NYS DMV - Statistics - Accident Frequency Rate of Counties According to Population and Vehicle Registrations (1998)

County Population** % Vehicle Registrations % Fatal Accidents % Personal Injury Accidents % Deaths % Injuries % Property Damage Accidents % Total Reportable Accidents %
Albany 292,586 1.6 204,092 2.0 19 1.4 2,989 1.6 20 1.3 4,276 1.5 3,278 2.7 6,286 2.1
Allegany 50,997 0.3 34,595 0.3 6 0.4 299 0.2 6 0.4 423 0.2 364 0.3 669 0.2
Broome 196,545 1.1 150,504 1.5 22 1.6 1,594 0.9 23 1.5 1,594 0.6 1,966 1.6 3,582 1.2
Cattaraugus 85,086 0.5 60,391 0.6 10 0.7 616 0.3 11 0.7 926 0.3 427 0.3 1,053 0.3
Cayuga 81,264 0.4 58,990 0.6 8 0.6 609 0.3 10 0.7 932 0.3 627 0.5 1,244 0.4
Chautauqua 138,103 0.8 100,548 1.0 15 1.1 1,074 0.6 17 1.1 1,522 0.5 1,468 1.2 2,557 0.8
Chemung 92,021 0.5 66,697 0.7 8 0.6 697 0.4 8 0.5 1,043 0.4 599 0.5 1,304 0.4
Chenango 51,052 0.3 40,939 0.4 5 0.4 370 0.2 5 0.3 548 0.2 549 0.4 924 0.3
Clinton 79,970 0.4 58,979 0.6 6 0.4 621 0.3 7 0.5 975 0.3 628 0.5 1,255 0.4
Columbia 63,221 0.3 53,455 0.5 14 1.0 557 0.3 14 0.9 817 0.3 737 0.6 1,308 0.4
Cortland 48,033 0.3 34,597 0.3 7 0.5 392 0.2 7 0.5 586 0.2 731 0.6 1,130 0.4
Delaware 46,086 0.3 43,377 0.4 6 0.4 371 0.2 7 0.5 576 0.2 521 0.4 898 0.3
Dutchess 265,317 1.5 215,584 2.1 27 1.9 2,646 1.5 27 1.8 4,004 1.4 3,142 2.5 5,815 1.9
Erie 934,471 5.1 654,333 6.4 75 5.4 7,709 4.2 82 5.4 11,668 4.2 5,666 4.6 13,450 4.4
Essex 37,548 0.2 30,725 0.3 5 0.4 315 0.2 5 0.3 455 0.2 333 0.3 653 0.2
Franklin 48,582 0.3 35,082 0.3 2 0.1 371 0.2 2 0.1 570 0.2 401 0.3 774 0.3
Fulton 52,914 0.3 42,740 0.4 5 0.4 451 0.2 6 0.4 676 0.2 543 0.4 999 0.3
Genesee 60,654 0.3 48,993 0.5 11 0.8 578 0.3 12 0.8 865 0.3 977 0.8 1,566 0.5
Greene 47,807 0.3 42,992 0.4 9 0.6 374 0.2 10 0.7 575 0.2 493 0.4 876 0.3
Hamilton 5,193 * 5,748 0.1 3 0.2 39 * 4 0.3 60 * 76 0.1 118 *
Herkimer 64,049 0.4 47,439 0.5 6 0.4 400 0.2 6 0.4 610 0.2 434 0.4 840 0.3
Jefferson 111,050 0.6 77,130 0.8 11 0.8 788 0.4 12 0.8 1,155 0.4 1,021 0.8 1,820 0.6
Lewis 27,494 0.2 21,309 0.2 5 0.4 157 0.1 7 0.5 231 0.1 291 0.2 453 0.1
Livingston 66,000 0.4 50,234 0.5 8 0.6 427 0.2 8 0.5 644 0.2 884 0.7 1,319 0.4
Madison 71,069 0.4 52,469 0.5 17 1.2 492 0.3 20 1.3 758 0.3 690 0.6 1,199 0.4
Monroe 716,072 3.9 537,428 5.3 36 2.6 6,036 3.3 38 2.5 8,536 3.1 9,207 7.5 15,279 5.0
Montgomery 50,755 0.3 39,706 0.4 6 0.4 441 0.2 6 0.4 647 0.2 573 0.5 1,020 0.3
Nassau 1,302,220 7.2 958,176 9.4 101 7.2 16,933 9.3 103 6.8 25,958 9.3 16,066 13.0 33,100 10.8
Niagara 218,070 1.2 163,925 1.6 21 1.5 1,714 0.9 21 1.4 2,595 0.9 1,563 1.3 3,298 1.1
Oneida 230,628 1.3 166,119 1.6 16 1.1 2,189 1.2 20 1.3 3,172 1.1 2,563 2.1 4,768 1.6
Onondaga 458,301 2.5 334,120 3.3 37 2.7 4,540 2.5 41 2.7 6,695 2.4 5,574 4.5 10,151 3.3
Ontario 99,662 0.5 82,737 0.8 17 1.2 762 0.4 19 1.3 1,143 0.4 1,943 1.6 2,722 0.9
Orange 329,220 1.8 242,495 2.4 31 2.2 3,364 1.9 36 2.4 5,214 1.9 3,471 2.8 6,866 2.2
Orleans 44,518 0.2 32,703 0.3 10 0.7 290 0.2 10 0.7 429 0.2 430 0.3 730 0.2
Oswego 124,006 0.7 92,389 0.9 23 1.6 1,017 0.6 31 2.1 1,517 0.5 1,425 1.2 2,465 0.8
Otsego 60,788 0.3 47,359 0.5 10 0.7 478 0.3 11 0.7 709 0.3 777 0.6 1,265 0.4
Putnam 93,358 0.5 82,563 0.8 12 0.9 910 0.5 12 0.8 1,432 0.5 1,014 0.8 1,936 0.6
Rensselaer 152,689 0.8 112,715 1.1 18 1.3 1,219 0.7 23 1.5 1,821 0.7 1,205 1.0 2,442 0.8
Rockland 281,338 1.5 203,366 2.0 26 1.9 2,849 1.6 29 1.9 4,429 1.6 2,404 1.9 5,279 1.7
St. Lawrence 113,688 0.6 80,286 0.8 16 1.1 684 0.4 17 1.1 1,175 0.4 1,062 0.9 1,762 0.6
Saratoga 197,606 1.1 158,958 1.6 19 1.4 1,380 0.8 20 1.3 2,078 0.7 1,238 1.0 2,637 0.9
Schenectady 145,530 0.8 115,186 1.1 6 0.4 1,122 0.6 8 0.5 1,563 0.6 1,434 1.2 2,562 0.8
Schoharie 32,438 0.2 27,045 0.3 8 0.6 224 0.1 9 0.6 336 0.1 290 0.2 522 0.2
Schuyler 19,125 0.1 15,748 0.2 1 0.1 122 0.1 1 0.1 176 0.1 55 * 178 0.1
Seneca 31,943 0.2 26,733 0.3 6 0.4 233 0.1 8 0.5 351 0.1 506 0.4 745 0.2
Steuben 97,950 0.5 77,158 0.8 9 0.6 648 0.4 9 0.6 943 0.3 744 0.6 1,401 0.5
Suffolk 1,371,269 7.5 1,093,621 10.7 162 11.6 14,974 8.2 180 12.0 23,236 8.3 14,506 11.8 29,642 9.7
Sullivan 69,111 0.4 60,133 0.6 17 1.2 716 0.4 20 1.3 1,174 0.4 598 0.5 1,331 0.4
Tioga 52,477 0.3 41,763 0.4 4 0.3 318 0.2 4 0.3 484 0.2 564 0.5 886 0.3
Tompkins 96,020 0.5 59,915 0.6 6 0.4 623 0.3 6 0.4 933 0.3 972 0.8 1,601 0.5
Ulster 166,351 0.9 141,895 1.4 20 1.4 1,767 1.0 21 1.4 2,722 1.0 1,591 1.3 3,378 1.1
Warren 61,261 0.3 52,648 0.5 3 0.2 682 0.4 3 0.2 1,001 0.4 954 0.8 1,639 0.5
Washington 60,481 0.3 47,028 0.5 11 0.8 433 0.2 11 0.7 686 0.2 491 0.4 935 0.3
Wayne 94,977 0.5 79,934 0.8 14 1.0 690 0.4 15 1.0 1,071 0.4 845 0.7 1,549 0.5
Westchester 897,920 4.9 630,956 6.2 52 3.7 8,647 4.8 53 3.5 12,405 4.4 7,615 6.2 16,314 5.3
Wyoming 44,049 0.2 33,692 0.3 10 0.7 311 0.2 10 0.7 484 0.2 423 0.3 744 0.2
Yates 24,202 0.1 18,994 0.2 0 * 115 0.1 0 * 189 0.1 57 * 172 0.1
Out-of-state     141,240 1.4                        
Upstate Total 10,755,135 59.2 8,089,436 79.5 1,038 74.4 101,367 55.8 1,131 75.1 151,793 54.4 109,006 88.4 211,411 69.0
County
Unknown		     317 *                        
 
Bronx 1,195,599 6.6 252,189 2.5 49 3.5 11,071 6.1 50 3.3 17,713 6.4 2,152 1.7 13,272 4.3
Kings 2,267,942 12.5 463,637 4.6 115 8.2 26,721 14.7 119 7.9 43,437 15.6 3,246 2.6 30,082 9.8
New York 1,550,649 8.5 239,308 2.4 59 4.2 15,243 8.4 60 4.0 22,119 7.9 2,874 2.3 18,176 5.9
Queens 1,998,853 11.0 754,729 7.4 112 8.0 23,160 12.7 119 7.9 37,209 13.3 5,002 4.1 28,274 9.2
Richmond 407,123 2.2 232,790 2.3 22 1.6 4,204 2.3 26 1.7 6,669 2.4 1,092 0.9 5,318 1.7
 
N.Y. City Total 7,420,166 40.8 1,942,653 19.1 357 25.6 80,399 44.2 374 24.9 127,147 45.6 14,366 11.6 95,122 31.0
 
Statewide Total 18,175,301 100.0 10,173,646 100.0 1,395 100.0 181,766 100.0 1,505 100.0 278,940 100.0 123,372 100.0 306,533 100.0

* Less than .05%
**Source: US Bureau of the Census

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