Madison County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Madison County in 2024.

FARS records 73 deaths in 68 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.5 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, Madison County was number 37 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Madison County fell by 12.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (83) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (73).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 83.8% of the fatal crashes in Madison 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 Madison 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.Madison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	1 or 2
2023	6	6	3
2022	11	10	4
2021	8	7	3
2020	10	10	1 or 2
2019	5	4	0
2018	5	5	1 or 2
2017	6	5	0
2016	3	3	1 or 2
2015	9	8	3
2015 to 2024	73	68	19

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 30 (1976)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Madison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	6	6
2022	11	10
2021	8	7
2020	10	10
2019	5	4
2018	5	5
2017	6	5
2016	3	3
2015	9	8
2014	7	7
2013	8	8
2012	5	5
2011	6	6
2010	10	10
2009	14	12
2008	8	8
2007	6	6
2006	13	12
2005	6	6
2004	15	15
2003	11	11
2002	7	7
2001	15	14
2000	13	10
1999	11	10
1998	20	18
1997	8	6
1996	10	10
1995	13	11
1994	19	17
1993	14	11
1992	13	13
1991	10	10
1990	17	13
1989	16	16
1988	14	14
1987	20	16
1986	11	10
1985	13	11
1984	23	19
1983	14	13
1982	16	15
1981	15	12
1980	12	11
1979	19	17
1978	14	14
1977	16	14
1976	30	22
1975	17	16

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.Madison County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Madison County	New York	United States
2024	14.9	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.5	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. Madison County had 67,193 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Madison County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 68 fatal crashes	19	68 fatal crashes	27.9%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 68 fatal crashes	28	68 fatal crashes	41.2%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 45 occupant deaths with restraint use known	14	45 occupant deathswith restraint use known	31.1%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 73 deaths	9	73 deaths	12.3%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 73 deaths	1 or 2	73 deaths	1.4%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 73 deaths	14	73 deaths	19.2%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 68 fatal crashes with the condition reported	57	68 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	83.8%	30.4%
In the darkof 68 fatal crashes with the condition reported	24	68 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	35.3%	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.Madison 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	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Monday	0	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	7
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	5	13
Thursday	1 or 2	3	6	4	15
Friday	3	0	6	3	12
Saturday	4	0	3	0	7
All days	13	15	25	15	68

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.Madison County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	3	4.4%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	18	26.5%	29.1%
Minor arterial	13	19.1%	19.6%
Major collector	7	10.3%	9.5%
Minor collector	8	11.8%	2.9%
Local	19	27.9%	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.Madison County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	40
Dark, not lighted	19
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Madison County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	38
Cloudy	24
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
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 Madison County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Madison	In all of New York
Interstate 90	Interstate	3	90
State Route 5	State highway	3	135
State Route 8	State highway	4	24
State Route 12	State highway	1 or 2	47
State Route 13	State highway	6	29
State Route 26	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 31	State highway	7	73
US Route 20	US highway	5	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.Madison 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
Madison County: 10.5

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 Madison County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chenango County	New York	7	62	13.2
Cortland County	New York	4	43	9.1
Oneida County	New York	16	190	8.3
Onondaga County	New York	34	288	6.2
Oswego County	New York	12	155	13.1
Otsego County	New York	7	44	7.3

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

FARS records 83 deaths in Madison County from 2005 to 2014. It records 73 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Madison in 2024?

The rate of Madison County in 2024 was 14.9 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 Madison had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 19 of 68 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 Madison?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 31 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.