Chautauqua County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Chautauqua County in 2024.

FARS records 115 deaths in 111 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.0 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, Chautauqua County was number 24 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Chautauqua County fell by 25.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (155) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (115).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 60.4% of the fatal crashes in Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua 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.Chautauqua County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	12	1 or 2
2023	16	14	3
2022	11	10	4
2021	13	13	1 or 2
2020	8	8	1 or 2
2019	12	12	1 or 2
2018	11	11	3
2017	9	9	0
2016	13	13	4
2015	10	9	3
2015 to 2024	115	111	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 49 (1980)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Chautauqua County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	12
2023	16	14
2022	11	10
2021	13	13
2020	8	8
2019	12	12
2018	11	11
2017	9	9
2016	13	13
2015	10	9
2014	10	9
2013	11	11
2012	18	18
2011	17	17
2010	10	9
2009	21	16
2008	12	10
2007	19	15
2006	19	18
2005	18	17
2004	17	16
2003	14	13
2002	14	12
2001	12	12
2000	18	18
1999	12	10
1998	18	16
1997	34	28
1996	32	26
1995	23	21
1994	26	25
1993	26	23
1992	21	17
1991	33	27
1990	20	20
1989	20	18
1988	43	41
1987	29	22
1986	26	26
1985	18	17
1984	26	26
1983	19	19
1982	29	24
1981	30	25
1980	49	46
1979	25	24
1978	40	35
1977	40	35
1976	33	27
1975	27	21

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.Chautauqua County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Chautauqua County	New York	United States
2024	9.6	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.0	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. Chautauqua County had 124,697 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Chautauqua County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 111 fatal crashes	22	111 fatal crashes	19.8%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 111 fatal crashes	26	111 fatal crashes	23.4%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 74 occupant deaths with restraint use known	29	74 occupant deathswith restraint use known	39.2%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 115 deaths	12	115 deaths	10.4%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 115 deaths	1 or 2	115 deaths	0.9%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 115 deaths	17	115 deaths	14.8%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 111 fatal crashes with the condition reported	67	111 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.4%	30.4%
In the darkof 111 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	111 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.9%	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.Chautauqua 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	3	1 or 2	3	5	13
Monday	3	4	6	3	16
Tuesday	1 or 2	0	8	6	15
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	4	3	13
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	12	4	20
Friday	3	4	6	4	17
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	7	17
All days	15	18	46	32	111

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.Chautauqua County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	14	12.6%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	27	24.3%	29.1%
Minor arterial	20	18.0%	19.6%
Major collector	22	19.8%	9.5%
Minor collector	4	3.6%	2.9%
Local	24	21.6%	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.Chautauqua County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	68
Dark, not lighted	29
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Chautauqua County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	70
Cloudy	28
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Chautauqua County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Chautauqua	In all of New York
Interstate 86	Interstate	6	42
Interstate 90	Interstate	8	90
State Route 5	State highway	5	135
US Route 20	US highway	6	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.Chautauqua 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
Chautauqua County: 9.0

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 Chautauqua County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cattaraugus County	New York	7	87	11.4
Erie County	New York	55	503	5.4
Erie County	Pennsylvania	36	262	9.7
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 Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 155 deaths in Chautauqua County from 2005 to 2014. It records 115 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Chautauqua in 2024?

The rate of Chautauqua County in 2024 was 9.6 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 Chautauqua had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 111 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 Chautauqua?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 25 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.