Queens County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 73 deaths in 67 fatal crashes in Queens County in 2024.

FARS records 698 deaths in 660 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 3.0 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, Queens County was number 3 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Queens County fell by 16.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (835) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (698).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 1.4% of the fatal crashes in Queens 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 Queens 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.Queens County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	73	67	5
2023	79	75	14
2022	64	63	8
2021	63	59	17
2020	84	78	19
2019	68	66	8
2018	69	68	10
2017	59	54	9
2016	61	57	8
2015	78	73	13
2015 to 2024	698	660	111

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 209 (1987)2024: 73

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

Table 2.Queens County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	73	67
2023	79	75
2022	64	63
2021	63	59
2020	84	78
2019	68	66
2018	69	68
2017	59	54
2016	61	57
2015	78	73
2014	86	80
2013	99	93
2012	83	77
2011	67	67
2010	70	70
2009	90	83
2008	81	77
2007	71	67
2006	92	82
2005	96	89
2004	80	78
2003	121	105
2002	117	109
2001	109	105
2000	102	100
1999	124	117
1998	114	109
1997	141	128
1996	126	115
1995	143	130
1994	145	135
1993	154	143
1992	183	169
1991	168	160
1990	167	161
1989	186	186
1988	173	163
1987	209	197
1986	163	155
1985	138	130
1984	146	140
1983	138	131
1982	179	163
1981	197	184
1980	156	143
1979	165	147
1978	162	151
1977	158	152
1976	139	133
1975	157	147

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.Queens County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Queens County	New York	United States
2024	3.1	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	3.0	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. Queens County had 2,367,034 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Queens County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 660 fatal crashes	111	660 fatal crashes	16.8%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 660 fatal crashes	194	660 fatal crashes	29.4%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 158 occupant deaths with restraint use known	64	158 occupant deathswith restraint use known	40.5%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 698 deaths	314	698 deaths	45.0%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 698 deaths	32	698 deaths	4.6%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 698 deaths	131	698 deaths	18.8%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 660 fatal crashes with the condition reported	9	660 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	1.4%	30.4%
In the darkof 659 fatal crashes with the condition reported	376	659 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	57.1%	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.Queens 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	48	18	22	30	118
Monday	26	19	22	27	94
Tuesday	19	21	18	25	83
Wednesday	24	15	19	27	85
Thursday	20	21	15	24	80
Friday	20	15	25	33	93
Saturday	44	18	13	32	107
All days	201	127	134	198	660

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.Queens County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	77	11.7%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	71	10.8%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	225	34.1%	29.1%
Minor arterial	80	12.1%	19.6%
Major collector	29	4.4%	9.5%
Minor collector	8	1.2%	2.9%
Local	170	25.8%	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.Queens County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	242
Dark, not lighted	11
Dark, lighted	362
Dawn	20
Dusk	21
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Queens County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	535
Cloudy	58
Rain	52
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	8

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Queens County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Queens	In all of New York
Interstate 278	Interstate	9	49
Interstate 495	Interstate	28	102
Interstate 678	Interstate	26	27
State Route 24	State highway	1 or 2	51
State Route 25	State highway	16	118
State Route 25A	State highway	11	60
State Route 27	State highway	16	167
State Route 907C	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 907M	State highway	27	29
State Route 908M	State highway	1 or 2	89

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.Queens 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
Queens County: 3.0

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 Queens County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Monmouth County	New Jersey	49	413	6.5
Bronx County	New York	52	447	3.1
Kings County	New York	64	646	2.5
Nassau County	New York	65	771	5.6
New York County	New York	40	363	2.2
Richmond County	New York	13	133	2.7

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 Queens 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 Queens in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 835 deaths in Queens County from 2005 to 2014. It records 698 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Queens in 2024?

The rate of Queens County in 2024 was 3.1 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 Queens had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 111 of 660 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 Queens?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 137 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.