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Nicolls Road Traffic & Accidents

No crashes or closures reported 511NY feed as of 8:59 AM, Nov 12: 0 crashes, 0 closures, 0 active work zones on the Suffolk Nicolls Road. Live details →

Today on the Nicolls Road

511NY as of

No 511NY crash records on the Nicolls Road in the last 24 hours as of 8:59 AM ET. 511NY rarely lists incidents on this road, so an empty list here is not an all-clear.

511 records in 511's own wording, not verified crash counts (one collision can produce more than one record). "Still listed" = in the 511NY feed at the time above. All Long Island roads today

Key facts (as of )

  • Right now: 0 crashes, 0 closures, 0 active work zones on the Suffolk Nicolls Road. Source: 511NY event feed (NYSDOT), feed as of Nov 12, 2026, 8:59 AM ET.

To cite: link this page and give the as-of time shown with the fact.

Nicolls Road Right Now — Suffolk

Thursday, November 12, 8:59 AM: 0 crashes, 0 closures, 0 active work zones on the Suffolk Nicolls Road. Source: 511NY (NYSDOT) event feed; this page is rebuilt through the day, so check the time above.

511NY lists no crashes, closures or active work zones on the Suffolk Nicolls Road (511NY feed as of 8:59 AM, Nov 12).

Today's timeline — Suffolk

No 511NY crash or incident records on the Suffolk Nicolls Road since midnight.

Live data: 511NY. "In effect" = still in the 511 feed at 8:59 AM and inside its posted schedule. Impact labels come from lane closures in the 511 record, not measured delay.

Recent Nicolls Road Reports

No full reports on this road yet. See all Long Island accidents.

Deaths on Nicolls Road, 2010–2024: the federal record

The federal Fatality Analysis Reporting System records 18 deaths in 16 crashes on Nicolls Road (County Route 97) in Nassau and Suffolk counties from 2010 through 2024. 5 of the dead (28%) were pedestrians. 44% of the crashes happened in darkness. These are distinct police-reported fatal crashes, not news reports, and they are separate from the incident tallies elsewhere on this page.

Fatal crashes
16
People killed
18
Pedestrians
5
Bicyclists
0
Motorcyclists
1
Vehicle occupants
12
Deaths on Nicolls Road by year, Nassau and Suffolk counties
1’101’111’120’133’141’151’160’171’182’193’201’213’220’230’24
View the chart as a table
YearFatal crashesDeaths
201011
201111
201211
201300
201433
201511
201611
201700
201811
201922
202033
202111
202213
202300
202400

Where along the road

CommunityCrashesDeaths
Stony Brook University55
Holtsville35
Holbrook33
East Setauket11
Farmingville11
Centereach11
Selden11

Community = the 2020 Census place containing the crash coordinates.

When

  • Of 16 crashes with a recorded time: 6 between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., 4 between 4 and 8 p.m., 5 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., 1 between 6 and 10 a.m.
  • 1 crash killed more than one person.

Counts are not adjusted for traffic volume or length, so they show where deaths occurred, not which road is riskiest per mile driven. Crashes are matched to this road by the name police recorded; service roads are counted separately. 2024 is preliminary. Source: NHTSA FARS, retrieved 2026-09-17. Method · All records (CSV)

About Nicolls Road

Nicolls Road is Suffolk County Route 97 (CR 97). LIT’s LIE exit list describes it as the main north–south route to Stony Brook University and its hospital. The federal fatal-crash records on the road fall in two towns, Brookhaven (11 crashes) and Islip (4), and all 10 of those records that name an owning agency list the county highway agency (NHTSA FARS, 2010–2024).

Interchanges and crossings

  • Long Island Expressway, Exit 62. LIT’s LIE exit list, checked against the NYSDOT I-495 exit list, signs it as “CR 97 (Nicolls Road)” in the Holtsville / Stony Brook area. 511NY files crash records at this exit under the LIE, so they appear on the LIE Exit 62 page.
  • NY 347 (Nesconset Highway). A FARS fatal crash on NY 347 records Nicolls Road as its cross street, and the LIE exit list names NY 347 as a nearby route for Exit 62.

Police-reported cross streets on FARS fatal crashes on Nicolls Road include Shirley Kenny Drive (2 crashes), South Drive, Hammond Road and Colin Drive (1 each), NHTSA FARS 2010–2024.

Where the federal record places its fatal crashes

By 2020 Census place, 5 were in the Stony Brook University CDP, 3 in Holtsville, 3 in Holbrook, and 1 each in East Setauket, Farmingville, Centereach and Selden (NHTSA FARS 2010–2024, placed by the reported crash coordinates). The full breakdown by year, time of day and road user is in the federal-record section above.

Not the Deer Park street

511NY also uses the name Nicolls Road for a street in the Town of Babylon (its NY 231 work-zone records run to “Nicolls Road (Babylon)”). That road is not CR 97 and is not covered here.

What this page can and cannot show

  • Live 511NY conditions. 511NY rarely lists Nicolls Road as an event’s road; incidents at the LIE interchange are filed under the LIE. An empty live section means 511NY has nothing posted under Nicolls Road, not that the road is clear.
  • LIT incident reports. The reports list shows Long Island Traffic articles tagged to this road. Some earlier Nicolls Road stories were published without a road tag and do not appear there yet; the recent coverage below links to them directly.
  • Federal fatal-crash record. NHTSA FARS, 2010–2024, matched to this road by the road name or route number police recorded. 2024 is preliminary.

Recent Editorial Coverage

Long Island Traffic reports on Nicolls Road crashes:

For every Long Island crash report, see /accidents/.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is there traffic on the Nicolls Road right now?

511NY feed as of 8:59 AM, Nov 12: 0 crashes, 0 closures, 0 active work zones on the Suffolk Nicolls Road. See the live section at the top of this page for locations.

What happened on the Nicolls Road today?

511NY has not carried any crash or incident on the Suffolk Nicolls Road since midnight (511NY feed as of 8:59 AM, Nov 12).

What route number is Nicolls Road?

Nicolls Road is Suffolk County Route 97 (CR 97). The Long Island Expressway signs Exit 62 as "CR 97 (Nicolls Road)" in LIT's LIE exit list, which is checked against the NYSDOT I-495 exit list, and federal crash records (NHTSA FARS) file the road under the same route number. All 10 FARS fatal-crash records on it that name an owning agency list the county highway agency.

Which Long Island Expressway exit is Nicolls Road?

Exit 62, in the Holtsville / Stony Brook area, according to LIT's LIE exit list (checked against the NYSDOT I-495 exit list). 511NY records at the interchange carry the exit number and are filed under the LIE, so check the LIE Exit 62 page for interchange incidents.

How many people have died in crashes on Nicolls Road?

NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System records 18 deaths in 16 fatal crashes on Nicolls Road from 2010 through 2024. Five of the people killed were pedestrians and one was a motorcyclist. One crash killed more than one person. FARS counts police-reported crashes in which someone died within 30 days; 2024 figures are preliminary.

Where along Nicolls Road do fatal crashes happen?

Of the FARS fatal crashes from 2010 through 2024 whose coordinates fall inside a 2020 Census place, 5 were in the Stony Brook University CDP, 3 in Holtsville, 3 in Holbrook, and 1 each in East Setauket, Farmingville, Centereach and Selden. By town, 11 were in Brookhaven and 4 in Islip. The counts are not adjusted for traffic volume or length.

Is the Nicolls Road in Deer Park the same road?

No. 511NY records also use the name Nicolls Road for a street in the Town of Babylon, where NY 231 work zones are described as running to "Nicolls Road (Babylon)". This page covers Suffolk County Route 97 in Brookhaven and Islip. Every FARS fatal crash counted here falls in those two towns.

Does 511NY report incidents on Nicolls Road?

Rarely under its own name. In the 90-day window of 511NY records Long Island Traffic exported on Oct. 27, 2026, no 511NY crash record named Nicolls Road as its road; crash records at LIE Exit 62 (Nicolls Road) are filed under the LIE. An empty live section on this page therefore means 511NY has nothing posted under Nicolls Road, not that the road is clear.

Roads That Connect to the Nicolls Road

The Nicolls Road interchanges directly with these Long Island highways and parkways. Check live conditions on a connecting corridor before you reroute.

Long Island Expressway I-495 · Live accidents & traffic Nesconset Highway NY 347 · Live accidents & traffic

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