Onondaga County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 34 deaths in 33 fatal crashes in Onondaga County in 2024.

FARS records 288 deaths in 270 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.2 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, Onondaga County was number 11 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Onondaga County fell by 9.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (318) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (288).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a driver was recorded as drinking in 24.8% of fatal crashes in Onondaga County and 20.2% 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 Onondaga 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.Onondaga County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	34	33	8
2023	26	26	5
2022	21	20	5
2021	31	29	6
2020	23	22	5
2019	23	21	8
2018	34	32	6
2017	36	32	7
2016	27	25	7
2015	33	30	10
2015 to 2024	288	270	67

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 73 (1978)2024: 34

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

Table 2.Onondaga County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	34	33
2023	26	26
2022	21	20
2021	31	29
2020	23	22
2019	23	21
2018	34	32
2017	36	32
2016	27	25
2015	33	30
2014	25	24
2013	30	29
2012	29	26
2011	26	26
2010	40	35
2009	34	31
2008	31	30
2007	38	34
2006	31	31
2005	34	32
2004	39	33
2003	40	35
2002	39	35
2001	38	35
2000	21	19
1999	39	36
1998	42	38
1997	39	39
1996	40	37
1995	36	34
1994	35	34
1993	33	28
1992	37	34
1991	44	39
1990	54	49
1989	42	41
1988	33	30
1987	54	48
1986	41	38
1985	53	46
1984	43	38
1983	56	53
1982	51	48
1981	65	57
1980	72	65
1979	68	60
1978	73	65
1977	58	56
1976	60	53
1975	61	57

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.Onondaga County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Onondaga County	New York	United States
2024	7.3	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.2	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. Onondaga County had 468,173 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Onondaga County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 270 fatal crashes	67	270 fatal crashes	24.8%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 270 fatal crashes	85	270 fatal crashes	31.5%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 139 occupant deaths with restraint use known	53	139 occupant deathswith restraint use known	38.1%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 288 deaths	78	288 deaths	27.1%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 288 deaths	10	288 deaths	3.5%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 288 deaths	51	288 deaths	17.7%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 270 fatal crashes with the condition reported	70	270 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	25.9%	30.4%
In the darkof 269 fatal crashes with the condition reported	138	269 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.3%	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.Onondaga 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	16	5	6	12	39
Monday	6	8	8	14	36
Tuesday	4	8	13	13	38
Wednesday	5	4	14	14	37
Thursday	7	5	13	18	43
Friday	4	6	7	13	30
Saturday	11	11	15	9	46
All days	53	47	76	93	269

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.Onondaga County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	35	13.0%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	9	3.3%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	51	18.9%	29.1%
Minor arterial	61	22.6%	19.6%
Major collector	24	8.9%	9.5%
Minor collector	8	3.0%	2.9%
Local	82	30.4%	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.Onondaga County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	119
Dark, not lighted	59
Dark, lighted	79
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	10
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Onondaga County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	141
Cloudy	95
Rain	22
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	9
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Onondaga County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Onondaga	In all of New York
Interstate 81	Interstate	21	61
Interstate 90	Interstate	1 or 2	90
State Route 5	State highway	11	135
State Route 31	State highway	9	73
US Route 11	US highway	13	71
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.Onondaga 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
Onondaga County: 6.2

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 Onondaga County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cayuga County	New York	9	68	8.9
Cortland County	New York	4	43	9.1
Madison County	New York	10	73	10.5
Oswego County	New York	12	155	13.1

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 Onondaga 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 Onondaga in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 318 deaths in Onondaga County from 2005 to 2014. It records 288 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Onondaga in 2024?

The rate of Onondaga County in 2024 was 7.3 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 Onondaga had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 67 of 270 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 Onondaga?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 59 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.