I-87 truck accidents in New York (2020-2024)

I-87 truck accident deaths in New York by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-87 in New York were 8 in 2020, 7 in 2021, 5 in 2022, 6 in 2023 and 6 in 2024. The highest large-truck death count was 8 in 2020; the lowest was 5 in 2022. Counts fell from 2020 to 2021 and from 2021 to 2022, then rose in 2023. The 2023 and 2024 counts were equal.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All-route deaths were 18 in 2020, 19 in 2021, 18 in 2022, 14 in 2023 and 27 in 2024. The highest all-route count occurred in 2024 and the lowest in 2023. The 2020 and 2022 totals tied. Unlike the unchanged truck accident death count, all-route deaths rose from 14 in 2023 to 27 in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Crashes are placed on the route by the trafficway identifier recorded for each fatal crash. 2024 is the Annual Report File.

Counties along I-87 in New York

Truck accident deaths assigned to I-87 in New York occurred in 9 counties. Among the listed rows, Orange County and Bronx County tied for the highest death count, each with 6 and 18.8%. Rockland County recorded 5 deaths and 15.6%. Saratoga County and Ulster County each recorded 4 and 12.5%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Albany County had 3 deaths and 9.4%; Westchester County had 2 and 6.2%. Warren County and Essex County each had 1 and 3.1%, tying for the lowest death count among the listed rows. These shares use the state's route total. County assignments describe truck accident locations, not the residences of people who died.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-87 happened

Rear-end crashes accounted for 16 truck accident deaths and 50.0%, the largest death count among the listed rows. Angle (side impact) and sideswipe crashes each accounted for 2 and 6.2%. Head-on crashes recorded 0 and 0.0%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 12 and 37.5%. It means the first harmful event was not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Daytime truck accident deaths numbered 11, or 34.4%, compared with nighttime's 21 and 65.6%. Urban locations recorded 27 deaths and 84.4%; rural locations recorded 5 and 15.6%. Work-zone deaths numbered 1. These classifications count deaths in I-87 large-truck crashes in New York, rather than trucks or fatal crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-87 in other states

Across all states, the supplied I-87 total was 32 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024. New York's 32 represented 100.0% of that route-wide large-truck death total. The packet identifies 2 states with deaths on the route; that measure is distinct from the large-truck death count.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The other-state table supplies the threshold label "No other state segment met the threshold" with 0, rather than a named state segment for comparison. Its listed rows are a subset, and the route-wide total is supplied separately. These truck accident counts are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings. They provide no population or mileage rates and cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

For I-87 in New York, FARS supplies fatal motor vehicle traffic crash records, excluding nonfatal crashes and injuries. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. Truck accident counts follow recorded crash locations, not residence. Crash-level route signing and trafficway identifiers assign records to I-87 without establishing its full geographic extent.^[8][6][7]

Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should distinguish deaths from fatal crashes when reading these I-87 New York counts. The 2020 to 2023 records are Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File remains revisable when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File.^[8][6][7]

See also

On related publications

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