Car accident statistics for Queens County, New York (2020-2024)

Car accident deaths in Queens County by year

Car accident deaths in Queens County moved across a range of 67 to 49 between 2020 and 2024. The county recorded 67 deaths in 2020, 50 in 2021, 49 in 2022, 62 in 2023 and 51 in 2024. The year 2020 was the highest of the five, with 2022 the lowest at 49. Measured from 2020 to 2024, car accident deaths were 16 lower, falling from 67 to 51. All traffic deaths followed their own path over the same years, reaching 84 in 2020 and 63 in 2021 before climbing to 79 in 2023 and settling at 73 in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Deaths within 30 days in crashes on public roads. 2024 figures come from the FARS Annual Report File and can be revised.

Who died in Queens County car accidents

Among the 279 car accident deaths recorded in Queens County from 2020 to 2024, People in cars, SUVs, pickups or vans accounted for 107 deaths, a 38.4% share. People in other vehicles made up 49 deaths, or 17.6%. Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping) accounted for the largest share, with 123 deaths, or 44.1%, a group that under FARS definitions includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants, and which can also include occupants of vehicles that were not in transport, such as parked cars.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

How the fatal car crashes happened

Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounts for the majority of recorded manners of collision in Queens County car accident deaths from 2020 to 2024, with 181 deaths, a 64.9% share. Under FARS definitions, this means the crash's first harmful event was something other than a collision between motor vehicles in transport, such as striking a nonoccupant, a parked vehicle or a fixed object, or a rollover. The other recorded manners of collision were Angle (side impact) with 48 deaths (17.2%), Rear-end with 24 (8.6%), Head-on with 19 (6.8%), Sideswipe with 5 (1.8%), and Other with 2 (0.7%).^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Time of day and setting

Of the 279 car accident deaths recorded in Queens County from 2020 to 2024, Nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 179 deaths, a 64.2% share and the majority, while Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) accounted for 100 deaths, or 35.8%. Every one of the 279 deaths was classified as occurring in an Urban land use setting, with none in a Rural setting. Car accident deaths in crashes that also involved a large truck numbered 9 over the five years, a 3.2% share of all car accident deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Car accident death rate compared with New York and the United States

Queens County's average annual rate of car accident deaths over 2020 to 2024 was 2.4 per 100,000 residents, a figure lower than the New York state rate of 4.7 and lower than the national rate of 10.5. Among the listed neighboring counties, Nassau County, New York recorded a rate of 4.8, Bronx County, New York recorded 2.7, Monmouth County, New Jersey recorded 5.9, and Kings County, New York recorded 1.8, the lowest among the listed neighboring counties. Queens County's rate sits below each neighboring county's rate except Kings County. This rate reflects average annual deaths per 100,000 residents and does not adjust for miles driven or for visitors to the county.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates, so they show deaths per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or for visitors.

Recorded characteristics of all fatal crashes

Looking at all fatal crashes in Queens County, of any vehicle type, recorded characteristics show At an intersection present in 154 deaths, a 42.4% share of all traffic deaths, the largest share among the characteristics listed. Pedestrian involved crashes carried 148 deaths (40.8%), Speeding-related crashes 127 (35.0%), Roadway departure crashes 105 (28.9%), Motorcycle involved crashes 89 (24.5%), Driver distraction reported in 65 (17.9%), Hit-and-run in 57 (15.7%), and In a work zone in 3 (0.8%), the smallest share listed. Since a single crash can carry multiple characteristics, these shares overlap and do not add to 100%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

A crash can carry several characteristics, so the rows overlap and do not add to 100%. These are recorded characteristics, not findings of fault.

About these figures

These figures come from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on public trafficways where a vehicle occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Deaths and crashes are grouped by the county where the crash occurred rather than by where those killed lived, so a reader researching a car accident lawyer in Queens County should note the figures reflect crash location, not residency. Data for 2020 through 2023 come from FARS Final Files, while 2024 data come from the Annual Report File and may be revised. Rates divide five-year deaths by summed annual population estimates to produce an average annual rate per 100,000 residents. FARS covers fatal crashes only, so nonfatal crashes and injuries are not part of these counts.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Car accident statistics for Bronx County, New York (2020-2024)
• Car accident statistics for Kings County, New York (2020-2024)
• Car accident statistics for Monmouth County, New Jersey (2020-2024)
• New York car accident statistics (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Truck accident statistics for Queens County, New York (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)