Albany County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 17 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Albany County in 2024.

FARS records 197 deaths in 191 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of New York in the same years is 5.4.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Albany County was number 13 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Albany County rose by 3.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (190) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (197).

In the counties of New York the deaths fell by 13.9% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 15.8% of the fatal crashes in Albany County with a known setting were rural, against 30.4% in New York.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Albany County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Albany County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	17	16	3
2023	24	24	6
2022	23	22	10
2021	19	19	4
2020	18	17	6
2019	16	16	5
2018	15	15	3
2017	19	19	4
2016	24	23	4
2015	22	20	7
2015 to 2024	197	191	52

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Albany County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 50 (1975)2024: 17

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Albany County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	17	16
2023	24	24
2022	23	22
2021	19	19
2020	18	17
2019	16	16
2018	15	15
2017	19	19
2016	24	23
2015	22	20
2014	25	23
2013	10	10
2012	18	17
2011	22	20
2010	16	16
2009	21	21
2008	15	13
2007	25	21
2006	25	24
2005	13	13
2004	17	17
2003	18	18
2002	17	17
2001	20	20
2000	27	23
1999	16	15
1998	20	19
1997	23	21
1996	13	13
1995	16	16
1994	28	28
1993	12	12
1992	22	21
1991	27	26
1990	31	28
1989	35	31
1988	39	36
1987	38	37
1986	28	26
1985	41	37
1984	30	24
1983	27	26
1982	34	33
1981	34	31
1980	38	35
1979	36	34
1978	37	36
1977	42	41
1976	35	33
1975	50	47

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Albany County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Albany County	New York	United States
2024	5.3	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.3	5.4	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Albany County had 319,702 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Albany County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 191 fatal crashes	52	191 fatal crashes	27.2%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 191 fatal crashes	58	191 fatal crashes	30.4%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 94 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	94 occupant deathswith restraint use known	34.0%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 197 deaths	56	197 deaths	28.4%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 197 deaths	5	197 deaths	2.5%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 197 deaths	35	197 deaths	17.8%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 190 fatal crashes with the condition reported	30	190 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	15.8%	30.4%
In the darkof 191 fatal crashes with the condition reported	96	191 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.3%	46.9%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Albany County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	11	4	7	12	34
Monday	0	8	5	5	18
Tuesday	3	5	3	11	22
Wednesday	5	7	10	6	28
Thursday	3	6	16	15	40
Friday	3	1 or 2	9	9	23
Saturday	11	3	3	9	26
All days	36	35	53	67	191

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Albany County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	36	18.9%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	9	4.7%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	75	39.5%	29.1%
Minor arterial	26	13.7%	19.6%
Major collector	10	5.3%	9.5%
Minor collector	4	2.1%	2.9%
Local	30	15.8%	24.6%
Not reported	1 or 2	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Albany County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	87
Dark, not lighted	44
Dark, lighted	52
Dawn	4
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Albany County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	110
Cloudy	59
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Albany County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Albany	In all of New York
Interstate 87	Interstate	15	142
Interstate 90	Interstate	9	90
State Route 5	State highway	24	135
State Route 7	State highway	7	45
State Route 32	State highway	7	42
US Route 9	US highway	9	118
US Route 9W	US highway	1 or 2	65
US Route 20	US highway	10	97

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in New York

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Albany County on the county map of New York

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 1040 counties
10 to 14.917 counties
15 to 19.95 counties
20 to 29.90 counties
30 or more0 counties
Albany County: 6.3

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of New York

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Albany County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Greene County	New York	7	73	15.4
Rensselaer County	New York	13	95	5.9
Saratoga County	New York	14	166	7.1
Schenectady County	New York	17	96	6.1
Schoharie County	New York	1 or 2	57	18.6

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of New York have a population nearest to that of Albany County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
New York Governor's Traffic Safety CommitteeThe highway safety office of New York.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Albany in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 190 deaths in Albany County from 2005 to 2014. It records 197 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Albany in 2024?

The rate of Albany County in 2024 was 5.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of New York was 5.5. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Albany had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 52 of 191 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Albany?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 82 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.