Traffic fatalities in New York

Traffic fatalities in New York was 1,101 in 2024, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That is down 1.4% from 2023. That is the 11th highest of 51 states in 2024.

2024, count1,101 Provisional

Change on 2023-1.4%

Rank11th of 51US states ranked

Series high2,6101980

Series low9342019

Traffic fatalities in New York, 1975 to 2024

count. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-06-24.

All 50 values

Period	count
2024	1,101 Provisional
2023	1,117
2022	1,182
2021	1,156
2020	1,045
2019	934
2018	964
2017	1,006
2016	1,041
2015	1,136
2014	1,041
2013	1,202
2012	1,180
2011	1,171
2010	1,201
2009	1,158
2008	1,238
2007	1,332
2006	1,454
2005	1,434
2004	1,495
2003	1,493
2002	1,530
2001	1,564
2000	1,460
1999	1,599
1998	1,514
1997	1,652
1996	1,593
1995	1,679
1994	1,678
1993	1,790
1992	1,815
1991	2,008
1990	2,217
1989	2,260
1988	2,256
1987	2,339
1986	2,121
1985	2,006
1984	2,060
1983	2,077
1982	2,162
1981	2,489
1980	2,610
1979	2,396
1978	2,436
1977	2,336
1976	2,291
1975	2,366

Compared with United States

Place	2024
New York	1,101
United States	39,254

Rankings

US states by traffic fatalities 51 places

Definition

People killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.

A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.

How to cite

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2026). Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states (Traffic fatalities, New York, 1975 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip

MLA 9

Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states, Traffic fatalities, New York, 1975 to 2024. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/new-york. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2026. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. Traffic fatalities, New York, 1975 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/new-york.

Harvard

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2026) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states, Traffic fatalities, New York, 1975 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/new-york (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{National Highway Traffic Safety Administration}},
  title = {{Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states: Traffic fatalities, New York, 1975 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/new-york. Publisher attribution: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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What is the traffic fatalities in New York?

Traffic fatalities in New York was 1,101 in 2024, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That is down 1.4% from 2023. That is the 11th highest of 51 states in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest traffic fatalities in New York?

2,610 in 1980, the highest value since 1975 in this series.

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