NJ Traffic Crash Data
The first 6 plots below come from NJ State Police fatal crash data (2008-present). It's generally current to the previous day.
Below that are plots of NJ DOT raw crash data, which includes 6MM property-damage, injury, and fatal crashes from 2001-2022. It's a richer dataset, but less up to date.
Work in progress map of NJDOT data: 5 years (2017-2021) of fatal and injury crashes in Hudson County:
- Full screen map here
- Code and cleaned data are here on GitHub.
Car Crash Deaths:

Click/Double-click the legend labels to toggle or solo each type.
As of Aug 17, NJ has 348 reported deaths in 2025, and is on pace for 647. More state-wide data.
2021 and 2022 were the worst years in the NJSP record (since 2008), with 697 and 689 deaths, resp.
Recent fatal crashes
Date/Time | County | Municipality | Casualties | Location | |
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Sun Aug 17 3:53AM | Gloucester | Franklin | Marshall Mill Road | ||
Mon Aug 11 10:24PM | Ocean | Lacey | State Highway 9 | ||
Mon Aug 11 8:17AM | Ocean | Manchester | State Highway 70 | ||
Mon Aug 11 5:50AM | Essex | Newark | West Market St | ||
Sun Aug 10 9:52AM | Monmouth | Howell | County 547 | ||
Sun Aug 10 2:50AM | Burlington | Mount Laurel | New Jersey Turnpike | ||
Sat Aug 9 10:04PM | Gloucester | Monroe | County 655 | ||
Sat Aug 9 5:14PM | Essex | Newark | Dawson St | ||
Fri Aug 8 9:21AM | Essex | Verona | County 506 | ||
Fri Aug 8 1:04AM | Middlesex | Plainsboro | State Highway 1 | ||
NJ Traffic Deaths vs. Homicides

Car crashes kill twice as many people as homicides, in NJ.
In 2022, crashes killed 2.4x as many people, the largest disparity on record.
Homicide data comes from NJ State Police and Disaster Center.
NJ DOT Raw Crash Data
NJ DOT publishes raw crash data, including property-damage, injury, and fatal crashes, going back to 2001 (≈6MM records).
Data is currently public through 2022, showing all crash types rebounding from COVID lows, and a particular spike in fatalities. 2023 data is expected in Fall 2025.