Monroe County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 47 deaths in 45 fatal crashes in Monroe County in 2024.

FARS records 449 deaths in 429 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.0 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, Monroe County was number 6 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Monroe County rose by 7.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (419) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (449).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 14.0% of the fatal crashes in Monroe 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 Monroe 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.Monroe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	47	45	7
2023	48	47	9
2022	45	45	13
2021	56	54	12
2020	49	46	9
2019	36	32	6
2018	45	45	11
2017	45	41	10
2016	45	42	8
2015	33	32	4
2015 to 2024	449	429	89

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 88 (1975)2024: 47

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

Table 2.Monroe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	47	45
2023	48	47
2022	45	45
2021	56	54
2020	49	46
2019	36	32
2018	45	45
2017	45	41
2016	45	42
2015	33	32
2014	43	41
2013	37	34
2012	38	37
2011	45	42
2010	49	45
2009	26	26
2008	32	28
2007	45	40
2006	54	50
2005	50	47
2004	65	61
2003	47	39
2002	51	50
2001	61	56
2000	53	48
1999	50	49
1998	38	36
1997	45	40
1996	43	41
1995	53	51
1994	42	41
1993	45	41
1992	41	40
1991	59	55
1990	49	45
1989	59	54
1988	66	63
1987	71	67
1986	70	59
1985	41	39
1984	64	58
1983	63	60
1982	73	71
1981	56	51
1980	82	74
1979	71	64
1978	72	68
1977	84	73
1976	81	75
1975	88	82

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.Monroe County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Monroe County	New York	United States
2024	6.3	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.0	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. Monroe County had 750,294 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Monroe County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 429 fatal crashes	89	429 fatal crashes	20.7%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 429 fatal crashes	174	429 fatal crashes	40.6%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 209 occupant deaths with restraint use known	82	209 occupant deathswith restraint use known	39.2%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 449 deaths	111	449 deaths	24.7%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 449 deaths	16	449 deaths	3.6%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 449 deaths	89	449 deaths	19.8%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 428 fatal crashes with the condition reported	60	428 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	14.0%	30.4%
In the darkof 429 fatal crashes with the condition reported	201	429 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.9%	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.Monroe 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	17	8	16	27	68
Monday	11	12	18	15	56
Tuesday	7	11	17	17	52
Wednesday	10	15	15	22	62
Thursday	10	17	14	22	63
Friday	10	15	14	27	66
Saturday	18	13	11	20	62
All days	83	91	105	150	429

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.Monroe County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	29	6.8%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	28	6.5%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	74	17.3%	29.1%
Minor arterial	127	29.7%	19.6%
Major collector	48	11.2%	9.5%
Minor collector	9	2.1%	2.9%
Local	113	26.4%	24.6%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Monroe County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	202
Dark, not lighted	42
Dark, lighted	158
Dawn	11
Dusk	15
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Monroe County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	248
Cloudy	127
Rain	35
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	14
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Monroe County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Monroe	In all of New York
Interstate 90	Interstate	6	90
State Route 31	State highway	20	73
State Route 33	State highway	4	30
State Route 96	State highway	4	33
State Route 104	State highway	33	83
State Route 908M	State highway	1 or 2	89

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.Monroe 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
Monroe County: 6.0

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 Monroe County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Genesee County	New York	3	85	14.7
Livingston County	New York	6	52	8.3
Ontario County	New York	10	115	10.4
Orleans County	New York	3	40	9.9
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 Monroe 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 Monroe in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 419 deaths in Monroe County from 2005 to 2014. It records 449 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Monroe in 2024?

The rate of Monroe County in 2024 was 6.3 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 Monroe had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 89 of 429 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 Monroe?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 68 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.