Bergen County, New Jersey: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 42 deaths in 40 fatal crashes in Bergen County in 2024.

FARS records 368 deaths in 345 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 3.9 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, Bergen County was number 8 of 21 counties of New Jersey.

Deaths in Bergen County rose by 1.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (363) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (368).

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

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 41.0% of the deaths in Bergen County and 29.4% 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 Bergen 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.Bergen County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	42	40	7
2023	38	36	12
2022	44	38	4
2021	35	35	4
2020	43	38	7
2019	42	40	5
2018	32	32	1 or 2
2017	27	25	1 or 2
2016	35	32	7
2015	30	29	3
2015 to 2024	368	345	52

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 111 (1976)2024: 42

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

Table 2.Bergen County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	42	40
2023	38	36
2022	44	38
2021	35	35
2020	43	38
2019	42	40
2018	32	32
2017	27	25
2016	35	32
2015	30	29
2014	39	37
2013	37	36
2012	33	31
2011	31	30
2010	37	36
2009	26	25
2008	23	22
2007	40	38
2006	43	39
2005	54	49
2004	47	47
2003	37	35
2002	55	49
2001	32	32
2000	46	45
1999	52	45
1998	52	49
1997	59	53
1996	64	59
1995	64	57
1994	57	55
1993	63	61
1992	47	45
1991	65	62
1990	68	66
1989	64	59
1988	95	92
1987	88	85
1986	74	67
1985	67	63
1984	72	69
1983	78	72
1982	103	94
1981	109	99
1980	86	78
1979	95	88
1978	103	91
1977	96	88
1976	111	100
1975	90	85

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.Bergen County beside New Jersey and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Bergen County	New Jersey	United States
2024	4.3	7.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	3.9	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. Bergen County had 973,477 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Bergen County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Jersey
A driver recorded as drinkingof 345 fatal crashes	52	345 fatal crashes	15.1%	22.0%
A speeding-related driverof 345 fatal crashes	74	345 fatal crashes	21.4%	23.0%
No restraint usedof 143 occupant deaths with restraint use known	62	143 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.4%	45.5%
Pedestriansof 368 deaths	151	368 deaths	41.0%	29.4%
Bicyclistsof 368 deaths	12	368 deaths	3.3%	3.2%
Motorcyclistsof 368 deaths	41	368 deaths	11.1%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 341 fatal crashes with the condition reported	1 or 2	341 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	0.3%	11.0%
In the darkof 345 fatal crashes with the condition reported	183	345 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.0%	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.Bergen 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	20	6	11	16	53
Monday	8	9	12	7	36
Tuesday	1 or 2	11	10	14	37
Wednesday	8	14	7	12	41
Thursday	6	17	10	25	58
Friday	9	14	15	18	56
Saturday	21	10	15	18	64
All days	74	81	80	110	345

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.Bergen County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Jersey
Interstate	51	15.0%	10.2%
Other freeways and expressways	77	22.6%	10.2%
Other principal arterial	88	25.8%	34.6%
Minor arterial	74	21.7%	22.5%
Major collector	15	4.4%	10.7%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.3%	0.8%
Local	35	10.3%	10.9%
Not reported	4	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.Bergen County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	142
Dark, not lighted	37
Dark, lighted	128
Dawn	12
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	18
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Bergen County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	283
Cloudy	17
Rain	38
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Bergen County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Bergen	In all of New Jersey
Interstate 80	Interstate	14	108
Interstate 95	Interstate	24	163
Interstate 287	Interstate	13	57
State Route 3	State highway	13	30
State Route 17	State highway	24	24
US Route 1	US highway	7	173
US Route 9	US highway	1 or 2	126
US Route 46	US highway	13	59
US Route 202	US highway	1 or 2	27

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.Bergen 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
Bergen County: 3.9

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 Bergen County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Essex County	New Jersey	47	470	5.7
Hudson County	New Jersey	20	234	3.4
Passaic County	New Jersey	33	262	5.1
Bronx County	New York	52	447	3.1
New York County	New York	40	363	2.2
Rockland County	New York	17	158	4.7
Westchester County	New York	42	376	3.8

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 Bergen 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 Bergen in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 363 deaths in Bergen County from 2005 to 2014. It records 368 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Bergen in 2024?

The rate of Bergen County in 2024 was 4.3 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 Bergen had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 52 of 345 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 Bergen?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 110 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.