Dutchess County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 36 deaths in 35 fatal crashes in Dutchess County in 2024.

FARS records 242 deaths in 231 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.2 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, Dutchess County was number 12 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Dutchess County rose by 4.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (231) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (242).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 40.7% of the fatal crashes in Dutchess 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 Dutchess 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.Dutchess County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	36	35	1 or 2
2023	26	26	5
2022	26	24	9
2021	21	20	3
2020	27	27	1 or 2
2019	15	15	4
2018	26	23	6
2017	19	18	0
2016	20	19	4
2015	26	24	8
2015 to 2024	242	231	43

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 65 (1978)2024: 36

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

Table 2.Dutchess County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	36	35
2023	26	26
2022	26	24
2021	21	20
2020	27	27
2019	15	15
2018	26	23
2017	19	18
2016	20	19
2015	26	24
2014	22	21
2013	30	29
2012	15	12
2011	28	27
2010	13	12
2009	24	21
2008	20	17
2007	23	22
2006	21	19
2005	35	33
2004	45	38
2003	38	32
2002	16	15
2001	44	41
2000	30	29
1999	33	31
1998	30	30
1997	35	31
1996	26	25
1995	31	30
1994	35	30
1993	37	34
1992	29	25
1991	39	35
1990	42	38
1989	41	39
1988	44	40
1987	39	38
1986	51	42
1985	33	30
1984	44	40
1983	54	51
1982	38	32
1981	64	58
1980	52	46
1979	59	53
1978	65	55
1977	50	45
1976	52	44
1975	35	27

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.Dutchess County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Dutchess County	New York	United States
2024	12.0	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.2	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. Dutchess County had 299,256 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Dutchess County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 231 fatal crashes	43	231 fatal crashes	18.6%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 231 fatal crashes	68	231 fatal crashes	29.4%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 141 occupant deaths with restraint use known	46	141 occupant deathswith restraint use known	32.6%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 242 deaths	45	242 deaths	18.6%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 242 deaths	9	242 deaths	3.7%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 242 deaths	38	242 deaths	15.7%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 231 fatal crashes with the condition reported	94	231 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.7%	30.4%
In the darkof 231 fatal crashes with the condition reported	89	231 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.5%	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.Dutchess 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	10	6	9	9	34
Monday	1 or 2	8	13	7	29
Tuesday	4	7	14	12	37
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	17	9	29
Thursday	3	7	10	8	28
Friday	0	9	9	10	28
Saturday	1 or 2	6	19	19	46
All days	21	45	91	74	231

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.Dutchess County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	7	3.0%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	18	7.8%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	90	39.0%	29.1%
Minor arterial	23	10.0%	19.6%
Major collector	53	22.9%	9.5%
Minor collector	7	3.0%	2.9%
Local	33	14.3%	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.Dutchess County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	132
Dark, not lighted	57
Dark, lighted	31
Dawn	6
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Dutchess County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	152
Cloudy	52
Rain	19
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 Dutchess County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Dutchess	In all of New York
Interstate 84	Interstate	7	43
State Route 22	State highway	11	53
State Route 52	State highway	5	30
State Route 55	State highway	17	23
State Route 96	State highway	1 or 2	33
State Route 987C	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 987G	State highway	15	42
US Route 9	US highway	29	118
US Route 44	US highway	16	27

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.Dutchess 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
Dutchess County: 8.2

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 Dutchess County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Fairfield County	Connecticut	57	516	5.5
Litchfield County	Connecticut	14	204	11.3
Berkshire County	Massachusetts	13	122	9.5
Columbia County	New York	5	82	13.5
Orange County	New York	39	324	8.2
Putnam County	New York	9	67	6.8
Ulster County	New York	23	169	9.4

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 Dutchess 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 Dutchess in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 231 deaths in Dutchess County from 2005 to 2014. It records 242 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Dutchess in 2024?

The rate of Dutchess County in 2024 was 12.0 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 Dutchess had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 43 of 231 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 Dutchess?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 102 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.