Wayne County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Wayne County in 2024.

FARS records 106 deaths in 99 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.7 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, Wayne County was number 26 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Wayne County rose by 3.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (102) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (106).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 75.8% of the fatal crashes in Wayne 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 Wayne 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.Wayne County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	9	0
2023	13	12	1 or 2
2022	8	7	4
2021	7	7	1 or 2
2020	14	13	4
2019	8	7	3
2018	13	13	1 or 2
2017	9	7	1 or 2
2016	12	12	0
2015	13	12	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	106	99	20

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 44 (1980)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Wayne County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	9
2023	13	12
2022	8	7
2021	7	7
2020	14	13
2019	8	7
2018	13	13
2017	9	7
2016	12	12
2015	13	12
2014	10	10
2013	10	9
2012	11	11
2011	9	9
2010	8	8
2009	6	6
2008	11	11
2007	11	9
2006	12	11
2005	14	14
2004	17	15
2003	12	12
2002	15	14
2001	23	22
2000	11	11
1999	12	9
1998	16	15
1997	21	16
1996	14	12
1995	22	20
1994	17	15
1993	18	16
1992	19	15
1991	15	15
1990	16	14
1989	17	15
1988	22	17
1987	16	12
1986	27	22
1985	18	18
1984	19	15
1983	23	19
1982	25	22
1981	24	22
1980	44	39
1979	17	17
1978	22	20
1977	22	20
1976	19	18
1975	20	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.Wayne County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Wayne County	New York	United States
2024	9.9	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.7	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. Wayne County had 90,988 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Wayne County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 99 fatal crashes	20	99 fatal crashes	20.2%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 99 fatal crashes	35	99 fatal crashes	35.4%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 68 occupant deaths with restraint use known	30	68 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.1%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 106 deaths	15	106 deaths	14.2%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 106 deaths	1 or 2	106 deaths	0.9%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 106 deaths	19	106 deaths	17.9%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 99 fatal crashes with the condition reported	75	99 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	75.8%	30.4%
In the darkof 99 fatal crashes with the condition reported	33	99 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	33.3%	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.Wayne 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	3	1 or 2	4	9	18
Monday	0	3	7	6	16
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	8	1 or 2	14
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	3	4	9
Thursday	0	1 or 2	7	3	11
Friday	0	4	4	8	16
Saturday	1 or 2	3	7	3	15
All days	6	18	40	35	99

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.Wayne 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	1 or 2	2.0%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	28	28.3%	29.1%
Minor arterial	9	9.1%	19.6%
Major collector	12	12.1%	9.5%
Minor collector	4	4.0%	2.9%
Local	44	44.4%	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.Wayne County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	62
Dark, not lighted	28
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Wayne County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	52
Cloudy	33
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	8
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Wayne County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Wayne	In all of New York
State Route 14	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 31	State highway	14	73
State Route 104	State highway	18	83

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.Wayne 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
Wayne County: 11.7

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 Wayne 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
Monroe County	New York	47	449	6.0
Ontario County	New York	10	115	10.4
Seneca County	New York	3	45	13.4

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 Wayne 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 Wayne in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 102 deaths in Wayne County from 2005 to 2014. It records 106 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Wayne in 2024?

The rate of Wayne County in 2024 was 9.9 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 Wayne had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 20 of 99 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 Wayne?

FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 14 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 14 fatal crashes on State Route 31 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 18 fatal crashes on State Route 104 in the county from 2015 to 2024.