Long Island road deaths: the federal fatal-crash record, 2010–2024
A source-backed comparison of recorded fatal crashes on Long Island road corridors, with annual counts, definitions and limits.
What the records show
The factbook extract contains 3,099 fatal crashes and 3,302 deaths across Nassau and Suffolk counties from 2010 through 2024. We group the federal records by road corridor and link each corridor to its annual breakdown. The extract was retrieved 2026-09-17; its 2024 records are preliminary.
A fatal crash and a death are different units: one crash can kill more than one person. FARS covers crashes on public trafficways in which someone dies within 30 days. It does not count all injury crashes, property-damage crashes, disabled vehicles or arrests.
| Corridor and geographic scope | Fatal crashes | Deaths | Pedestrian deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Highway (NY 27 west of Shinnecock Hills) | 205 | 213 | 80 |
| New York Route 25 (Jericho Turnpike, Middle Country Road and Main Road) | 167 | 182 | 54 |
| Southern State Parkway | 140 | 169 | 7 |
| the Long Island Expressway (I-495) | 110 | 120 | 24 |
| Montauk Highway (NY 27A, County Routes 80 and 85, and NY 27 east of Shinnecock Hills) | 106 | 115 | 32 |
| New York Route 25A (Northern Boulevard and the North Shore road) | 81 | 85 | 21 |
| Hempstead Turnpike (NY 24 in Nassau County) | 59 | 65 | 34 |
| Northern State Parkway | 51 | 60 | 2 |
| New York Route 110 (Broad Hollow Road and New York Avenue) | 51 | 51 | 35 |
| Meadowbrook State Parkway | 33 | 42 | 5 |
| Wantagh State Parkway | 29 | 33 | 2 |
| Sagtikos State Parkway | 13 | 14 | 1 |
| Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway | 14 | 14 | 2 |
| Sunken Meadow State Parkway | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| Robert Moses Causeway | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Ocean Parkway | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Bethpage State Parkway | 2 | 2 | 1 |
More deaths does not establish a higher risk per journey
This table orders absolute death counts. Longer and busier corridors expose more people to travel. Without comparable vehicle miles traveled and pedestrian/bicycle exposure, these figures cannot establish the 'most dangerous' road, an individual's chance of a crash, or the safest route. Road length alone is not an adequate denominator.
How to check a number
- Open the linked road hub for annual figures and the recorded community breakdown.
- Use the fixed aggregate extract to reproduce this table. It records its source and retrieval date.
- Consult NHTSA's original FARS files for crash records, coding and revisions. Our road attribution uses the recorded road name/route and geographic constraints described in the factbook methodology.
These named corridors are a subset of county crashes. An unassigned road is not silently allocated to a corridor. County totals therefore do not equal the sum of this table. Community geographies can overlap and their figures must not be added together.
County totals for context
| County | Fatal crashes | Deaths | Crashes without usable coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nassau | 1,148 | 1,222 | 42 |
| Suffolk | 1,951 | 2,080 | 97 |
For place-based detail, see the community fatal-crash record. For interpretation, see why we do not name a 'safest town' from these counts.