Sullivan County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 18 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Sullivan County in 2024.

FARS records 116 deaths in 107 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.0 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, Sullivan County was number 23 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Sullivan County fell by 20.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (145) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (116).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 76.6% of the fatal crashes in Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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.Sullivan County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	18	16	4
2023	10	8	6
2022	15	15	4
2021	15	15	5
2020	8	8	1 or 2
2019	9	8	3
2018	13	12	3
2017	6	6	1 or 2
2016	9	9	1 or 2
2015	13	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	116	107	30

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 37 (1980)2024: 18

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

Table 2.Sullivan County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	18	16
2023	10	8
2022	15	15
2021	15	15
2020	8	8
2019	9	8
2018	13	12
2017	6	6
2016	9	9
2015	13	10
2014	13	12
2013	14	12
2012	13	13
2011	13	11
2010	9	9
2009	15	12
2008	15	15
2007	10	9
2006	20	20
2005	23	13
2004	16	14
2003	23	19
2002	14	12
2001	12	11
2000	12	12
1999	10	9
1998	20	16
1997	14	11
1996	11	11
1995	6	6
1994	11	11
1993	9	9
1992	22	19
1991	22	21
1990	18	17
1989	23	17
1988	26	23
1987	22	17
1986	14	14
1985	21	17
1984	12	11
1983	27	25
1982	19	19
1981	17	16
1980	37	30
1979	23	22
1978	26	25
1977	22	20
1976	20	19
1975	14	13

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.Sullivan County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Sullivan County	New York	United States
2024	22.2	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.0	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. Sullivan County had 80,901 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Sullivan County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 107 fatal crashes	30	107 fatal crashes	28.0%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 107 fatal crashes	42	107 fatal crashes	39.3%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 77 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	77 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.6%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 116 deaths	19	116 deaths	16.4%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 116 deaths	1 or 2	116 deaths	1.7%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 116 deaths	13	116 deaths	11.2%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 107 fatal crashes with the condition reported	82	107 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	76.6%	30.4%
In the darkof 107 fatal crashes with the condition reported	37	107 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.6%	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.Sullivan 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	4	3	3	4	14
Monday	1 or 2	6	8	5	21
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	5	1 or 2	12
Wednesday	3	6	5	3	17
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	4	11
Friday	0	9	1 or 2	5	16
Saturday	0	1 or 2	7	8	16
All days	11	30	35	31	107

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.Sullivan County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	0	0.0%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	10	9.3%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	15	14.0%	29.1%
Minor arterial	20	18.7%	19.6%
Major collector	29	27.1%	9.5%
Minor collector	12	11.2%	2.9%
Local	21	19.6%	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.Sullivan County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	59
Dark, not lighted	31
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	9
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Sullivan County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	68
Cloudy	29
Rain	4
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 Sullivan County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Sullivan	In all of New York
State Route 17	State highway	15	58
State Route 52	State highway	10	30
State Route 55	State highway	6	23
US Route 209	US highway	5	21

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.Sullivan 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
Sullivan County: 15.0

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 Sullivan County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Delaware County	New York	13	67	15.0
Orange County	New York	39	324	8.2
Ulster County	New York	23	169	9.4
Pike County	Pennsylvania	10	78	13.4
Wayne County	Pennsylvania	9	86	16.8

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 Sullivan 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 Sullivan in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 145 deaths in Sullivan County from 2005 to 2014. It records 116 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Sullivan in 2024?

The rate of Sullivan County in 2024 was 22.2 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 Sullivan had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 30 of 107 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 Sullivan?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 36 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.