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Fatal crashes in New Jersey

Every fatal crash in New Jersey is counted by NHTSA, by year since 1975 and by county. These are deaths on the road, not claims, and they are not our numbers.

Fatal crashes in New Jersey, by year1975–2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

1975 1,052 fatal crashes at the peak 2024

All 50 years as a table
YearFatal crashesDeaths
2024 638 670
2023 572 605
2022 646 689
2021 662 692
2020 549 586
2019 524 558
2018 524 563
2017 591 624
2016 570 602
2015 521 561
2014 523 556
2013 508 542
2012 553 589
2011 586 627
2010 530 556
2009 550 584
2008 555 590
2007 674 724
2006 709 771
2005 690 747
2004 684 723
2003 664 733
2002 698 771
2001 681 745
2000 659 731
1999 664 726
1998 671 741
1997 700 775
1996 754 814
1995 719 774
1994 691 761
1993 722 789
1992 694 763
1991 737 783
1990 817 886
1989 814 891
1988 966 1,051
1987 929 1,023
1986 946 1,039
1985 885 964
1984 859 922
1983 866 932
1982 965 1,061
1981 1,043 1,162
1980 1,022 1,120
1979 1,052 1,142
1978 1,017 1,124
1977 978 1,082
1976 920 1,029
1975 923 1,043

The fifteen New Jersey counties with the most fatal crashes2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
County Fatal crashes Deaths
Atlantic 34001 55 56
Middlesex 34023 54 60
Monmouth 34025 48 49
Essex 34013 46 47
Burlington 34005 45 45
Ocean 34029 42 44
Bergen 34003 40 42
Camden 34007 37 37
Mercer 34021 35 36
Union 34039 34 38
Passaic 34031 32 33
Gloucester 34015 29 32
Cumberland 34011 25 30
Morris 34027 21 21
Hudson 34017 19 20

Which roads, in New Jersey2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

Share is of the crashes this source assigned a road class to, not of every crash in the state.

Road class Fatal crashes Deaths Share
County 204 212 32%
State Highway 128 133 20%
Not Signed 109 112 17%
U.S. Highway 107 115 17%
Interstate 58 62 9%
Parkway Marker or Forest Route Marker [Specify:] 10 11 2%
Off-Interstate Business Marker 9 12 1%
Trafficway Not in State Inventory 6 6 1%
Other 5 5 1%
Municipal 1 1 0%

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