Cayuga County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Cayuga County in 2024.

FARS records 68 deaths in 64 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.9 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, Cayuga County was number 39 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Cayuga County fell by 22.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (88) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (68).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 87.5% of the fatal crashes in Cayuga 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 Cayuga County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Cayuga County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	8	1 or 2
2023	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2022	6	6	1 or 2
2021	7	6	1 or 2
2020	3	3	0
2019	6	5	3
2018	9	9	3
2017	8	7	1 or 2
2016	11	11	5
2015	8	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	68	64	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1981)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Cayuga County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	8
2023	1 or 2	1 or 2
2022	6	6
2021	7	6
2020	3	3
2019	6	5
2018	9	9
2017	8	7
2016	11	11
2015	8	8
2014	4	4
2013	7	7
2012	7	6
2011	6	6
2010	8	8
2009	16	15
2008	15	14
2007	9	7
2006	10	9
2005	6	5
2004	17	14
2003	9	8
2002	5	5
2001	5	5
2000	12	11
1999	11	9
1998	11	9
1997	20	15
1996	15	15
1995	13	9
1994	11	10
1993	10	9
1992	8	8
1991	16	16
1990	17	16
1989	18	16
1988	20	18
1987	11	9
1986	17	13
1985	21	19
1984	19	16
1983	14	9
1982	9	8
1981	25	24
1980	23	18
1979	15	13
1978	19	17
1977	16	13
1976	6	6
1975	17	14

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.Cayuga County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cayuga County	New York	United States
2024	12.1	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.9	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. Cayuga County had 74,642 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cayuga County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 64 fatal crashes	17	64 fatal crashes	26.6%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 64 fatal crashes	20	64 fatal crashes	31.3%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 48 occupant deaths with restraint use known	18	48 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.5%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 68 deaths	6	68 deaths	8.8%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 68 deaths	1 or 2	68 deaths	1.5%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 68 deaths	9	68 deaths	13.2%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 64 fatal crashes with the condition reported	56	64 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	87.5%	30.4%
In the darkof 64 fatal crashes with the condition reported	24	64 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.5%	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.Cayuga 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	1 or 2	5	9
Monday	0	0	5	0	5
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	3	4	11
Thursday	0	3	4	4	11
Friday	1 or 2	4	5	1 or 2	12
Saturday	3	0	3	4	10
All days	7	13	24	20	64

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.Cayuga County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	0	0.0%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	20	31.3%	29.1%
Minor arterial	12	18.8%	19.6%
Major collector	10	15.6%	9.5%
Minor collector	3	4.7%	2.9%
Local	19	29.7%	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.Cayuga County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	36
Dark, not lighted	18
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Cayuga County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	31
Cloudy	23
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Cayuga County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cayuga	In all of New York
State Route 5	State highway	1 or 2	135
State Route 31	State highway	6	73
State Route 34	State highway	11	22
State Route 104	State highway	1 or 2	83
US Route 20	US highway	1 or 2	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.Cayuga 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
Cayuga County: 8.9

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 Cayuga County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cortland County	New York	4	43	9.1
Jefferson County	New York	8	101	8.9
Onondaga County	New York	34	288	6.2
Oswego County	New York	12	155	13.1
Seneca County	New York	3	45	13.4
Tompkins County	New York	4	74	7.2
Wayne County	New York	9	106	11.7

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 Cayuga 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. Cayuga County, New York: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ny/cayuga/. 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 Cayuga in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 88 deaths in Cayuga County from 2005 to 2014. It records 68 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cayuga in 2024?

The rate of Cayuga County in 2024 was 12.1 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 Cayuga had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 64 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 Cayuga?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 23 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.