Long Island Expressway (I-495) accidents in Huntington, NY

What our records show

The Long Island Expressway (I-495) runs through Huntington as one of the 71-mile primary expressways serving Suffolk County, carrying roughly 200,000 vehicles per day. The posted speed limit is 55 mph. The route stretches from Queens Midtown Tunnel (Manhattan) to Riverhead (Suffolk County), with Huntington sitting along that spine. Locally, drivers know it as LIE or The Expressway.

Our database has logged 3 incidents on Long Island Expressway within Huntington, including 1 major cases. No fatalities have been recorded in the incidents we track for this stretch. The most recent report we published involved Large Sinkhole Closes Two Westbound LIE Lanes at Exit 49 on May 14, 2026. On average, we've seen roughly 3.0 reported crashes per month on this stretch during the period covered by our archive.

Inside Huntington, Long Island Expressway intersects with or runs parallel to several other high-volume routes — Route 25A North Shore, Route 110, LIE — so many crashes on this corridor originate at exits and interchanges rather than along open stretches. That pattern matches what we see in the incident reports below, which cluster around entry and exit ramps feeding those surface streets.

Town context matters because accidents here don't unfold in isolation. Huntington is home to about 202,377 residents and falls under SCPD 2nd Precinct. Serious injuries from Long Island Expressway crashes are typically triaged to Huntington Hospital (Northwell Health). Below you'll find every incident on this stretch we've covered, newest first.