Washington County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Washington County in 2024.

FARS records 75 deaths in 71 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.3 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, Washington County was number 34 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Washington County fell by 19.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (93) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (75).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 83.1% of the fatal crashes in Washington 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 Washington 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.Washington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	7	1 or 2
2023	10	9	1 or 2
2022	11	11	1 or 2
2021	7	7	3
2020	5	4	1 or 2
2019	6	6	1 or 2
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	3	3	1 or 2
2016	8	7	1 or 2
2015	10	10	3
2015 to 2024	75	71	15

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (1987)2024: 8

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

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

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.Washington County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Washington County	New York	United States
2024	13.4	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.3	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. Washington County had 59,822 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Washington 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	15	71 fatal crashes	21.1%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 71 fatal crashes	29	71 fatal crashes	40.8%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 48 occupant deaths with restraint use known	17	48 occupant deathswith restraint use known	35.4%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 75 deaths	6	75 deaths	8.0%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 75 deaths	1 or 2	75 deaths	1.3%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 75 deaths	18	75 deaths	24.0%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 71 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	71 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	83.1%	30.4%
In the darkof 71 fatal crashes with the condition reported	24	71 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	33.8%	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.Washington 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	0	5	1 or 2	6	12
Monday	0	1 or 2	5	0	7
Tuesday	0	4	1 or 2	5	11
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	5	1 or 2	11
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	3	9
Friday	0	1 or 2	7	4	12
Saturday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	9
All days	4	20	26	21	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.Washington 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	0	0.0%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	16	22.5%	29.1%
Minor arterial	12	16.9%	19.6%
Major collector	12	16.9%	9.5%
Minor collector	11	15.5%	2.9%
Local	20	28.2%	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.Washington County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	45
Dark, not lighted	21
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Washington County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	36
Cloudy	24
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 Washington County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Washington	In all of New York
State Route 22	State highway	11	53
State Route 32	State highway	1 or 2	42
US Route 4	US highway	10	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.Washington 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
Washington County: 12.3

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 Washington County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Essex County	New York	6	39	10.5
Rensselaer County	New York	13	95	5.9
Saratoga County	New York	14	166	7.1
Warren County	New York	9	67	10.3
Addison County	Vermont	5	46	12.3
Bennington County	Vermont	4	41	11.2
Rutland County	Vermont	6	74	12.4

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

FARS records 93 deaths in Washington County from 2005 to 2014. It records 75 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Washington in 2024?

The rate of Washington County in 2024 was 13.4 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 Washington had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 15 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 Washington?

FARS records 11 fatal crashes on State Route 22 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 32 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 10 fatal crashes on US Route 4 in the county from 2015 to 2024.