Morris County, New Jersey: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 21 deaths in 21 fatal crashes in Morris County in 2024.

FARS records 234 deaths in 221 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 4.6 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, Morris County was number 14 of 21 counties of New Jersey.

Deaths in Morris County fell by 10.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (261) 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, 35.3% of the occupants killed in Morris County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 45.5% 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 Morris 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.Morris County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	21	21	7
2023	22	22	8
2022	19	19	1 or 2
2021	25	25	5
2020	17	17	5
2019	29	25	3
2018	28	25	1 or 2
2017	29	26	4
2016	21	20	1 or 2
2015	23	21	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	234	221	40

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 76 (1979)2024: 21

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

Table 2.Morris County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	21	21
2023	22	22
2022	19	19
2021	25	25
2020	17	17
2019	29	25
2018	28	25
2017	29	26
2016	21	20
2015	23	21
2014	14	13
2013	25	23
2012	30	27
2011	24	24
2010	25	23
2009	18	18
2008	26	25
2007	28	27
2006	40	32
2005	31	28
2004	36	34
2003	27	24
2002	25	23
2001	36	31
2000	23	22
1999	25	24
1998	28	28
1997	24	23
1996	38	35
1995	33	33
1994	32	28
1993	24	23
1992	40	36
1991	38	36
1990	37	34
1989	47	41
1988	48	46
1987	55	54
1986	49	47
1985	38	37
1984	45	43
1983	58	53
1982	53	46
1981	47	42
1980	62	57
1979	76	67
1978	64	57
1977	41	36
1976	55	49
1975	59	55

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.Morris County beside New Jersey and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Morris County	New Jersey	United States
2024	4.0	7.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	4.6	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. Morris County had 521,355 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Morris County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Jersey
A driver recorded as drinkingof 221 fatal crashes	40	221 fatal crashes	18.1%	22.0%
A speeding-related driverof 221 fatal crashes	37	221 fatal crashes	16.7%	23.0%
No restraint usedof 136 occupant deaths with restraint use known	48	136 occupant deathswith restraint use known	35.3%	45.5%
Pedestriansof 234 deaths	56	234 deaths	23.9%	29.4%
Bicyclistsof 234 deaths	6	234 deaths	2.6%	3.2%
Motorcyclistsof 234 deaths	30	234 deaths	12.8%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 216 fatal crashes with the condition reported	6	216 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	2.8%	11.0%
In the darkof 219 fatal crashes with the condition reported	98	219 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.7%	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.Morris 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	13	6	34
Monday	1 or 2	5	5	14	25
Tuesday	0	11	8	9	28
Wednesday	1 or 2	9	11	10	31
Thursday	3	6	9	11	29
Friday	7	5	15	17	44
Saturday	7	6	7	10	30
All days	28	48	68	77	221

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.Morris County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Jersey
Interstate	60	27.8%	10.2%
Other freeways and expressways	6	2.8%	10.2%
Other principal arterial	69	31.9%	34.6%
Minor arterial	46	21.3%	22.5%
Major collector	19	8.8%	10.7%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.5%	0.8%
Local	15	6.9%	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.Morris County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	112
Dark, not lighted	39
Dark, lighted	52
Dawn	3
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	7
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Morris County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	185
Cloudy	8
Rain	23
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	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Morris County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Morris	In all of New Jersey
Interstate 80	Interstate	44	108
Interstate 280	Interstate	7	35
Interstate 287	Interstate	9	57
State Route 23	State highway	11	37
US Route 46	US highway	27	59
US Route 202	US highway	5	27
US Route 206	US highway	5	51

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.Morris 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
Morris County: 4.6

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 Morris County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Essex County	New Jersey	47	470	5.7
Hunterdon County	New Jersey	9	75	5.9
Passaic County	New Jersey	33	262	5.1
Somerset County	New Jersey	19	196	5.8
Sussex County	New Jersey	12	107	7.4
Union County	New Jersey	38	302	5.3
Warren County	New Jersey	15	119	11.0

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 Morris 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 Morris in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 261 deaths in Morris County from 2005 to 2014. It records 234 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Morris in 2024?

The rate of Morris County in 2024 was 4.0 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 Morris had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 40 of 221 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 Morris?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 108 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.