New York County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 40 deaths in 35 fatal crashes in New York County in 2024.

FARS records 363 deaths in 350 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 2.2 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, New York County was number 9 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in New York County fell by 29.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (517) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (363).

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

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 57.9% of the deaths in New York County and 26.3% 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 New York 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.New York County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	40	35	3
2023	33	32	3
2022	36	31	6
2021	48	47	10
2020	27	27	1 or 2
2019	38	37	4
2018	27	27	1 or 2
2017	38	38	7
2016	48	48	3
2015	28	28	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	363	350	40

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 143 (1977)2024: 40

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

Table 2.New York County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	40	35
2023	33	32
2022	36	31
2021	48	47
2020	27	27
2019	38	37
2018	27	27
2017	38	38
2016	48	48
2015	28	28
2014	39	39
2013	45	45
2012	44	43
2011	46	46
2010	45	43
2009	48	46
2008	58	55
2007	58	58
2006	67	67
2005	67	64
2004	47	47
2003	70	65
2002	55	53
2001	63	56
2000	68	67
1999	68	67
1998	60	59
1997	85	81
1996	87	85
1995	99	96
1994	86	82
1993	103	99
1992	95	88
1991	101	96
1990	138	132
1989	112	109
1988	105	101
1987	106	99
1986	111	107
1985	101	100
1984	112	111
1983	117	110
1982	131	124
1981	137	130
1980	141	135
1979	114	110
1978	127	121
1977	143	134
1976	115	109
1975	122	119

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.New York County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	New York County	New York	United States
2024	2.4	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	2.2	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. New York County had 1,665,510 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.New York County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 350 fatal crashes	40	350 fatal crashes	11.4%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 350 fatal crashes	66	350 fatal crashes	18.9%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 33 occupant deaths with restraint use known	20	33 occupant deathswith restraint use known	60.6%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 363 deaths	210	363 deaths	57.9%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 363 deaths	36	363 deaths	9.9%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 363 deaths	52	363 deaths	14.3%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 350 fatal crashes with the condition reported	1 or 2	350 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	0.3%	30.4%
In the darkof 350 fatal crashes with the condition reported	188	350 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.7%	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.New York 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	20	4	7	14	45
Monday	9	17	12	13	51
Tuesday	12	12	11	16	51
Wednesday	11	7	10	10	38
Thursday	10	11	14	23	58
Friday	7	11	16	13	47
Saturday	25	9	12	14	60
All days	94	71	82	103	350

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.New York County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	3	0.9%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	42	12.0%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	137	39.1%	29.1%
Minor arterial	65	18.6%	19.6%
Major collector	28	8.0%	9.5%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.6%	2.9%
Local	73	20.9%	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.New York County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	145
Dark, not lighted	5
Dark, lighted	183
Dawn	8
Dusk	9
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.New York County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	278
Cloudy	42
Rain	29
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 New York County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In New York	In all of New York
Interstate 95	Interstate	1 or 2	49
Interstate 495	Interstate	1 or 2	102
State Route 9A	State highway	11	20
US Route 9	US highway	1 or 2	118

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.New York 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
New York County: 2.2

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 New York County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bergen County	New Jersey	42	368	3.9
Hudson County	New Jersey	20	234	3.4
Bronx County	New York	52	447	3.1
Kings County	New York	64	646	2.5
Queens County	New York	73	698	3.0

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 New York 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 New York in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 517 deaths in New York County from 2005 to 2014. It records 363 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of New York in 2024?

The rate of New York 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 New York had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 40 of 350 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 New York?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 15 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.