Ontario County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 115 deaths in 104 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.4 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, Ontario County was number 24 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Ontario County fell by 18.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (141) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (115).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 63.5% of the fatal crashes in Ontario 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 Ontario 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.Ontario County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	4
2023	21	19	1 or 2
2022	13	13	1 or 2
2021	10	10	3
2020	17	13	5
2019	3	3	1 or 2
2018	8	8	0
2017	8	6	1 or 2
2016	9	8	1 or 2
2015	16	14	5
2015 to 2024	115	104	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 33 (1975)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Ontario County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	21	19
2022	13	13
2021	10	10
2020	17	13
2019	3	3
2018	8	8
2017	8	6
2016	9	8
2015	16	14
2014	16	13
2013	11	11
2012	23	18
2011	13	13
2010	7	7
2009	9	8
2008	10	9
2007	23	18
2006	12	12
2005	17	17
2004	20	18
2003	17	16
2002	17	13
2001	21	19
2000	15	15
1999	12	12
1998	18	16
1997	13	11
1996	17	17
1995	12	12
1994	19	18
1993	19	14
1992	13	10
1991	12	11
1990	22	18
1989	21	21
1988	20	19
1987	22	17
1986	25	23
1985	25	24
1984	21	20
1983	21	20
1982	19	19
1981	23	21
1980	26	25
1979	21	20
1978	33	29
1977	23	21
1976	29	22
1975	33	29

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.Ontario County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Ontario County	New York	United States
2024	8.9	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.4	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. Ontario County had 112,733 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Ontario County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 104 fatal crashes	22	104 fatal crashes	21.2%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 104 fatal crashes	26	104 fatal crashes	25.0%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 74 occupant deaths with restraint use known	23	74 occupant deathswith restraint use known	31.1%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 115 deaths	10	115 deaths	8.7%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 115 deaths	3	115 deaths	2.6%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 115 deaths	20	115 deaths	17.4%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 104 fatal crashes with the condition reported	66	104 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	63.5%	30.4%
In the darkof 104 fatal crashes with the condition reported	26	104 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	25.0%	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.Ontario 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	3	1 or 2	3	6	13
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	7
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	6	1 or 2	14
Wednesday	0	5	5	4	14
Thursday	1 or 2	5	6	5	18
Friday	1 or 2	6	9	1 or 2	19
Saturday	1 or 2	5	6	6	19
All days	11	28	39	26	104

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.Ontario County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	9	8.7%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.0%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	28	26.9%	29.1%
Minor arterial	13	12.5%	19.6%
Major collector	12	11.5%	9.5%
Minor collector	6	5.8%	2.9%
Local	35	33.7%	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.Ontario County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	70
Dark, not lighted	19
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	4
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Ontario County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	45
Cloudy	48
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Ontario County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Ontario	In all of New York
Interstate 90	Interstate	9	90
State Route 5	State highway	1 or 2	135
State Route 14	State highway	4	23
State Route 96	State highway	10	33
US Route 20	US highway	11	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.Ontario 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
Ontario County: 10.4

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 Ontario County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Livingston County	New York	6	52	8.3
Monroe County	New York	47	449	6.0
Seneca County	New York	3	45	13.4
Steuben County	New York	4	83	8.8
Wayne County	New York	9	106	11.7
Yates County	New York	6	31	12.5

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 Ontario 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

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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 Ontario in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 141 deaths in Ontario County from 2005 to 2014. It records 115 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Ontario in 2024?

The rate of Ontario County in 2024 was 8.9 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 Ontario had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 104 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 Ontario?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 36 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.