Cattaraugus County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Cattaraugus County in 2024.

FARS records 87 deaths in 75 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.4 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, Cattaraugus County was number 30 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Cattaraugus County fell by 17.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (105) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (87).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 73.3% of the fatal crashes in Cattaraugus 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 Cattaraugus 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.Cattaraugus County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	7	1 or 2
2023	13	8	1 or 2
2022	14	12	3
2021	5	3	0
2020	6	6	0
2019	12	11	5
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	11	9	1 or 2
2016	5	5	1 or 2
2015	7	7	0
2015 to 2024	87	75	14

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 34 (1978)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Cattaraugus County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	7
2023	13	8
2022	14	12
2021	5	3
2020	6	6
2019	12	11
2018	7	7
2017	11	9
2016	5	5
2015	7	7
2014	4	4
2013	11	11
2012	5	5
2011	13	13
2010	18	18
2009	7	7
2008	6	6
2007	15	13
2006	13	12
2005	13	12
2004	12	11
2003	11	10
2002	7	5
2001	13	13
2000	17	14
1999	18	14
1998	11	10
1997	13	12
1996	12	12
1995	12	11
1994	20	17
1993	18	14
1992	18	13
1991	15	14
1990	12	9
1989	17	13
1988	21	17
1987	18	16
1986	15	15
1985	17	13
1984	19	18
1983	15	13
1982	21	20
1981	18	17
1980	21	18
1979	31	28
1978	34	25
1977	16	14
1976	22	20
1975	23	19

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.Cattaraugus County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cattaraugus County	New York	United States
2024	9.3	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.4	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. Cattaraugus County had 75,448 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cattaraugus County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 75 fatal crashes	14	75 fatal crashes	18.7%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 75 fatal crashes	30	75 fatal crashes	40.0%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 63 occupant deaths with restraint use known	29	63 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.0%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 87 deaths	6	87 deaths	6.9%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 87 deaths	3	87 deaths	3.4%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 87 deaths	9	87 deaths	10.3%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 75 fatal crashes with the condition reported	55	75 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	73.3%	30.4%
In the darkof 75 fatal crashes with the condition reported	31	75 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.3%	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.Cattaraugus 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	4	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	12
Monday	1 or 2	4	4	1 or 2	10
Tuesday	0	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	8
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	0	6
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	6	14
Saturday	1 or 2	4	4	8	18
All days	12	18	24	21	75

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.Cattaraugus County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	3	4.0%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	15	20.0%	29.1%
Minor arterial	17	22.7%	19.6%
Major collector	14	18.7%	9.5%
Minor collector	5	6.7%	2.9%
Local	21	28.0%	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.Cattaraugus County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	40
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Cattaraugus County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	40
Cloudy	22
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Cattaraugus County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cattaraugus	In all of New York
Interstate 86	Interstate	3	42
State Route 16	State highway	8	20

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.Cattaraugus 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
Cattaraugus County: 11.4

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 Cattaraugus County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Allegany County	New York	8	46	9.9
Chautauqua County	New York	12	115	9.0
Erie County	New York	55	503	5.4
Wyoming County	New York	1 or 2	38	9.5
McKean County	Pennsylvania	1 or 2	56	13.8
Warren County	Pennsylvania	5	55	14.2

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 Cattaraugus 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Cattaraugus County, New York: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ny/cattaraugus/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

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

FARS records 105 deaths in Cattaraugus County from 2005 to 2014. It records 87 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cattaraugus in 2024?

The rate of Cattaraugus County in 2024 was 9.3 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 Cattaraugus had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 14 of 75 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 Cattaraugus?

FARS records 3 fatal crashes on Interstate 86 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 8 fatal crashes on State Route 16 in the county from 2015 to 2024.