselaer County 13 8.1
Richmond County 13 2.6
Rockland County 17 4.8
Saratoga County 14 5.8
Schenectady County 17 10.5
Schoharie County 2 6.6
Schuyler County 3 17.5
Seneca County 3 9.2
St. Lawrence County 14 13.2
Steuben County 4 4.4
Suffolk County 120 7.8
Sullivan County 18 22.2
Tioga County 10 21.0
Tompkins County 4 3.8
Ulster County 23 12.6
Warren County 9 13.8
Washington County 8 13.4
Wayne County 9 9.9
Westchester County 42 4.2
Wyoming County 1 2.5
Yates County 6 24.6

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.