Monmouth County, New Jersey: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 49 deaths in 48 fatal crashes in Monmouth County in 2024.

FARS records 413 deaths in 388 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.5 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, Monmouth County was number 6 of 21 counties of New Jersey.

Deaths in Monmouth County fell by 6.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (442) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (413).

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 26.8% of fatal crashes in Monmouth 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 Monmouth 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.Monmouth County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	49	48	7
2023	37	36	10
2022	54	46	8
2021	34	32	7
2020	34	33	12
2019	36	33	10
2018	29	28	13
2017	43	40	12
2016	50	47	12
2015	47	45	13
2015 to 2024	413	388	104

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 86 (1979)2024: 49

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

Table 2.Monmouth County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	49	48
2023	37	36
2022	54	46
2021	34	32
2020	34	33
2019	36	33
2018	29	28
2017	43	40
2016	50	47
2015	47	45
2014	47	45
2013	27	26
2012	36	34
2011	34	31
2010	45	43
2009	34	34
2008	47	45
2007	55	46
2006	48	44
2005	69	65
2004	47	47
2003	66	56
2002	52	47
2001	44	38
2000	53	48
1999	60	55
1998	49	46
1997	55	52
1996	54	53
1995	73	62
1994	34	32
1993	54	52
1992	37	36
1991	49	47
1990	57	53
1989	51	47
1988	65	61
1987	66	58
1986	59	56
1985	66	62
1984	66	63
1983	68	66
1982	85	78
1981	84	77
1980	70	69
1979	86	80
1978	82	76
1977	71	65
1976	62	60
1975	82	71

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.Monmouth County beside New Jersey and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Monmouth County	New Jersey	United States
2024	7.6	7.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.5	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. Monmouth County had 648,673 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Monmouth County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Jersey
A driver recorded as drinkingof 388 fatal crashes	104	388 fatal crashes	26.8%	22.0%
A speeding-related driverof 388 fatal crashes	96	388 fatal crashes	24.7%	23.0%
No restraint usedof 217 occupant deaths with restraint use known	108	217 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.8%	45.5%
Pedestriansof 413 deaths	113	413 deaths	27.4%	29.4%
Bicyclistsof 413 deaths	14	413 deaths	3.4%	3.2%
Motorcyclistsof 413 deaths	58	413 deaths	14.0%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 381 fatal crashes with the condition reported	40	381 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	10.5%	11.0%
In the darkof 388 fatal crashes with the condition reported	191	388 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.2%	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.Monmouth 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	6	22	15	58
Monday	7	12	16	19	54
Tuesday	7	11	13	19	50
Wednesday	3	14	20	12	49
Thursday	7	11	12	16	46
Friday	5	18	11	21	55
Saturday	23	8	19	26	76
All days	67	80	113	128	388

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.Monmouth County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Jersey
Interstate	9	2.3%	10.2%
Other freeways and expressways	74	19.3%	10.2%
Other principal arterial	144	37.6%	34.6%
Minor arterial	57	14.9%	22.5%
Major collector	47	12.3%	10.7%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.5%	0.8%
Local	50	13.1%	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.Monmouth County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	178
Dark, not lighted	81
Dark, lighted	91
Dawn	7
Dusk	12
Dark, lighting unknown	19
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Monmouth County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	322
Cloudy	13
Rain	39
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Monmouth County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Monmouth	In all of New Jersey
Interstate 195	Interstate	9	21
State Route 18	State highway	22	36
State Route 33	State highway	29	50
State Route 35	State highway	31	57
State Route 36	State highway	30	30
State Route 70	State highway	1 or 2	78
US Route 9	US highway	36	126

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.Monmouth 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
Monmouth County: 6.5

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 Monmouth County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Burlington County	New Jersey	45	445	9.7
Mercer County	New Jersey	36	266	7.0
Middlesex County	New Jersey	60	532	6.3
Ocean County	New Jersey	44	423	6.8
Queens County	New York	73	698	3.0
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 Monmouth 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 Monmouth in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 442 deaths in Monmouth County from 2005 to 2014. It records 413 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Monmouth in 2024?

The rate of Monmouth County in 2024 was 7.6 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 Monmouth had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 104 of 388 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 Monmouth?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 158 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.