Cumberland County, New Jersey: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 30 deaths in 25 fatal crashes in Cumberland County in 2024.

FARS records 250 deaths in 230 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.4 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, Cumberland County was number 13 of 21 counties of New Jersey.

Deaths in Cumberland County rose by 2.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (245) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (250).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a driver was recorded as drinking in 35.2% of fatal crashes in Cumberland County and 22.0% 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 Cumberland 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.Cumberland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	30	25	7
2023	22	20	7
2022	20	20	9
2021	28	27	16
2020	24	22	5
2019	20	20	10
2018	19	18	8
2017	26	24	4
2016	32	29	9
2015	29	25	6
2015 to 2024	250	230	81

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 42 (1984)2024: 30

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

Table 2.Cumberland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	30	25
2023	22	20
2022	20	20
2021	28	27
2020	24	22
2019	20	20
2018	19	18
2017	26	24
2016	32	29
2015	29	25
2014	18	17
2013	24	24
2012	18	17
2011	24	22
2010	23	22
2009	28	27
2008	23	23
2007	22	21
2006	29	26
2005	36	32
2004	18	16
2003	34	30
2002	22	19
2001	34	30
2000	27	23
1999	35	26
1998	35	31
1997	29	27
1996	23	20
1995	28	28
1994	29	25
1993	24	21
1992	23	21
1991	22	22
1990	37	35
1989	23	23
1988	36	34
1987	37	32
1986	34	32
1985	28	25
1984	42	37
1983	30	28
1982	31	28
1981	38	33
1980	32	27
1979	36	31
1978	34	31
1977	40	35
1976	39	34
1975	26	24

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.Cumberland County beside New Jersey and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cumberland County	New Jersey	United States
2024	19.2	7.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.4	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. Cumberland County had 156,407 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cumberland County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Jersey
A driver recorded as drinkingof 230 fatal crashes	81	230 fatal crashes	35.2%	22.0%
A speeding-related driverof 230 fatal crashes	62	230 fatal crashes	27.0%	23.0%
No restraint usedof 159 occupant deaths with restraint use known	75	159 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.2%	45.5%
Pedestriansof 250 deaths	46	250 deaths	18.4%	29.4%
Bicyclistsof 250 deaths	7	250 deaths	2.8%	3.2%
Motorcyclistsof 250 deaths	30	250 deaths	12.0%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 227 fatal crashes with the condition reported	51	227 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	22.5%	11.0%
In the darkof 228 fatal crashes with the condition reported	117	228 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.3%	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.Cumberland 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	7	5	8	12	32
Monday	3	3	8	15	29
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	7	4	18
Wednesday	1 or 2	7	6	14	29
Thursday	7	10	13	13	43
Friday	6	8	6	19	39
Saturday	9	9	7	15	40
All days	36	47	55	92	230

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.Cumberland 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	20	8.8%	10.2%
Other principal arterial	24	10.5%	34.6%
Minor arterial	108	47.4%	22.5%
Major collector	41	18.0%	10.7%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.9%	0.8%
Local	33	14.5%	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.Cumberland County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	99
Dark, not lighted	47
Dark, lighted	60
Dawn	4
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	10
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Cumberland County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	183
Cloudy	15
Rain	22
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
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 Cumberland County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cumberland	In all of New Jersey
State Route 47	State highway	28	67
State Route 49	State highway	24	34
State Route 55	State highway	20	62

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.Cumberland 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
Cumberland County: 16.4

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 Cumberland County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Kent County	Delaware	30	275	15.1
Atlantic County	New Jersey	56	385	14.2
Cape May County	New Jersey	9	114	12.1
Gloucester County	New Jersey	32	362	12.1
Salem County	New Jersey	16	145	22.6

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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 245 deaths in Cumberland County from 2005 to 2014. It records 250 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cumberland in 2024?

The rate of Cumberland County in 2024 was 19.2 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 Cumberland had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 81 of 230 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 Cumberland?

FARS records 28 fatal crashes on State Route 47 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 24 fatal crashes on State Route 49 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 20 fatal crashes on State Route 55 in the county from 2015 to 2024.