Ulster County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 23 deaths in 21 fatal crashes in Ulster County in 2024.

FARS records 169 deaths in 153 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.4 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, Ulster County was number 16 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Ulster County fell by 21.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (216) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (169).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 54.9% of the fatal crashes in Ulster 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 Ulster 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.Ulster County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	23	21	3
2023	14	14	3
2022	16	16	4
2021	12	12	1 or 2
2020	22	19	3
2019	17	15	1 or 2
2018	13	12	4
2017	22	20	3
2016	14	13	3
2015	16	11	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	169	153	27

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 60 (1988)2024: 23

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

Table 2.Ulster County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	23	21
2023	14	14
2022	16	16
2021	12	12
2020	22	19
2019	17	15
2018	13	12
2017	22	20
2016	14	13
2015	16	11
2014	12	11
2013	24	21
2012	11	11
2011	14	14
2010	22	20
2009	14	14
2008	25	25
2007	34	33
2006	32	30
2005	28	25
2004	28	26
2003	26	25
2002	23	20
2001	37	31
2000	26	22
1999	27	23
1998	26	24
1997	19	17
1996	22	21
1995	26	25
1994	31	21
1993	30	26
1992	23	23
1991	22	22
1990	43	41
1989	32	28
1988	60	48
1987	54	44
1986	45	39
1985	39	35
1984	46	39
1983	40	35
1982	26	24
1981	46	39
1980	53	51
1979	42	42
1978	47	41
1977	26	25
1976	53	41
1975	33	33

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.Ulster County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Ulster County	New York	United States
2024	12.6	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.4	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. Ulster County had 183,095 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Ulster County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 153 fatal crashes	27	153 fatal crashes	17.6%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 153 fatal crashes	39	153 fatal crashes	25.5%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 104 occupant deaths with restraint use known	37	104 occupant deathswith restraint use known	35.6%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 169 deaths	20	169 deaths	11.8%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 169 deaths	7	169 deaths	4.1%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 169 deaths	30	169 deaths	17.8%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 153 fatal crashes with the condition reported	84	153 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.9%	30.4%
In the darkof 153 fatal crashes with the condition reported	57	153 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.3%	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.Ulster 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	5	5	8	6	24
Monday	1 or 2	6	9	6	22
Tuesday	3	6	13	6	28
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	8	7	21
Thursday	1 or 2	7	8	5	21
Friday	1 or 2	3	7	9	20
Saturday	4	3	5	5	17
All days	17	34	58	44	153

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.Ulster County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	8	5.2%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	3	2.0%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	62	40.5%	29.1%
Minor arterial	19	12.4%	19.6%
Major collector	15	9.8%	9.5%
Minor collector	10	6.5%	2.9%
Local	36	23.5%	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.Ulster County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	91
Dark, not lighted	40
Dark, lighted	16
Dawn	0
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Ulster County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	95
Cloudy	33
Rain	17
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
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 Ulster County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Ulster	In all of New York
Interstate 84	Interstate	1 or 2	43
Interstate 87	Interstate	6	142
State Route 28	State highway	10	27
State Route 32	State highway	11	42
State Route 52	State highway	6	30
US Route 9W	US highway	24	65
US Route 44	US highway	11	27
US Route 209	US highway	11	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.Ulster 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
Ulster County: 9.4

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 Ulster County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Columbia County	New York	5	82	13.5
Delaware County	New York	13	67	15.0
Dutchess County	New York	36	242	8.2
Greene County	New York	7	73	15.4
Orange County	New York	39	324	8.2
Sullivan County	New York	18	116	15.0

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 Ulster 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 Ulster in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 216 deaths in Ulster County from 2005 to 2014. It records 169 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Ulster in 2024?

The rate of Ulster County in 2024 was 12.6 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 Ulster had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 27 of 153 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 Ulster?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 80 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.