Kings County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 64 deaths in 64 fatal crashes in Kings County in 2024.

FARS records 646 deaths in 636 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 2.5 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, Kings County was number 4 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Kings County fell by 24.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (852) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (646).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 0.3% of the fatal crashes in Kings 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 Kings 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.Kings County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	64	64	5
2023	63	59	10
2022	70	70	7
2021	82	81	14
2020	59	58	4
2019	73	72	6
2018	57	56	7
2017	56	56	7
2016	53	51	6
2015	69	69	7
2015 to 2024	646	636	73

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 193 (1981)2024: 64

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

Table 2.Kings County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	64	64
2023	63	59
2022	70	70
2021	82	81
2020	59	58
2019	73	72
2018	57	56
2017	56	56
2016	53	51
2015	69	69
2014	78	75
2013	87	84
2012	76	73
2011	81	79
2010	79	76
2009	69	68
2008	95	92
2007	96	95
2006	90	88
2005	101	98
2004	87	83
2003	89	85
2002	105	99
2001	116	104
2000	110	104
1999	119	116
1998	117	113
1997	144	141
1996	111	106
1995	123	117
1994	124	118
1993	143	142
1992	151	142
1991	172	165
1990	190	177
1989	158	151
1988	162	156
1987	168	157
1986	145	138
1985	152	142
1984	135	130
1983	147	143
1982	144	140
1981	193	185
1980	172	164
1979	145	143
1978	163	148
1977	180	171
1976	189	180
1975	169	159

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.Kings County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Kings County	New York	United States
2024	2.4	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	2.5	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. Kings County had 2,658,657 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Kings County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 636 fatal crashes	73	636 fatal crashes	11.5%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 636 fatal crashes	135	636 fatal crashes	21.2%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 73 occupant deaths with restraint use known	36	73 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.3%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 646 deaths	346	646 deaths	53.6%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 646 deaths	77	646 deaths	11.9%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 646 deaths	107	646 deaths	16.6%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 636 fatal crashes with the condition reported	1 or 2	636 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	0.3%	30.4%
In the darkof 636 fatal crashes with the condition reported	335	636 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.7%	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.Kings 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	30	11	20	23	84
Monday	21	27	21	33	102
Tuesday	22	25	19	22	88
Wednesday	9	25	21	32	87
Thursday	18	19	22	35	94
Friday	16	14	29	29	88
Saturday	26	16	17	34	93
All days	142	137	149	208	636

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.Kings County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	19	3.0%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	32	5.0%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	226	35.5%	29.1%
Minor arterial	112	17.6%	19.6%
Major collector	56	8.8%	9.5%
Minor collector	4	0.6%	2.9%
Local	187	29.4%	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.Kings County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	266
Dark, not lighted	9
Dark, lighted	325
Dawn	20
Dusk	15
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Kings County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	504
Cloudy	61
Rain	66
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Kings County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Kings	In all of New York
Interstate 278	Interstate	19	49
State Route 27	State highway	16	167
State Route 907C	State highway	24	26

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.Kings 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
Kings County: 2.5

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 Kings County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hudson County	New Jersey	20	234	3.4
New York County	New York	40	363	2.2
Queens County	New York	73	698	3.0
Richmond County	New York	13	133	2.7

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 Kings 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 Kings in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 852 deaths in Kings County from 2005 to 2014. It records 646 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Kings in 2024?

The rate of Kings County in 2024 was 2.4 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 Kings had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 73 of 636 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 Kings?

FARS records 19 fatal crashes on Interstate 278 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 16 fatal crashes on State Route 27 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 24 fatal crashes on State Route 907C in the county from 2015 to 2024.