Atlantic County, New Jersey: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 56 deaths in 55 fatal crashes in Atlantic County in 2024.

FARS records 385 deaths in 365 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of New Jersey in the same years is 6.7.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Atlantic County was number 7 of 21 counties of New Jersey.

Deaths in Atlantic County fell by 11.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (436) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (385).

In the counties of New Jersey the deaths fell by 2.2% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 27.2% of the fatal crashes in Atlantic County with a known setting were rural, against 11.0% in New Jersey.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Atlantic County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Atlantic County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	56	55	11
2023	40	37	10
2022	34	34	10
2021	49	46	15
2020	40	38	10
2019	32	30	12
2018	30	27	8
2017	36	34	8
2016	39	38	15
2015	29	26	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	385	365	101

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Atlantic County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 95 (1981)2024: 56

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Atlantic County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	56	55
2023	40	37
2022	34	34
2021	49	46
2020	40	38
2019	32	30
2018	30	27
2017	36	34
2016	39	38
2015	29	26
2014	41	37
2013	42	40
2012	32	31
2011	48	41
2010	24	22
2009	43	41
2008	31	30
2007	55	52
2006	58	54
2005	62	55
2004	39	37
2003	36	34
2002	54	47
2001	69	64
2000	40	33
1999	35	33
1998	50	46
1997	48	44
1996	64	56
1995	40	39
1994	46	41
1993	37	34
1992	46	40
1991	49	46
1990	53	48
1989	61	51
1988	74	63
1987	75	69
1986	72	68
1985	66	56
1984	48	48
1983	75	69
1982	74	65
1981	95	80
1980	57	49
1979	62	56
1978	67	59
1977	60	50
1976	52	50
1975	56	45

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Atlantic County beside New Jersey and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Atlantic County	New Jersey	United States
2024	20.1	7.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.2	6.7	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Atlantic County had 278,467 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Atlantic County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Jersey
A driver recorded as drinkingof 365 fatal crashes	101	365 fatal crashes	27.7%	22.0%
A speeding-related driverof 365 fatal crashes	103	365 fatal crashes	28.2%	23.0%
No restraint usedof 191 occupant deaths with restraint use known	106	191 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.5%	45.5%
Pedestriansof 385 deaths	119	385 deaths	30.9%	29.4%
Bicyclistsof 385 deaths	14	385 deaths	3.6%	3.2%
Motorcyclistsof 385 deaths	54	385 deaths	14.0%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 360 fatal crashes with the condition reported	98	360 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	27.2%	11.0%
In the darkof 364 fatal crashes with the condition reported	204	364 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.0%	51.3%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Atlantic County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	21	6	11	18	56
Monday	13	6	15	18	52
Tuesday	5	11	14	7	37
Wednesday	8	7	15	23	53
Thursday	3	8	15	19	45
Friday	7	5	14	27	53
Saturday	18	8	12	31	69
All days	75	51	96	143	365

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Atlantic County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Jersey
Interstate	0	0.0%	10.2%
Other freeways and expressways	55	15.2%	10.2%
Other principal arterial	143	39.4%	34.6%
Minor arterial	87	24.0%	22.5%
Major collector	32	8.8%	10.7%
Minor collector	8	2.2%	0.8%
Local	38	10.5%	10.9%
Not reported	1 or 2	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Atlantic County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	145
Dark, not lighted	62
Dark, lighted	121
Dawn	3
Dusk	12
Dark, lighting unknown	21
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Atlantic County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	309
Cloudy	15
Rain	32
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Atlantic County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Atlantic	In all of New Jersey
State Route 49	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 73	State highway	1 or 2	41
US Route 9	US highway	8	126
US Route 30	US highway	57	126
US Route 40	US highway	54	76
US Route 206	US highway	4	51
US Route 322	US highway	18	66

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in New Jersey

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Atlantic County on the county map of New Jersey

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 1015 counties
10 to 14.94 counties
15 to 19.91 county
20 to 29.91 county
30 or more0 counties
Atlantic County: 14.2

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of New Jersey

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Atlantic County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Burlington County	New Jersey	45	445	9.7
Camden County	New Jersey	37	448	8.7
Cape May County	New Jersey	9	114	12.1
Cumberland County	New Jersey	30	250	16.4
Gloucester County	New Jersey	32	362	12.1
Ocean County	New Jersey	44	423	6.8

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of New Jersey have a population nearest to that of Atlantic County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic SafetyThe highway safety office of New Jersey.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Atlantic in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 436 deaths in Atlantic County from 2005 to 2014. It records 385 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Atlantic in 2024?

The rate of Atlantic County in 2024 was 20.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of New Jersey was 7.0. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Atlantic had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 101 of 365 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Atlantic?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 144 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.