Westchester County, New York: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 42 deaths in 39 fatal crashes in Westchester County in 2024.

FARS records 376 deaths in 340 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 3.8 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, Westchester County was number 8 of 62 counties of New York.

Deaths in Westchester County fell by 9.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (416) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (376).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 15.3% of the fatal crashes in Westchester 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 Westchester 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.Westchester County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	42	39	4
2023	39	35	6
2022	37	36	11
2021	42	38	3
2020	44	35	7
2019	24	24	3
2018	26	26	7
2017	34	31	9
2016	37	35	8
2015	51	41	5
2015 to 2024	376	340	63

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 125 (1981)2024: 42

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

Table 2.Westchester County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	42	39
2023	39	35
2022	37	36
2021	42	38
2020	44	35
2019	24	24
2018	26	26
2017	34	31
2016	37	35
2015	51	41
2014	27	27
2013	52	47
2012	35	34
2011	34	31
2010	35	34
2009	45	37
2008	50	48
2007	37	36
2006	56	53
2005	45	43
2004	62	58
2003	51	50
2002	80	70
2001	55	52
2000	62	58
1999	57	53
1998	54	53
1997	57	53
1996	67	61
1995	70	65
1994	60	54
1993	66	58
1992	70	65
1991	82	74
1990	92	83
1989	107	99
1988	111	101
1987	108	99
1986	88	86
1985	88	81
1984	76	69
1983	69	65
1982	87	83
1981	125	115
1980	108	100
1979	86	83
1978	111	98
1977	90	81
1976	80	73
1975	110	102

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.Westchester County beside New York and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Westchester County	New York	United States
2024	4.2	5.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	3.8	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. Westchester County had 1,009,165 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Westchester County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New York
A driver recorded as drinkingof 340 fatal crashes	63	340 fatal crashes	18.5%	20.2%
A speeding-related driverof 340 fatal crashes	111	340 fatal crashes	32.6%	30.9%
No restraint usedof 167 occupant deaths with restraint use known	56	167 occupant deathswith restraint use known	33.5%	38.5%
Pedestriansof 376 deaths	99	376 deaths	26.3%	26.3%
Bicyclistsof 376 deaths	1 or 2	376 deaths	0.5%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 376 deaths	68	376 deaths	18.1%	16.4%
On a rural roadof 339 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	339 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	15.3%	30.4%
In the darkof 339 fatal crashes with the condition reported	153	339 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.1%	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.Westchester 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	17	15	19	10	61
Monday	13	5	13	12	43
Tuesday	10	7	7	14	38
Wednesday	5	11	14	8	38
Thursday	8	14	13	15	50
Friday	10	4	21	15	50
Saturday	12	14	14	20	60
All days	75	70	101	94	340

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.Westchester County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New York
Interstate	54	15.9%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	86	25.4%	6.9%
Other principal arterial	85	25.1%	29.1%
Minor arterial	51	15.0%	19.6%
Major collector	8	2.4%	9.5%
Minor collector	4	1.2%	2.9%
Local	51	15.0%	24.6%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Westchester County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	170
Dark, not lighted	76
Dark, lighted	77
Dawn	4
Dusk	12
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Westchester County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	222
Cloudy	76
Rain	30
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Westchester County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Westchester	In all of New York
Interstate 87	Interstate	14	142
Interstate 95	Interstate	9	49
State Route 9A	State highway	8	20
State Route 22	State highway	5	53
State Route 27	State highway	1 or 2	167
State Route 907H	State highway	8	24
State Route 907M	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 987C	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 987G	State highway	18	42
US Route 6	US highway	6	41
US Route 9	US highway	13	118
US Route 202	US highway	12	24

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.Westchester 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
Westchester County: 3.8

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 Westchester County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Fairfield County	Connecticut	57	516	5.5
Bergen County	New Jersey	42	368	3.9
Bronx County	New York	52	447	3.1
Nassau County	New York	65	771	5.6
Putnam County	New York	9	67	6.8
Rockland County	New York	17	158	4.7

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 Westchester 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 Westchester in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 416 deaths in Westchester County from 2005 to 2014. It records 376 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Westchester in 2024?

The rate of Westchester County in 2024 was 4.2 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 Westchester had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 63 of 340 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 Westchester?

12 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 96 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.