I-90 truck accidents in New York (2020-2024)

I-90 truck accident deaths in New York by year

The annual truck accident death counts on I-90 in New York moved from 10 in 2020 to 3 in 2021, then rose to 5 in 2022 and 8 in 2023 before falling to 4 in 2024. For deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020 was the highest year and 2021 was the lowest. These annual figures count deaths, rather than the number of fatal truck crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All deaths assigned to the route followed the same direction of change: 17 in 2020 fell to 6 in 2021, rose to 7 in 2022 and 11 in 2023, then fell to 6 in 2024. The highest all-route count was in 2020. The lowest count was shared by 2021 and 2024, each recording 6 deaths.^{[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-90 in New York

Truck accident deaths assigned to I-90 in New York occurred in 11 counties. Among the listed rows, Monroe County and Genesee County share the highest death count, each with 5 deaths and 16.7% of the state segment total. Erie County and Albany County each recorded 4 deaths and 13.3%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Seneca County and Chautauqua County each recorded 3 deaths and 10.0%, while Ontario County recorded 2 and 6.7%. Herkimer County, Madison County and Columbia County each recorded 1 death and 3.3%, tying for the lowest death count among the listed rows. These county figures identify crash locations on the assigned segment, not where the people killed lived.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-90 happened

For I-90 in New York, rear-end truck crashes accounted for 12 deaths, or 40.0%; angle (side impact) recorded 2 and 6.7%; head-on recorded 1 and 3.3%; and sideswipe recorded 0 and 0.0%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 15 deaths and 50.0%. It describes a first harmful event other than collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as striking a parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Daytime recorded 17 truck accident deaths and 56.7%, versus nighttime's 13 and 43.3%. Urban and rural locations each recorded 15 deaths and 50.0%. Work-zone deaths numbered 5. Each classification counts people killed in qualifying crashes, not trucks or crashes; the manner-of-collision figures describe the first harmful event rather than every event within a crash.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-90 in other states

Across I-90, the supplied route-wide count is 187 deaths in large-truck crashes, with deaths recorded in 13 states during 2020 to 2024. New York's 30 deaths represent 16.0% of that route-wide total. The listed other state segments are Montana, with 41 deaths, and South Dakota, with 22. Montana has the highest large-truck death count among the listed other-state rows; South Dakota has the lowest.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These other-state entries are a subset, not the full route-wide record. The 187 deaths are supplied separately and should not be replaced by a sum of the displayed segments. Comparing these truck accident counts does not establish traffic-adjusted risk rankings or relative risk per trip or mile.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

The I-90 New York truck accident record uses NHTSA's FARS, a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. State and county counts follow crash location, not residence. Crash-level route signing and trafficway identifiers assign crashes to I-90; they do not establish its full geographic extent in New York.^[8][6][7]

Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. Readers using the phrase "truck accident lawyer" should keep the death counts distinct from fatal-crash counts. The 2020 to 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. Figures for 2024 use the Annual Report File and can change when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File. These file distinctions apply to the reported New York corridor statistics.^[8][6][7]

See also

• I-90 truck accidents in Montana (2020-2024)
• I-90 truck accidents in South Dakota (2020-2024)

On related publications

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