Orange County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 39 deaths in 38 fatal crashes in Orange County in 2024.

FARS records 324 deaths in 299 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.2 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, Orange County was number 10 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Orange County fell by 23.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (422) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (324).

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

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 12.0% of the deaths in Orange 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 Orange 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.Orange County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	39	38	4
2023	29	27	6
2022	39	37	11
2021	34	30	11
2020	27	27	5
2019	31	27	4
2018	28	28	9
2017	37	34	7
2016	32	26	12
2015	28	25	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	324	299	70

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 84 (1978)2024: 39

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

Table 2.Orange County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	39	38
2023	29	27
2022	39	37
2021	34	30
2020	27	27
2019	31	27
2018	28	28
2017	37	34
2016	32	26
2015	28	25
2014	36	34
2013	35	32
2012	40	37
2011	35	32
2010	42	35
2009	37	35
2008	44	40
2007	45	39
2006	54	43
2005	54	49
2004	44	41
2003	49	46
2002	46	43
2001	38	36
2000	33	30
1999	41	40
1998	31	27
1997	39	37
1996	39	37
1995	38	35
1994	54	47
1993	44	39
1992	43	42
1991	48	40
1990	74	70
1989	77	65
1988	71	64
1987	78	73
1986	71	64
1985	47	44
1984	60	56
1983	68	64
1982	57	48
1981	63	57
1980	70	63
1979	54	48
1978	84	71
1977	70	58
1976	61	55
1975	61	53

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.Orange County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Orange County	New York	United States
2024	9.4	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.2	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. Orange County had 415,088 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Orange County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 299 fatal crashes	70	299 fatal crashes	23.4%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 299 fatal crashes	102	299 fatal crashes	34.1%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 196 occupant deaths with restraint use known	60	196 occupant deathswith restraint use known	30.6%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 324 deaths	39	324 deaths	12.0%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 324 deaths	3	324 deaths	0.9%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 324 deaths	66	324 deaths	20.4%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 297 fatal crashes with the condition reported	102	297 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.3%	30.4%
In the darkof 297 fatal crashes with the condition reported	121	297 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.7%	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.Orange 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	8	19	10	44
Monday	5	8	10	9	32
Tuesday	5	9	9	7	30
Wednesday	9	6	18	16	49
Thursday	5	11	13	9	38
Friday	3	11	14	21	49
Saturday	11	18	13	15	57
All days	45	71	96	87	299

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.Orange County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	45	15.2%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	23	7.7%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	66	22.2%	29.1%
Minor arterial	70	23.6%	19.6%
Major collector	38	12.8%	9.5%
Minor collector	6	2.0%	2.9%
Local	49	16.5%	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.Orange County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	165
Dark, not lighted	82
Dark, lighted	39
Dawn	7
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Orange County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	196
Cloudy	71
Rain	23
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Orange County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Orange	In all of New York
Interstate 84	Interstate	27	43
Interstate 86	Interstate	1 or 2	42
Interstate 87	Interstate	16	142
State Route 17	State highway	21	58
State Route 23	State highway	1 or 2	37
State Route 32	State highway	14	42
State Route 52	State highway	6	30
State Route 987C	State highway	1 or 2	21
US Route 6	US highway	28	41
US Route 9W	US highway	15	65
US Route 209	US highway	5	21

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.Orange 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
Orange County: 8.2

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 Orange County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Passaic County	New Jersey	33	262	5.1
Sussex County	New Jersey	12	107	7.4
Dutchess County	New York	36	242	8.2
Putnam County	New York	9	67	6.8
Rockland County	New York	17	158	4.7
Sullivan County	New York	18	116	15.0
Ulster County	New York	23	169	9.4
Pike County	Pennsylvania	10	78	13.4

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 Orange 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 Orange in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 422 deaths in Orange County from 2005 to 2014. It records 324 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Orange in 2024?

The rate of Orange County in 2024 was 9.4 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 Orange had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 70 of 299 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 Orange?

11 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 135 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.