Rockland County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 17 deaths in 17 fatal crashes in Rockland County in 2024.

FARS records 158 deaths in 149 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 4.7 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, Rockland County was number 18 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Rockland County fell by 10.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (177) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (158).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 18.1% of the fatal crashes in Rockland 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 Rockland 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.Rockland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	17	17	1 or 2
2023	19	18	1 or 2
2022	21	20	4
2021	17	17	6
2020	16	12	1 or 2
2019	14	13	1 or 2
2018	10	10	0
2017	18	17	0
2016	11	11	1 or 2
2015	15	14	3
2015 to 2024	158	149	21

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 46 (1980)2024: 17

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

Table 2.Rockland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	17	17
2023	19	18
2022	21	20
2021	17	17
2020	16	12
2019	14	13
2018	10	10
2017	18	17
2016	11	11
2015	15	14
2014	17	16
2013	17	16
2012	15	15
2011	17	17
2010	20	18
2009	5	5
2008	16	16
2007	19	17
2006	29	29
2005	22	22
2004	33	29
2003	21	20
2002	30	25
2001	20	19
2000	18	18
1999	26	22
1998	28	25
1997	29	25
1996	19	14
1995	20	20
1994	24	23
1993	23	20
1992	14	14
1991	22	18
1990	29	25
1989	27	24
1988	36	31
1987	35	32
1986	31	27
1985	35	31
1984	27	27
1983	25	23
1982	39	34
1981	41	37
1980	46	42
1979	41	39
1978	30	29
1977	39	38
1976	28	25
1975	32	27

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.Rockland County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Rockland County	New York	United States
2024	4.8	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	4.7	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. Rockland County had 354,829 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Rockland County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 149 fatal crashes	21	149 fatal crashes	14.1%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 149 fatal crashes	47	149 fatal crashes	31.5%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 85 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	85 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.6%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 158 deaths	47	158 deaths	29.7%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 158 deaths	3	158 deaths	1.9%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 158 deaths	13	158 deaths	8.2%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 149 fatal crashes with the condition reported	27	149 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	18.1%	30.4%
In the darkof 149 fatal crashes with the condition reported	73	149 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.0%	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.Rockland 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	9	5	7	1 or 2	22
Monday	4	3	10	9	26
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	6	6	17
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	7	16
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	9	19
Friday	5	9	5	8	27
Saturday	7	5	4	6	22
All days	28	29	46	46	149

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.Rockland County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	13	8.7%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	20	13.4%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	60	40.3%	29.1%
Minor arterial	19	12.8%	19.6%
Major collector	9	6.0%	9.5%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.7%	2.9%
Local	27	18.1%	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.Rockland County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	70
Dark, not lighted	32
Dark, lighted	41
Dawn	3
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Rockland County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	91
Cloudy	39
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Rockland County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Rockland	In all of New York
Interstate 87	Interstate	12	142
State Route 17	State highway	1 or 2	58
State Route 987C	State highway	18	21
US Route 9W	US highway	12	65
US Route 202	US highway	12	24

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.Rockland 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
Rockland County: 4.7

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 Rockland County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bergen County	New Jersey	42	368	3.9
Passaic County	New Jersey	33	262	5.1
Orange County	New York	39	324	8.2
Putnam County	New York	9	67	6.8
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 Rockland 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 Rockland in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 177 deaths in Rockland County from 2005 to 2014. It records 158 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Rockland in 2024?

The rate of Rockland County in 2024 was 4.8 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 Rockland had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 21 of 149 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 Rockland?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 56 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.