Southern State Parkway (SSP) accidents in Malverne, NY
6 tracked incidents on Southern State Parkway through Malverne, Nassau County. Last update March 24, 2026.
Compiled from state police, NYPD/NCPD/SCPD bulletins, and local news. Updated as new incidents are reported.
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What our records show
The Southern State Parkway (SSP) runs through Malverne as one of the 30-mile primary parkways serving Nassau County, carrying roughly 120,000 vehicles per day. The posted speed limit is 55 mph. The route stretches from Valley Stream (Nassau/Queens border) to Heckscher State Park (East Islip), with Malverne sitting along that spine. Locally, drivers know it as Southern State or SSP or southern-stpkwy or southern-state-pkwy or southern-state-pky.
Our database has logged 6 incidents on Southern State Parkway within Malverne, including 6 critical cases. No fatalities have been recorded in the incidents we track for this stretch. The most recent report we published involved Husband of fatal parkway crash suspect has his own DWI charge – in the same car on March 24, 2026. On average, we've seen roughly 6.0 reported crashes per month on this stretch during the period covered by our archive.
Inside Malverne, Southern State Parkway intersects with or runs parallel to several other high-volume routes — Hempstead Avenue, Ocean Avenue, Hempstead Turnpike — 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.
Village context matters because accidents here don't unfold in isolation. Malverne is home to about 9,000 residents . Below you'll find every incident on this stretch we've covered, newest first.
Incidents on Southern State Parkway in Malverne showing 6 of 6
Latest fatal Southern State crash exemplifies danger of parkway
Fatal wrong-way crash highlights dangers of Southern State Parkway, Long Island's leader in collisions
Elderly couple killed when wrong-way driver torpedoes over Long Island highway median
2 killed, several others hurt in multivehicle Southern State Parkway crash - News 12
2 people killed in head-on crash with alleged drunk driver on the Southern State Parkway
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