Hudson County, New Jersey: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 20 deaths in 19 fatal crashes in Hudson County in 2024.

FARS records 234 deaths in 220 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 3.4 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, Hudson County was number 14 of 21 counties of New Jersey.

Deaths in Hudson County fell by 6.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (251) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (234).

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

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 44.9% of the deaths in Hudson 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 Hudson 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.Hudson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	20	19	4
2023	25	23	4
2022	17	15	5
2021	30	29	7
2020	24	24	6
2019	19	19	6
2018	22	21	1 or 2
2017	26	23	4
2016	24	22	1 or 2
2015	27	25	3
2015 to 2024	234	220	42

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 55 (1980)2024: 20

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

Table 2.Hudson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	20	19
2023	25	23
2022	17	15
2021	30	29
2020	24	24
2019	19	19
2018	22	21
2017	26	23
2016	24	22
2015	27	25
2014	24	22
2013	15	13
2012	25	23
2011	25	25
2010	25	24
2009	22	22
2008	28	25
2007	26	26
2006	30	29
2005	31	29
2004	19	17
2003	27	25
2002	23	23
2001	25	24
2000	36	30
1999	35	34
1998	32	31
1997	45	42
1996	31	29
1995	27	27
1994	27	22
1993	16	15
1992	41	38
1991	36	31
1990	30	29
1989	53	47
1988	46	41
1987	35	33
1986	44	39
1985	44	40
1984	26	24
1983	37	37
1982	51	48
1981	49	47
1980	55	48
1979	36	35
1978	42	39
1977	50	50
1976	44	43
1975	50	47

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.Hudson County beside New Jersey and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hudson County	New Jersey	United States
2024	2.7	7.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	3.4	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. Hudson County had 731,028 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hudson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Jersey
A driver recorded as drinkingof 220 fatal crashes	42	220 fatal crashes	19.1%	22.0%
A speeding-related driverof 220 fatal crashes	54	220 fatal crashes	24.5%	23.0%
No restraint usedof 60 occupant deaths with restraint use known	28	60 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.7%	45.5%
Pedestriansof 234 deaths	105	234 deaths	44.9%	29.4%
Bicyclistsof 234 deaths	14	234 deaths	6.0%	3.2%
Motorcyclistsof 234 deaths	40	234 deaths	17.1%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 219 fatal crashes with the condition reported	1 or 2	219 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	0.5%	11.0%
In the darkof 217 fatal crashes with the condition reported	118	217 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.4%	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.Hudson 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	9	6	8	9	32
Monday	6	8	6	14	34
Tuesday	7	9	8	6	30
Wednesday	8	5	10	10	33
Thursday	4	7	3	8	22
Friday	10	7	1 or 2	10	29
Saturday	14	7	7	12	40
All days	58	49	44	69	220

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.Hudson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Jersey
Interstate	24	11.0%	10.2%
Other freeways and expressways	12	5.5%	10.2%
Other principal arterial	72	32.9%	34.6%
Minor arterial	68	31.1%	22.5%
Major collector	13	5.9%	10.7%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.5%	0.8%
Local	29	13.2%	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.Hudson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	91
Dark, not lighted	14
Dark, lighted	95
Dawn	3
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	9
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Hudson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	185
Cloudy	7
Rain	22
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hudson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hudson	In all of New Jersey
Interstate 78	Interstate	1 or 2	90
Interstate 95	Interstate	14	163
Interstate 280	Interstate	7	35
State Route 3	State highway	5	30
State Route 440	State highway	14	21
US Route 1	US highway	23	173

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.Hudson 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
Hudson County: 3.4

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 Hudson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bergen County	New Jersey	42	368	3.9
Essex County	New Jersey	47	470	5.7
Union County	New Jersey	38	302	5.3
Kings County	New York	64	646	2.5
New York County	New York	40	363	2.2
Richmond County	New York	13	133	2.7

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 Hudson 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 Hudson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 251 deaths in Hudson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 234 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hudson in 2024?

The rate of Hudson County in 2024 was 2.7 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 Hudson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 42 of 220 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 Hudson?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 65 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.