Two Long Island Roads Are Deadliest in State

Two Long Island roads are the deadliest in the state when it comes to pedestrian fatalities, according to an analysis by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.

Route 25 in Suffolk and Route 24 each accounted for 12 pedestrian deaths over a three-year period from 2012 to 2014, the most deaths on a single road in an individual county, according to the "Most Dangerous Roads for Walking" report by the non-profit policy watchdog organization.

In Suffolk, portions of Route 25 are known as Jericho Turnpike, Middle County Road, East Main Street and Main Road. When including data for Route 25 throughout Nassau, Queens and Suffolk, the road is the deadliest in the entire Tri-State region, with 24 pedestrians killed over three years.

In Nassau, Route 24 encompasses Hempstead Turnpike and Fulton Avenue.

The study found that arterial roadways — multi-lane roads that often have speed limits of 40 mph or more with little pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure — are the region’s deadliest for pedestrians.

Here are the other Long Island roads that made the list of the most pedestrian fatalities in the state from 2012-14:

• Route 25A, Suffolk County (Main Street, North Country Road, Sound Avenue)- 8 deaths
• Route 110, Suffolk County (Broadway, New York Avenue, Walt Whitman Road)- 8 deaths
• Route 27, Suffolk County (Sunrise Highway, Montauk Highway, Southampton Bypass)- 8 deaths
• Route 27, Nassau County (Sunrise Highway)- 7 deaths
• Merrick Road, Nassau County- 6 deaths
• Montauk Highway, Suffolk County- 5 deaths

See the full list and read more about the study here.

Patch file photo by Pam Robinson: The scene of a pedestrian strike on Jericho Turnpike in Huntington Station in 2013.