Middlesex County, New Jersey: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 60 deaths in 54 fatal crashes in Middlesex County in 2024.

FARS records 532 deaths in 494 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.3 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, Middlesex County was number 1 of 21 counties of New Jersey.

Deaths in Middlesex County rose by 6.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (502) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (532).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 1.6% of the fatal crashes in Middlesex 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 Middlesex 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.Middlesex County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	60	54	5
2023	59	57	10
2022	67	64	21
2021	47	45	15
2020	67	61	14
2019	47	42	9
2018	50	47	14
2017	48	44	12
2016	46	42	10
2015	41	38	7
2015 to 2024	532	494	117

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 115 (1979)2024: 60

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

Table 2.Middlesex County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	60	54
2023	59	57
2022	67	64
2021	47	45
2020	67	61
2019	47	42
2018	50	47
2017	48	44
2016	46	42
2015	41	38
2014	33	32
2013	52	50
2012	65	60
2011	54	52
2010	37	37
2009	48	44
2008	46	42
2007	54	52
2006	69	63
2005	44	40
2004	57	56
2003	62	59
2002	59	56
2001	57	51
2000	58	54
1999	55	51
1998	68	56
1997	52	48
1996	61	59
1995	56	55
1994	72	68
1993	69	62
1992	54	49
1991	66	63
1990	66	60
1989	78	72
1988	83	77
1987	90	80
1986	82	71
1985	78	73
1984	82	74
1983	77	68
1982	70	66
1981	97	86
1980	95	93
1979	115	101
1978	97	91
1977	103	97
1976	68	64
1975	87	78

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.Middlesex County beside New Jersey and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Middlesex County	New Jersey	United States
2024	6.8	7.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.3	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. Middlesex County had 881,620 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Middlesex County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Jersey
A driver recorded as drinkingof 494 fatal crashes	117	494 fatal crashes	23.7%	22.0%
A speeding-related driverof 494 fatal crashes	127	494 fatal crashes	25.7%	23.0%
No restraint usedof 300 occupant deaths with restraint use known	135	300 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.0%	45.5%
Pedestriansof 532 deaths	142	532 deaths	26.7%	29.4%
Bicyclistsof 532 deaths	16	532 deaths	3.0%	3.2%
Motorcyclistsof 532 deaths	60	532 deaths	11.3%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 489 fatal crashes with the condition reported	8	489 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	1.6%	11.0%
In the darkof 489 fatal crashes with the condition reported	266	489 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.Middlesex 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	25	12	14	16	67
Monday	23	14	17	24	78
Tuesday	11	10	22	22	65
Wednesday	10	11	16	14	51
Thursday	16	12	18	30	76
Friday	12	20	18	29	79
Saturday	26	8	20	23	77
All days	123	87	125	158	493

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.Middlesex County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Jersey
Interstate	65	13.3%	10.2%
Other freeways and expressways	40	8.2%	10.2%
Other principal arterial	213	43.6%	34.6%
Minor arterial	108	22.1%	22.5%
Major collector	33	6.7%	10.7%
Minor collector	4	0.8%	0.8%
Local	26	5.3%	10.9%
Not reported	5	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.Middlesex County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	201
Dark, not lighted	83
Dark, lighted	154
Dawn	13
Dusk	9
Dark, lighting unknown	29
Other or unknown	5

Table 8.Middlesex County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	397
Cloudy	27
Rain	59
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Middlesex County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Middlesex	In all of New Jersey
Interstate 95	Interstate	49	163
Interstate 287	Interstate	14	57
State Route 18	State highway	14	36
State Route 27	State highway	25	78
State Route 28	State highway	3	21
State Route 33	State highway	1 or 2	50
State Route 35	State highway	22	57
State Route 440	State highway	7	21
US Route 1	US highway	58	173
US Route 9	US highway	38	126
US Route 130	US highway	17	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.Middlesex 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
Middlesex County: 6.3

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 Middlesex County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Mercer County	New Jersey	36	266	7.0
Monmouth County	New Jersey	49	413	6.5
Somerset County	New Jersey	19	196	5.8
Union County	New Jersey	38	302	5.3
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 Middlesex 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.

Cite this page

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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 Middlesex in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 502 deaths in Middlesex County from 2005 to 2014. It records 532 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Middlesex in 2024?

The rate of Middlesex County in 2024 was 6.8 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 Middlesex had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 117 of 494 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 Middlesex?

11 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 249 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.