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New Jersey fatal crash statistics by county

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FARS records 670 deaths in 638 fatal crashes in New Jersey in 2024.

In 2024 the rate is 7.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in New Jersey and 11.5 in the United States.

In 2024 the rate is 0.84 deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles in New Jersey and 1.19 in the United States.

By deaths for each 100,000 residents in 2024, New Jersey was number 47 of 51, the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Deaths in New Jersey rose by 10.7% from 2023 to 2024. In the United States they fell by 4.3%.

From 2015 to 2024, 11.0% of the fatal crashes in New Jersey with a known setting were rural, against 42.7% in the United States.

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 .

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on . NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in New Jersey by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 2 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this state has a change on record.

County map

Figure 2.Counties of New Jersey by deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024
Atlantic County: 14.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBergen County: 3.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBurlington County: 9.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCamden County: 8.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCape May County: 12.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCumberland County: 16.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearEssex County: 5.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGloucester County: 12.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHudson County: 3.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHunterdon County: 5.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMercer County: 7.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMiddlesex County: 6.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMonmouth County: 6.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMorris County: 4.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearOcean County: 6.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPassaic County: 5.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSalem County: 22.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSomerset County: 5.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSussex County: 7.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearUnion County: 5.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWarren County: 11.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

  • Fewer than 1015 counties
  • 10 to 14.94 counties
  • 15 to 19.91 county
  • 20 to 29.91 county
  • 30 or more0 counties

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.

In words: 15 counties have a rate of fewer than 10; 4 counties have a rate of 10 to 14.9; 1 county has a rate of 15 to 19.9; 1 county has a rate of 20 to 29.9; 0 counties have a rate of 30 or more. Table 1 has the rate of each county.

Counties

Table 1.New Jersey: deaths and rate of each county, in name order
CountyResidentsDeaths, 2024Deaths, 2015 to 2024For each 100,000 residents in a year
Atlantic County278,4675638514.2
Bergen County973,477423683.9
Burlington County477,522454459.7
Camden County533,595374488.7
Cape May County94,094911412.1
Cumberland County156,4073025016.4
Essex County891,241474705.7
Gloucester County311,2633236212.1
Hudson County731,028202343.4
Hunterdon County131,0979755.9
Mercer County397,329362667.0
Middlesex County881,620605326.3
Monmouth County648,673494136.5
Morris County521,355212344.6
Ocean County668,395444236.8
Passaic County531,117332625.1
Salem County65,9401614522.6
Somerset County355,122191965.8
Sussex County147,445121077.4
Union County598,743383025.3
Warren County112,4241511911.0

Note: the rate is for the ten years 2015 to 2024. Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. A count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2", and no rate is given for it.

Download: the deaths and fatal crashes of each county by year, 1975 to 2024 (CSV)

Each year

Figure 3.Deaths in New Jersey by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 1,162 (1981)2024: 670

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

Table 2.New Jersey: deaths, fatal crashes and rates by year, 1975 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashesFor each 100,000 residentsFor each 100 million vehicle-miles
20246706387.00.84
20236055726.40.78
20226896467.40.92
20216926627.50.94
20205865496.30.88
20195585246.30.71
20185635246.30.73
20176245917.00.81
20166025706.80.78
20155615216.30.74
20145565236.3n/a
20135425086.1n/a
20125895536.7n/a
20116275867.1n/a
20105565306.3n/a
20095845506.7n/a
20085905556.8n/a
20077246748.3n/a
20067717098.9n/a
20057476908.6n/a
20047236848.4n/a
20037336648.5n/a
20027716989.0n/a
20017456818.8n/a
20007316598.7n/a
1999726664n/an/a
1998741671n/an/a
1997775700n/an/a
1996814754n/an/a
1995774719n/an/a
1994761691n/an/a
1993789722n/an/a
1992763694n/an/a
1991783737n/an/a
1990886817n/an/a
1989891814n/an/a
19881,051966n/an/a
19871,023929n/an/a
19861,039946n/an/a
1985964885n/an/a
1984922859n/an/a
1983932866n/an/a
19821,061965n/an/a
19811,1621,043n/an/a
19801,1201,022n/an/a
19791,1421,052n/an/a
19781,1241,017n/an/a
19771,082978n/an/a
19761,029920n/an/a
19751,043923n/an/a

Note: each year is a link to the page of that year. The rate for residents starts in 2000. The rate for vehicle-miles starts in 2015.

Two rates

One rate divides the deaths by the residents. The other rate divides the deaths by the miles that vehicles travel in the state.

Table 3.New Jersey beside the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents and for each 100 million vehicle-miles
RatePeriodNew JerseyUnited States
For each 100,000 residents20247.011.5
For each 100,000 residents2015 to 2024, in a year6.711.8
For each 100 million vehicle-miles20240.841.19
For each 100 million vehicle-miles2015 to 20240.811.23

Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. New Jersey had 9,506,354 residents in 2024.

Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, table VM-2. New Jersey had 79,460 million vehicle-miles in 2024. Table VM-2 of 2024

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.New Jersey: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
FactorCountCounted amongShareShare in the United States
A driver recorded as drinkingof 5,797 fatal crashes1,2775,797 fatal crashes26.3%
A speeding-related driverof 5,797 fatal crashes1,3355,797 fatal crashes27.2%
No restraint usedof 3,070 occupant deaths with restraint use known1,3963,070 occupant deathswith restraint use known49.0%
Pedestriansof 6,150 deaths1,8096,150 deaths17.1%
Bicyclistsof 6,150 deaths1956,150 deaths2.4%
Motorcyclistsof 6,150 deaths8156,150 deaths14.5%
On a rural roadof 5,719 fatal crashes with the condition reported6275,719 fatal crasheswith the condition reported42.7%
In the darkof 5,770 fatal crashes with the condition reported2,9605,770 fatal crasheswith the condition reported49.2%

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 .

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.New Jersey: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
WeekdayMidnight to 6 a.m.6 a.m. to noonNoon to 6 p.m.6 p.m. to midnightAll
Sunday258143233266900
Monday130153203262748
Tuesday101170233221725
Wednesday115157239257768
Thursday120169214305808
Friday142178225332877
Saturday260131218359968
All days1,1261,1011,5652,0025,794

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.New Jersey: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function classFatal crashesShareShare in the United States
Interstate58810.2%12.6%
Other freeways and expressways58510.2%4.4%
Other principal arterial1,99134.6%29.8%
Minor arterial1,29222.5%22.1%
Major collector61610.7%15.5%
Minor collector480.8%3.4%
Local62710.9%12.2%
Not reported50n/an/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Routes

37 signed routes in New Jersey have a page. A route page needs 20 or more fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024.

All routes in New Jersey

Interstate routes

Official channels

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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. Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, table VM-2. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to .

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in New Jersey in ten years?

FARS records 6,150 deaths in 5,797 fatal crashes in New Jersey from 2015 to 2024. It records 6,286 deaths from 2005 to 2014.

What part of the deaths in the United States was in New Jersey?

New Jersey had 670 of the 39,254 deaths in the United States in 2024. That is 1.7 percent.

How many fatal crashes in New Jersey had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 1,277 of 5,797 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 1,335 of them.

How many pages does New Jersey have?

New Jersey has 21 county pages, 37 route pages and one page for each year from 1975 to 2024.