Correction — September 18, 2026: The previous 458-record analysis mixed news, police and traffic monitoring records. We withdraw its implied count of distinct DWI crashes and the conclusions drawn from it. The original URL and publication record are retained.
A DWI arrest report, a charge filed later and a report of a collision are different observations. Several reports can concern one incident, and an arrest does not by itself establish that a crash occurred or that intoxication caused it.
Before publishing a local DWI crash rate, we need distinct crash cases, a defined alcohol-involvement measure, a clear treatment of missing or estimated blood-alcohol data, and a matching travel denominator. Our monitoring feed does not provide that combination.
The available county and road fatal-crash data provides a separate, documented all-cause baseline. It should not be relabeled as a count of DWI convictions or alcohol-caused crashes.
How to read these records
The figures cover 2010–2024, not 2026. The downloaded 2024 files were labeled preliminary when retrieved on September 17, 2026. A fatal crash and a person killed are different units: a single crash can kill more than one person.
NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System records qualifying fatal traffic crashes. It does not provide a census of every injury, breakdown or lane closure. Our tables count distinct year-and-case identifiers and retain the reported fatalities.
The full road report and downloadable data explain county limits, road assignment and missing coordinates. These are historical counts, without a denominator for miles driven, trips or traffic volume. They cannot establish the safest route or the chance of a crash on a particular trip.
For present conditions, check 511NY and posted restrictions. Historical counts do not establish whether a road is open now.