Putnam County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Putnam County in 2024.

FARS records 67 deaths in 65 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.8 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, Putnam County was number 40 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Putnam County fell by 32.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (99) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (67).

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

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 13.4% of the deaths in Putnam 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 Putnam 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.Putnam County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	9	1 or 2
2023	4	4	1 or 2
2022	12	11	3
2021	6	5	1 or 2
2020	5	5	1 or 2
2019	6	6	1 or 2
2018	4	4	1 or 2
2017	7	7	1 or 2
2016	5	5	0
2015	9	9	6
2015 to 2024	67	65	18

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 27 (1978)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Putnam County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	9
2023	4	4
2022	12	11
2021	6	5
2020	5	5
2019	6	6
2018	4	4
2017	7	7
2016	5	5
2015	9	9
2014	7	6
2013	4	4
2012	11	10
2011	11	10
2010	3	3
2009	12	11
2008	10	10
2007	15	14
2006	15	13
2005	11	11
2004	8	8
2003	13	12
2002	13	13
2001	11	10
2000	9	9
1999	16	15
1998	11	11
1997	15	12
1996	18	15
1995	14	12
1994	20	16
1993	13	13
1992	10	10
1991	15	13
1990	11	11
1989	15	14
1988	15	13
1987	16	15
1986	24	22
1985	17	12
1984	19	17
1983	20	18
1982	21	20
1981	19	16
1980	23	21
1979	22	17
1978	27	22
1977	18	15
1976	20	17
1975	11	10

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.Putnam County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Putnam County	New York	United States
2024	9.1	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.8	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. Putnam County had 98,842 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Putnam County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 65 fatal crashes	18	65 fatal crashes	27.7%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 65 fatal crashes	27	65 fatal crashes	41.5%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 39 occupant deaths with restraint use known	12	39 occupant deathswith restraint use known	30.8%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 67 deaths	9	67 deaths	13.4%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 67 deaths	4	67 deaths	6.0%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 67 deaths	10	67 deaths	14.9%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 65 fatal crashes with the condition reported	28	65 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.1%	30.4%
In the darkof 65 fatal crashes with the condition reported	27	65 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.5%	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.Putnam 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	4	0	3	1 or 2	9
Monday	3	4	4	3	14
Tuesday	0	3	1 or 2	4	9
Wednesday	0	3	3	1 or 2	8
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	8
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	4	10
All days	10	14	22	19	65

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.Putnam County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	10	15.4%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	4	6.2%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	16	24.6%	29.1%
Minor arterial	22	33.8%	19.6%
Major collector	1 or 2	3.1%	9.5%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	2.9%
Local	11	16.9%	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.Putnam County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	34
Dark, not lighted	23
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Putnam County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	44
Cloudy	14
Rain	7
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
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 Putnam County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Putnam	In all of New York
Interstate 84	Interstate	8	43
State Route 22	State highway	7	53
State Route 52	State highway	3	30
State Route 987G	State highway	5	42
US Route 6	US highway	7	41
US Route 9	US highway	6	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.Putnam 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
Putnam County: 6.8

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 Putnam County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Fairfield County	Connecticut	57	516	5.5
Dutchess County	New York	36	242	8.2
Orange County	New York	39	324	8.2
Rockland County	New York	17	158	4.7
Westchester County	New York	42	376	3.8

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 Putnam 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

Fatal Roads. Putnam County, New York: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ny/putnam/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Putnam in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 99 deaths in Putnam County from 2005 to 2014. It records 67 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Putnam in 2024?

The rate of Putnam County in 2024 was 9.1 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 Putnam had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 18 of 65 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 Putnam?

6 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.