Oneida County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 16 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Oneida County in 2024.

FARS records 190 deaths in 180 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.3 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, Oneida County was number 14 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Oneida County rose by 1.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (188) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (190).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 59.4% of the fatal crashes in Oneida 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 Oneida 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.Oneida County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	16	16	1 or 2
2023	24	23	7
2022	25	22	3
2021	23	23	5
2020	18	15	4
2019	11	11	4
2018	22	20	9
2017	17	17	5
2016	22	22	8
2015	12	11	4
2015 to 2024	190	180	50

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 56 (1976)2024: 16

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

Table 2.Oneida County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	16	16
2023	24	23
2022	25	22
2021	23	23
2020	18	15
2019	11	11
2018	22	20
2017	17	17
2016	22	22
2015	12	11
2014	15	13
2013	21	20
2012	14	13
2011	13	12
2010	27	25
2009	15	13
2008	18	18
2007	21	20
2006	27	27
2005	17	16
2004	25	23
2003	22	19
2002	28	24
2001	18	17
2000	22	21
1999	36	33
1998	20	16
1997	25	23
1996	27	22
1995	28	27
1994	24	21
1993	31	28
1992	28	27
1991	42	38
1990	39	35
1989	56	47
1988	42	40
1987	31	29
1986	30	28
1985	44	37
1984	38	32
1983	41	36
1982	52	40
1981	49	41
1980	45	42
1979	52	47
1978	47	43
1977	48	44
1976	56	50
1975	49	39

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.Oneida County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Oneida County	New York	United States
2024	7.0	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.3	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. Oneida County had 227,292 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Oneida County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 180 fatal crashes	50	180 fatal crashes	27.8%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 180 fatal crashes	63	180 fatal crashes	35.0%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 120 occupant deaths with restraint use known	43	120 occupant deathswith restraint use known	35.8%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 190 deaths	27	190 deaths	14.2%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 190 deaths	4	190 deaths	2.1%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 190 deaths	29	190 deaths	15.3%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 180 fatal crashes with the condition reported	107	180 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	59.4%	30.4%
In the darkof 180 fatal crashes with the condition reported	83	180 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.1%	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.Oneida 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	7	4	7	8	26
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	11	19
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	5	9	20
Wednesday	0	6	11	10	27
Thursday	1 or 2	8	11	8	28
Friday	4	4	8	6	22
Saturday	8	5	14	11	38
All days	23	33	61	63	180

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.Oneida County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	9	5.0%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	10	5.6%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	56	31.1%	29.1%
Minor arterial	26	14.4%	19.6%
Major collector	25	13.9%	9.5%
Minor collector	4	2.2%	2.9%
Local	50	27.8%	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.Oneida County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	92
Dark, not lighted	49
Dark, lighted	33
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Oneida County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	93
Cloudy	59
Rain	17
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	10
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Oneida County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Oneida	In all of New York
Interstate 90	Interstate	5	90
State Route 5	State highway	13	135
State Route 8	State highway	5	24
State Route 12	State highway	14	47
State Route 13	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 26	State highway	6	22
State Route 28	State highway	1 or 2	27
State Route 31	State highway	1 or 2	73
US Route 20	US highway	3	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.Oneida 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
Oneida County: 8.3

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 Oneida County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Herkimer County	New York	9	59	9.7
Lewis County	New York	3	37	13.9
Madison County	New York	10	73	10.5
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 Oneida 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 Oneida in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 188 deaths in Oneida County from 2005 to 2014. It records 190 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Oneida in 2024?

The rate of Oneida County in 2024 was 7.0 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 Oneida had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 50 of 180 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 Oneida?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 51 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.