Steuben County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Steuben County in 2024.

FARS records 83 deaths in 72 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.8 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, Steuben County was number 32 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Steuben County fell by 34.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (126) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (83).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 72.2% of the fatal crashes in Steuben 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 Steuben 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.Steuben County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	1 or 2
2023	12	9	1 or 2
2022	9	8	0
2021	5	4	1 or 2
2020	7	7	1 or 2
2019	16	10	4
2018	10	10	3
2017	3	3	1 or 2
2016	10	10	1 or 2
2015	7	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	83	72	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 30 (1984)2024: 4

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

Table 2.Steuben County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	12	9
2022	9	8
2021	5	4
2020	7	7
2019	16	10
2018	10	10
2017	3	3
2016	10	10
2015	7	7
2014	12	11
2013	12	12
2012	7	7
2011	11	10
2010	10	10
2009	9	9
2008	10	10
2007	21	17
2006	17	16
2005	17	14
2004	8	8
2003	15	13
2002	21	19
2001	13	13
2000	15	14
1999	20	15
1998	7	7
1997	19	18
1996	19	18
1995	14	14
1994	10	10
1993	16	15
1992	14	13
1991	21	20
1990	18	17
1989	16	16
1988	27	22
1987	22	18
1986	18	16
1985	18	14
1984	30	24
1983	17	17
1982	18	14
1981	13	11
1980	24	21
1979	27	27
1978	25	23
1977	23	22
1976	25	17
1975	22	17

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.Steuben County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Steuben County	New York	United States
2024	4.4	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.8	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. Steuben County had 91,939 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Steuben County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 72 fatal crashes	17	72 fatal crashes	23.6%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 72 fatal crashes	20	72 fatal crashes	27.8%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 60 occupant deaths with restraint use known	29	60 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.3%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 83 deaths	5	83 deaths	6.0%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 83 deaths	1 or 2	83 deaths	2.4%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 83 deaths	12	83 deaths	14.5%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 72 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	72 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	72.2%	30.4%
In the darkof 72 fatal crashes with the condition reported	19	72 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	26.4%	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.Steuben 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	1 or 2	0	3	1 or 2	6
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	4	5	11
Wednesday	1 or 2	8	5	1 or 2	17
Thursday	0	1 or 2	3	5	10
Friday	0	0	5	1 or 2	7
Saturday	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	3	13
All days	6	20	24	22	72

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.Steuben County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	19	26.4%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	5	6.9%	29.1%
Minor arterial	13	18.1%	19.6%
Major collector	19	26.4%	9.5%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.8%	2.9%
Local	14	19.4%	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.Steuben County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	49
Dark, not lighted	17
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Steuben County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	40
Cloudy	22
Rain	6
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 Steuben County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Steuben	In all of New York
Interstate 86	Interstate	15	42

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.Steuben 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
Steuben County: 8.8

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 Steuben County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Allegany County	New York	8	46	9.9
Chemung County	New York	9	75	9.0
Livingston County	New York	6	52	8.3
Ontario County	New York	10	115	10.4
Schuyler County	New York	3	22	12.4
Yates County	New York	6	31	12.5
Potter County	Pennsylvania	1 or 2	30	18.2
Tioga County	Pennsylvania	3	68	16.6

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 Steuben 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. Steuben County, New York: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ny/steuben/. 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 Steuben in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 126 deaths in Steuben County from 2005 to 2014. It records 83 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Steuben in 2024?

The rate of Steuben County in 2024 was 4.4 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 Steuben had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 72 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 Steuben?

FARS records 15 fatal crashes on Interstate 86 in the county from 2015 to 2024.