Sussex County, New Jersey: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Sussex County in 2024.

FARS records 107 deaths in 103 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.4 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, Sussex County was number 20 of 21 counties of New Jersey.

Deaths in Sussex County fell by 12.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (122) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (107).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 55.9% of the fatal crashes in Sussex 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 Sussex 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.Sussex County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	12	1 or 2
2023	9	6	0
2022	14	14	5
2021	10	10	1 or 2
2020	7	7	3
2019	14	13	1 or 2
2018	12	12	3
2017	7	7	1 or 2
2016	12	12	1 or 2
2015	10	10	3
2015 to 2024	107	103	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 30 (1978)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Sussex County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	12
2023	9	6
2022	14	14
2021	10	10
2020	7	7
2019	14	13
2018	12	12
2017	7	7
2016	12	12
2015	10	10
2014	7	7
2013	6	6
2012	15	14
2011	11	11
2010	11	11
2009	7	7
2008	14	14
2007	15	14
2006	20	17
2005	16	13
2004	21	20
2003	17	15
2002	13	11
2001	16	14
2000	16	15
1999	16	15
1998	9	8
1997	13	11
1996	21	18
1995	18	16
1994	14	14
1993	16	16
1992	27	21
1991	13	12
1990	15	13
1989	22	21
1988	20	19
1987	25	24
1986	22	21
1985	23	21
1984	27	23
1983	11	11
1982	21	16
1981	22	20
1980	24	21
1979	24	22
1978	30	25
1977	23	21
1976	29	26
1975	13	12

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.Sussex County beside New Jersey and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Sussex County	New Jersey	United States
2024	8.1	7.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.4	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. Sussex County had 147,445 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Sussex County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Jersey
A driver recorded as drinkingof 103 fatal crashes	22	103 fatal crashes	21.4%	22.0%
A speeding-related driverof 103 fatal crashes	19	103 fatal crashes	18.4%	23.0%
No restraint usedof 59 occupant deaths with restraint use known	25	59 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.4%	45.5%
Pedestriansof 107 deaths	12	107 deaths	11.2%	29.4%
Bicyclistsof 107 deaths	4	107 deaths	3.7%	3.2%
Motorcyclistsof 107 deaths	25	107 deaths	23.4%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 102 fatal crashes with the condition reported	57	102 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	55.9%	11.0%
In the darkof 103 fatal crashes with the condition reported	26	103 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	25.2%	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.Sussex 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	3	5	12	3	23
Monday	0	6	5	1 or 2	13
Tuesday	0	3	4	4	11
Wednesday	0	0	3	6	9
Thursday	1 or 2	3	7	1 or 2	14
Friday	1 or 2	4	8	7	20
Saturday	0	1 or 2	11	1 or 2	13
All days	6	22	50	25	103

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.Sussex County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Jersey
Interstate	1 or 2	2.0%	10.2%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	10.2%
Other principal arterial	30	29.4%	34.6%
Minor arterial	29	28.4%	22.5%
Major collector	24	23.5%	10.7%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.0%	0.8%
Local	15	14.7%	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.Sussex County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	68
Dark, not lighted	18
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Sussex County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	84
Cloudy	8
Rain	9
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	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Sussex County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Sussex	In all of New Jersey
Interstate 80	Interstate	1 or 2	108
State Route 23	State highway	14	37
US Route 206	US highway	9	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.Sussex 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
Sussex County: 7.4

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 Sussex County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Morris County	New Jersey	21	234	4.6
Passaic County	New Jersey	33	262	5.1
Warren County	New Jersey	15	119	11.0
Orange County	New York	39	324	8.2
Monroe County	Pennsylvania	18	221	13.2
Pike County	Pennsylvania	10	78	13.4

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 Sussex 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 Sussex in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 122 deaths in Sussex County from 2005 to 2014. It records 107 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Sussex in 2024?

The rate of Sussex County in 2024 was 8.1 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 Sussex had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 103 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 Sussex?

FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on Interstate 80 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 14 fatal crashes on State Route 23 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 9 fatal crashes on US Route 206 in the county from 2015 to 2024.