Tompkins County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 74 deaths in 71 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.2 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, Tompkins County was number 36 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Tompkins County fell by 15.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (88) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (74).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 67.6% of the fatal crashes in Tompkins 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 Tompkins 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.Tompkins 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	9	8	0
2022	5	5	1 or 2
2021	9	9	1 or 2
2020	6	6	3
2019	7	7	1 or 2
2018	3	3	1 or 2
2017	8	7	1 or 2
2016	10	10	1 or 2
2015	13	12	0
2015 to 2024	74	71	11

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1987)2024: 4

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

Table 2.Tompkins County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	9	8
2022	5	5
2021	9	9
2020	6	6
2019	7	7
2018	3	3
2017	8	7
2016	10	10
2015	13	12
2014	8	6
2013	8	7
2012	14	10
2011	7	6
2010	12	11
2009	7	7
2008	9	9
2007	7	7
2006	7	7
2005	9	9
2004	14	12
2003	9	8
2002	10	8
2001	7	7
2000	6	6
1999	7	5
1998	6	6
1997	12	11
1996	14	12
1995	13	12
1994	14	13
1993	10	9
1992	5	5
1991	10	9
1990	16	14
1989	17	14
1988	17	16
1987	25	19
1986	9	9
1985	11	11
1984	12	11
1983	10	10
1982	15	14
1981	20	18
1980	8	8
1979	21	17
1978	18	17
1977	24	21
1976	18	17
1975	23	18

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.Tompkins County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Tompkins County	New York	United States
2024	3.8	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.2	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. Tompkins County had 104,394 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Tompkins County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 71 fatal crashes	11	71 fatal crashes	15.5%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 71 fatal crashes	15	71 fatal crashes	21.1%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 44 occupant deaths with restraint use known	10	44 occupant deathswith restraint use known	22.7%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 74 deaths	21	74 deaths	28.4%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 74 deaths	3	74 deaths	4.1%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 74 deaths	1 or 2	74 deaths	2.7%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 71 fatal crashes with the condition reported	48	71 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	67.6%	30.4%
In the darkof 71 fatal crashes with the condition reported	27	71 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.0%	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.Tompkins 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Tuesday	0	3	5	5	13
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	8	15
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	3	9
Friday	0	1 or 2	6	4	11
Saturday	3	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	10
All days	7	14	25	25	71

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.Tompkins 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	3	4.2%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	11	15.5%	29.1%
Minor arterial	20	28.2%	19.6%
Major collector	10	14.1%	9.5%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.8%	2.9%
Local	25	35.2%	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.Tompkins County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	41
Dark, not lighted	23
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	0
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Tompkins County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	39
Cloudy	20
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Tompkins County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Tompkins	In all of New York
State Route 13	State highway	11	29
State Route 34	State highway	6	22
State Route 96	State highway	6	33

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.Tompkins 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
Tompkins County: 7.2

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 Tompkins County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cayuga County	New York	9	68	8.9
Chemung County	New York	9	75	9.0
Cortland County	New York	4	43	9.1
Schuyler County	New York	3	22	12.4
Seneca County	New York	3	45	13.4
Tioga County	New York	10	63	13.0

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

FARS records 88 deaths in Tompkins County from 2005 to 2014. It records 74 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Tompkins in 2024?

The rate of Tompkins County in 2024 was 3.8 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 Tompkins had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 11 of 71 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 Tompkins?

FARS records 11 fatal crashes on State Route 13 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 6 fatal crashes on State Route 34 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 6 fatal crashes on State Route 96 in the county from 2015 to 2024.