Broome County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Broome County in 2024.

FARS records 126 deaths in 120 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.5 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, Broome County was number 21 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Broome County fell by 8.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (137) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (126).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 47.9% of the fatal crashes in Broome 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 Broome 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.Broome County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	9	0
2023	7	7	3
2022	13	12	5
2021	20	19	4
2020	11	11	4
2019	8	8	1 or 2
2018	15	13	7
2017	9	9	4
2016	18	18	3
2015	15	14	4
2015 to 2024	126	120	36

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 38 (1977)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Broome County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	9
2023	7	7
2022	13	12
2021	20	19
2020	11	11
2019	8	8
2018	15	13
2017	9	9
2016	18	18
2015	15	14
2014	11	8
2013	13	11
2012	9	6
2011	19	17
2010	14	13
2009	9	8
2008	5	5
2007	16	15
2006	20	19
2005	21	18
2004	17	15
2003	17	13
2002	16	16
2001	12	12
2000	20	20
1999	23	20
1998	21	20
1997	20	18
1996	17	17
1995	15	14
1994	18	17
1993	24	21
1992	27	24
1991	20	20
1990	28	24
1989	27	27
1988	31	28
1987	32	30
1986	26	26
1985	23	18
1984	24	22
1983	23	20
1982	25	24
1981	34	32
1980	28	24
1979	32	30
1978	29	26
1977	38	33
1976	23	22
1975	23	22

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.Broome County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Broome County	New York	United States
2024	5.1	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.5	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. Broome County had 195,893 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Broome County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 120 fatal crashes	36	120 fatal crashes	30.0%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 120 fatal crashes	38	120 fatal crashes	31.7%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 64 occupant deaths with restraint use known	31	64 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.4%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 126 deaths	25	126 deaths	19.8%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 126 deaths	3	126 deaths	2.4%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 126 deaths	30	126 deaths	23.8%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 119 fatal crashes with the condition reported	57	119 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.9%	30.4%
In the darkof 120 fatal crashes with the condition reported	50	120 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.7%	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.Broome 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	0	11
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	6	15
Tuesday	0	3	1 or 2	9	14
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	3	5	13
Thursday	8	3	4	6	21
Friday	3	4	10	7	24
Saturday	3	3	8	8	22
All days	19	20	40	41	120

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.Broome County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	20	16.8%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	6	5.0%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	19	16.0%	29.1%
Minor arterial	26	21.8%	19.6%
Major collector	16	13.4%	9.5%
Minor collector	6	5.0%	2.9%
Local	26	21.8%	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.Broome County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	65
Dark, not lighted	35
Dark, lighted	15
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Broome County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	65
Cloudy	41
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Broome County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Broome	In all of New York
Interstate 81	Interstate	12	61
Interstate 86	Interstate	4	42
State Route 7	State highway	4	45
State Route 17	State highway	8	58
State Route 26	State highway	7	22
US Route 11	US highway	12	71

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.Broome 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
Broome County: 6.5

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 Broome County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chenango County	New York	7	62	13.2
Cortland County	New York	4	43	9.1
Delaware County	New York	13	67	15.0
Tioga County	New York	10	63	13.0
Susquehanna County	Pennsylvania	11	95	24.0
Wayne County	Pennsylvania	9	86	16.8

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 Broome 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 Broome in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 137 deaths in Broome County from 2005 to 2014. It records 126 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Broome in 2024?

The rate of Broome County in 2024 was 5.1 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 Broome had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 36 of 120 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 Broome?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 47 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.