Bronx County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 52 deaths in 47 fatal crashes in Bronx County in 2024.

FARS records 447 deaths in 425 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 3.1 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, Bronx County was number 7 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Bronx County fell by 3.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (464) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (447).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 0.7% of the fatal crashes in Bronx 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 Bronx 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.Bronx County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	52	47	5
2023	44	44	13
2022	55	53	8
2021	48	46	9
2020	55	50	8
2019	27	25	1 or 2
2018	37	37	5
2017	40	39	9
2016	49	47	5
2015	40	37	3
2015 to 2024	447	425	67

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 125 (1990)2024: 52

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

Table 2.Bronx County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	52	47
2023	44	44
2022	55	53
2021	48	46
2020	55	50
2019	27	25
2018	37	37
2017	40	39
2016	49	47
2015	40	37
2014	35	34
2013	52	50
2012	51	43
2011	65	48
2010	50	48
2009	44	43
2008	42	41
2007	31	28
2006	51	43
2005	43	43
2004	55	53
2003	46	46
2002	62	60
2001	59	55
2000	56	51
1999	60	59
1998	49	48
1997	76	73
1996	57	55
1995	77	73
1994	69	67
1993	84	79
1992	94	88
1991	111	101
1990	125	116
1989	115	111
1988	118	112
1987	90	86
1986	83	79
1985	95	91
1984	114	103
1983	81	74
1982	79	74
1981	120	109
1980	113	102
1979	100	98
1978	96	92
1977	100	90
1976	99	95
1975	122	114

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.Bronx County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Bronx County	New York	United States
2024	3.7	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	3.1	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. Bronx County had 1,406,052 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Bronx County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 425 fatal crashes	67	425 fatal crashes	15.8%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 425 fatal crashes	125	425 fatal crashes	29.4%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 96 occupant deaths with restraint use known	48	96 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.0%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 447 deaths	193	447 deaths	43.2%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 447 deaths	26	447 deaths	5.8%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 447 deaths	95	447 deaths	21.3%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 425 fatal crashes with the condition reported	3	425 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	0.7%	30.4%
In the darkof 425 fatal crashes with the condition reported	262	425 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	61.6%	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.Bronx 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	31	4	13	23	71
Monday	16	12	11	20	59
Tuesday	17	10	14	13	54
Wednesday	11	11	5	17	44
Thursday	15	11	7	19	52
Friday	16	8	8	25	57
Saturday	34	6	14	33	87
All days	140	62	72	150	424

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.Bronx County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	94	22.1%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	25	5.9%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	124	29.2%	29.1%
Minor arterial	49	11.5%	19.6%
Major collector	34	8.0%	9.5%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.2%	2.9%
Local	98	23.1%	24.6%
Not reported	0	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.Bronx County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	141
Dark, not lighted	14
Dark, lighted	247
Dawn	8
Dusk	14
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Bronx County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	343
Cloudy	46
Rain	28
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Bronx County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Bronx	In all of New York
Interstate 87	Interstate	35	142
Interstate 95	Interstate	38	49
Interstate 278	Interstate	15	49
Interstate 678	Interstate	1 or 2	27
State Route 9A	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 907H	State highway	16	24
US Route 9	US highway	6	118

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.Bronx 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
Bronx County: 3.1

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 Bronx County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bergen County	New Jersey	42	368	3.9
Nassau County	New York	65	771	5.6
New York County	New York	40	363	2.2
Queens County	New York	73	698	3.0
Westchester County	New York	42	376	3.8

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 Bronx 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 Bronx in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 464 deaths in Bronx County from 2005 to 2014. It records 447 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Bronx in 2024?

The rate of Bronx County in 2024 was 3.7 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 Bronx had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 67 of 425 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 Bronx?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 112 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.