Camden County, New Jersey: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 37 deaths in 37 fatal crashes in Camden County in 2024.

FARS records 448 deaths in 427 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.7 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, Camden County was number 3 of 21 counties of New Jersey.

Deaths in Camden County rose by 13.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (394) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (448).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 2.1% of the fatal crashes in Camden 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 Camden 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.Camden County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	37	37	14
2023	41	40	6
2022	54	51	7
2021	69	67	8
2020	38	36	6
2019	46	45	7
2018	46	42	11
2017	44	40	6
2016	39	38	8
2015	34	31	4
2015 to 2024	448	427	77

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 91 (1978)2024: 37

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

Table 2.Camden County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	37	37
2023	41	40
2022	54	51
2021	69	67
2020	38	36
2019	46	45
2018	46	42
2017	44	40
2016	39	38
2015	34	31
2014	38	38
2013	31	29
2012	26	25
2011	49	46
2010	41	37
2009	42	37
2008	44	42
2007	45	43
2006	47	45
2005	31	30
2004	35	32
2003	39	35
2002	44	40
2001	42	38
2000	51	43
1999	43	39
1998	52	50
1997	47	42
1996	50	47
1995	39	37
1994	48	43
1993	71	60
1992	53	49
1991	62	58
1990	63	58
1989	57	52
1988	63	60
1987	73	60
1986	83	77
1985	64	60
1984	57	54
1983	49	45
1982	66	56
1981	67	62
1980	73	68
1979	85	79
1978	91	82
1977	59	53
1976	45	37
1975	75	64

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.Camden County beside New Jersey and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Camden County	New Jersey	United States
2024	6.9	7.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.7	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. Camden County had 533,595 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Camden County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Jersey
A driver recorded as drinkingof 427 fatal crashes	77	427 fatal crashes	18.0%	22.0%
A speeding-related driverof 427 fatal crashes	94	427 fatal crashes	22.0%	23.0%
No restraint usedof 204 occupant deaths with restraint use known	102	204 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.0%	45.5%
Pedestriansof 448 deaths	163	448 deaths	36.4%	29.4%
Bicyclistsof 448 deaths	13	448 deaths	2.9%	3.2%
Motorcyclistsof 448 deaths	58	448 deaths	12.9%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 424 fatal crashes with the condition reported	9	424 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	2.1%	11.0%
In the darkof 425 fatal crashes with the condition reported	248	425 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.4%	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.Camden 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	15	11	17	25	68
Monday	8	9	12	16	45
Tuesday	11	7	16	17	51
Wednesday	9	10	18	18	55
Thursday	16	13	19	31	79
Friday	13	10	16	28	67
Saturday	22	7	8	25	62
All days	94	67	106	160	427

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.Camden County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Jersey
Interstate	36	8.5%	10.2%
Other freeways and expressways	39	9.2%	10.2%
Other principal arterial	201	47.3%	34.6%
Minor arterial	80	18.8%	22.5%
Major collector	30	7.1%	10.7%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	0.8%
Local	39	9.2%	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.Camden County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	161
Dark, not lighted	74
Dark, lighted	142
Dawn	7
Dusk	9
Dark, lighting unknown	32
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Camden County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	364
Cloudy	14
Rain	41
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Camden County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Camden	In all of New Jersey
Interstate 95	Interstate	1 or 2	163
Interstate 295	Interstate	11	90
State Route 38	State highway	15	36
State Route 42	State highway	14	41
State Route 70	State highway	11	78
State Route 73	State highway	14	41
State Route 168	State highway	22	22
US Route 30	US highway	69	126
US Route 40	US highway	1 or 2	76
US Route 130	US highway	28	111

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.Camden 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
Camden County: 8.7

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 Camden County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Atlantic County	New Jersey	56	385	14.2
Burlington County	New Jersey	45	445	9.7
Gloucester County	New Jersey	32	362	12.1
Philadelphia County	Pennsylvania	137	1,196	7.6

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 Camden 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 Camden in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 394 deaths in Camden County from 2005 to 2014. It records 448 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Camden in 2024?

The rate of Camden County in 2024 was 6.9 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 Camden had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 77 of 427 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 Camden?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 187 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.