Gloucester County, New Jersey: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 32 deaths in 29 fatal crashes in Gloucester County in 2024.

FARS records 362 deaths in 337 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.1 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, Gloucester County was number 9 of 21 counties of New Jersey.

Deaths in Gloucester County rose by 19.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (303) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (362).

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

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 19.1% of the deaths in Gloucester 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 Gloucester 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.Gloucester County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	32	29	3
2023	34	32	7
2022	40	39	13
2021	48	42	9
2020	35	33	9
2019	42	39	9
2018	38	33	6
2017	44	43	7
2016	26	26	4
2015	23	21	4
2015 to 2024	362	337	71

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 66 (1977)2024: 32

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

Table 2.Gloucester County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	32	29
2023	34	32
2022	40	39
2021	48	42
2020	35	33
2019	42	39
2018	38	33
2017	44	43
2016	26	26
2015	23	21
2014	31	30
2013	26	26
2012	23	22
2011	26	24
2010	19	19
2009	22	22
2008	33	29
2007	48	44
2006	37	34
2005	38	36
2004	26	24
2003	30	24
2002	37	33
2001	41	39
2000	40	36
1999	35	32
1998	28	24
1997	48	39
1996	40	33
1995	37	32
1994	42	35
1993	32	32
1992	41	36
1991	31	30
1990	49	41
1989	41	38
1988	61	53
1987	40	35
1986	38	31
1985	44	42
1984	52	48
1983	37	32
1982	54	45
1981	50	43
1980	46	41
1979	38	34
1978	52	46
1977	66	56
1976	49	36
1975	49	38

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.Gloucester County beside New Jersey and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Gloucester County	New Jersey	United States
2024	10.3	7.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.1	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. Gloucester County had 311,263 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Gloucester County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Jersey
A driver recorded as drinkingof 337 fatal crashes	71	337 fatal crashes	21.1%	22.0%
A speeding-related driverof 337 fatal crashes	86	337 fatal crashes	25.5%	23.0%
No restraint usedof 245 occupant deaths with restraint use known	122	245 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.8%	45.5%
Pedestriansof 362 deaths	69	362 deaths	19.1%	29.4%
Bicyclistsof 362 deaths	9	362 deaths	2.5%	3.2%
Motorcyclistsof 362 deaths	29	362 deaths	8.0%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 334 fatal crashes with the condition reported	24	334 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	7.2%	11.0%
In the darkof 337 fatal crashes with the condition reported	164	337 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.7%	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.Gloucester 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	11	8	21	15	55
Monday	3	9	18	12	42
Tuesday	3	8	13	14	38
Wednesday	7	11	14	18	50
Thursday	5	12	9	23	49
Friday	10	8	12	19	49
Saturday	8	7	16	23	54
All days	47	63	103	124	337

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.Gloucester County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Jersey
Interstate	18	5.4%	10.2%
Other freeways and expressways	52	15.5%	10.2%
Other principal arterial	106	31.5%	34.6%
Minor arterial	86	25.6%	22.5%
Major collector	48	14.3%	10.7%
Minor collector	3	0.9%	0.8%
Local	23	6.8%	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.Gloucester County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	161
Dark, not lighted	69
Dark, lighted	82
Dawn	5
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	13
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Gloucester County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	281
Cloudy	15
Rain	33
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Gloucester County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Gloucester	In all of New Jersey
Interstate 295	Interstate	18	90
State Route 42	State highway	27	41
State Route 47	State highway	23	67
State Route 55	State highway	41	62
US Route 40	US highway	8	76
US Route 130	US highway	3	111
US Route 322	US highway	48	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.Gloucester 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
Gloucester County: 12.1

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 Gloucester County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
New Castle County	Delaware	61	623	11.0
Atlantic County	New Jersey	56	385	14.2
Camden County	New Jersey	37	448	8.7
Cumberland County	New Jersey	30	250	16.4
Salem County	New Jersey	16	145	22.6
Delaware County	Pennsylvania	32	264	4.6
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 Gloucester 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 Gloucester in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 303 deaths in Gloucester County from 2005 to 2014. It records 362 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Gloucester in 2024?

The rate of Gloucester County in 2024 was 10.3 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 Gloucester had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 71 of 337 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 Gloucester?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 168 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.