Deadliest fall driving in America: 3 NY regions rank in top 10, study reveals

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Watch out behind the wheel! Three NY regions rank among America’s deadliest for fall driving.

Watch out behind the wheel! Three NY regions rank among America’s deadliest for fall driving.

Three New York metro areas have landed on the nation’s top 10 list of the most dangerous places for fall driving — with the Capital Region snagging the deadly #1 spot, a grim new study reveals.

The alarming rankings from Uplift Legal Funding crunched a decade of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data to find major metros with the highest percentage of autumn traffic fatalities.

East Coast roads dominated the deadliest list, with hazardous hotspots scattered across New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland.

Autumn is officially the most perilous season for drivers, triggering more crashes than any other time of year in 39 out of 50 states, according to Carfax. Drivers face a lethal mix of slick roads, plunging daylight, and a spike in deer crashes.

The Albany-Schenectady-Troy region cruised straight into first place, recording a proportion of 32.6% of its decade-long traffic deaths during the fall months. Of 527 total fatal crashes over 10 years, 172 struck between September and November.

Local crash data showed that between 2021 and 2023, more than 80,700 collisions rocked the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area — averaging nearly 74 daily crashes. This left 206 people dead and sent over 16,000 to the hospital, according to law firm Harding Mazzotti.

Killeen-Temple, Texas, claimed the #2 spot, with 30.5% of its 564 decade-long traffic deaths occurring in the fall (172 fatalities).

Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, ranked third for deadly autumn driving.

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