Saratoga County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Saratoga County in 2024.

FARS records 166 deaths in 155 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.1 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, Saratoga County was number 17 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Saratoga County fell by 9.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (184) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (166).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 44.5% of the fatal crashes in Saratoga 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 Saratoga 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.Saratoga County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	14	1 or 2
2023	15	15	1 or 2
2022	24	21	1 or 2
2021	8	8	0
2020	18	17	1 or 2
2019	18	17	3
2018	14	12	6
2017	18	15	3
2016	19	19	0
2015	18	17	7
2015 to 2024	166	155	25

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 44 (1985)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Saratoga County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	14
2023	15	15
2022	24	21
2021	8	8
2020	18	17
2019	18	17
2018	14	12
2017	18	15
2016	19	19
2015	18	17
2014	11	10
2013	18	18
2012	22	20
2011	17	17
2010	17	17
2009	17	16
2008	22	20
2007	15	15
2006	24	23
2005	21	20
2004	20	18
2003	15	15
2002	17	16
2001	19	18
2000	15	14
1999	26	21
1998	18	17
1997	11	10
1996	27	21
1995	18	15
1994	25	21
1993	26	26
1992	17	14
1991	44	32
1990	35	31
1989	38	32
1988	24	22
1987	27	26
1986	35	30
1985	44	40
1984	24	22
1983	29	29
1982	43	35
1981	31	27
1980	32	28
1979	28	26
1978	28	26
1977	31	28
1976	32	30
1975	35	31

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.Saratoga County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Saratoga County	New York	United States
2024	5.8	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.1	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. Saratoga County had 239,834 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Saratoga County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 155 fatal crashes	25	155 fatal crashes	16.1%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 155 fatal crashes	53	155 fatal crashes	34.2%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 84 occupant deaths with restraint use known	27	84 occupant deathswith restraint use known	32.1%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 166 deaths	35	166 deaths	21.1%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 166 deaths	3	166 deaths	1.8%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 166 deaths	39	166 deaths	23.5%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 155 fatal crashes with the condition reported	69	155 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.5%	30.4%
In the darkof 155 fatal crashes with the condition reported	63	155 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.6%	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.Saratoga 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	10	4	5	6	25
Monday	1 or 2	9	5	3	18
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	10	20
Wednesday	5	5	7	5	22
Thursday	1 or 2	3	7	4	16
Friday	5	1 or 2	18	5	30
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	13	24
All days	26	27	56	46	155

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.Saratoga County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	21	13.5%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	47	30.3%	29.1%
Minor arterial	19	12.3%	19.6%
Major collector	11	7.1%	9.5%
Minor collector	11	7.1%	2.9%
Local	46	29.7%	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.Saratoga County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	83
Dark, not lighted	51
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	6
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Saratoga County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	88
Cloudy	43
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
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 Saratoga County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Saratoga	In all of New York
Interstate 87	Interstate	21	142
State Route 7	State highway	1 or 2	45
State Route 32	State highway	4	42
US Route 4	US highway	4	21
US Route 9	US highway	17	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.Saratoga 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
Saratoga County: 7.1

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 Saratoga County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Albany County	New York	17	197	6.3
Fulton County	New York	8	47	8.8
Hamilton County	New York	1 or 2	9	18.7
Montgomery County	New York	1 or 2	39	7.9
Rensselaer County	New York	13	95	5.9
Schenectady County	New York	17	96	6.1
Warren County	New York	9	67	10.3
Washington County	New York	8	75	12.3

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 Saratoga 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 Saratoga in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 184 deaths in Saratoga County from 2005 to 2014. It records 166 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Saratoga in 2024?

The rate of Saratoga County in 2024 was 5.8 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 Saratoga had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 25 of 155 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 Saratoga?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 47 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.