Richmond County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Richmond County in 2024.

FARS records 133 deaths in 125 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 2.7 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, Richmond County was number 20 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Richmond County fell by 26.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (180) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (133).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 2.4% of the fatal crashes in Richmond 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 Richmond 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.Richmond County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	13	0
2023	12	11	3
2022	14	12	1 or 2
2021	11	10	3
2020	9	9	1 or 2
2019	8	8	1 or 2
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	14	13	1 or 2
2016	19	17	1 or 2
2015	26	25	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	133	125	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 42 (1981)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Richmond County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	13
2023	12	11
2022	14	12
2021	11	10
2020	9	9
2019	8	8
2018	7	7
2017	14	13
2016	19	17
2015	26	25
2014	12	12
2013	12	11
2012	21	20
2011	12	12
2010	25	24
2009	20	18
2008	16	16
2007	17	17
2006	24	22
2005	21	21
2004	23	23
2003	27	24
2002	20	19
2001	29	26
2000	25	23
1999	16	16
1998	26	22
1997	15	15
1996	18	15
1995	19	19
1994	28	23
1993	17	17
1992	20	20
1991	29	28
1990	27	25
1989	34	31
1988	25	25
1987	28	26
1986	28	25
1985	25	25
1984	27	24
1983	19	18
1982	22	20
1981	42	39
1980	34	29
1979	26	23
1978	24	22
1977	25	23
1976	29	27
1975	23	21

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.Richmond County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Richmond County	New York	United States
2024	2.6	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	2.7	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. Richmond County had 499,572 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Richmond County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 125 fatal crashes	17	125 fatal crashes	13.6%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 125 fatal crashes	39	125 fatal crashes	31.2%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 35 occupant deaths with restraint use known	17	35 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.6%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 133 deaths	55	133 deaths	41.4%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 133 deaths	5	133 deaths	3.8%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 133 deaths	19	133 deaths	14.3%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 124 fatal crashes with the condition reported	3	124 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	2.4%	30.4%
In the darkof 124 fatal crashes with the condition reported	62	124 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.0%	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.Richmond 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	1 or 2	4	7	20
Monday	4	4	6	9	23
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	4	5	15
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	5	3	14
Thursday	3	4	0	5	12
Friday	5	7	3	4	19
Saturday	3	3	6	10	22
All days	25	29	28	43	125

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.Richmond County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	6	4.8%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	6	4.8%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	46	37.1%	29.1%
Minor arterial	15	12.1%	19.6%
Major collector	7	5.6%	9.5%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	2.9%
Local	44	35.5%	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.Richmond County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	54
Dark, not lighted	1 or 2
Dark, lighted	60
Dawn	4
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Richmond County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	97
Cloudy	11
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Richmond County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Richmond	In all of New York
Interstate 278	Interstate	6	49

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.Richmond 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
Richmond County: 2.7

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 Richmond County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hudson County	New Jersey	20	234	3.4
Middlesex County	New Jersey	60	532	6.3
Monmouth County	New Jersey	49	413	6.5
Union County	New Jersey	38	302	5.3
Kings County	New York	64	646	2.5
Queens County	New York	73	698	3.0

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 Richmond 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 Richmond in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 180 deaths in Richmond County from 2005 to 2014. It records 133 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Richmond in 2024?

The rate of Richmond County in 2024 was 2.6 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 Richmond had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 125 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 Richmond?

FARS records 6 fatal crashes on Interstate 278 in the county from 2015 to 2024.