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 Mar 27, NJ has 109 reported deaths in 2025, and is on pace for 664. More state-wide data.

2021 and 2022 were the worst years in the NJSP record (since 2008), with 697 and 689 deaths, resp.

Source: NJ State Police

Recent fatal crashes

Date/Time	County	Municipality	Location
Mon Mar 24 10:33PM	Monmouth	Millstone	County 537
Sun Mar 23 11:30PM	Burlington	Pemberton Twp	West Lakeshore Dr
Fri Mar 21 12:58AM	Essex	East Orange	Garden State Parkway
Thu Mar 20 3:46AM	Ocean	Lakewood	State Highway 70
Thu Mar 20 12:01AM	Camden	Pennsauken	State Highway 130
Wed Mar 19 3:35AM	Bergen	East Rutherford	New Jersey Turnpike MP 113.6
Wed Mar 12 11:39AM	Passaic	Clifton	Getty Ave
Wed Mar 12 10:56AM	Ocean	Barnegat Light	County 554
Tue Mar 11 3:44PM	Mercer	Princeton	Sylvia Beach Way
Tue Mar 11 11:30AM	Burlington	Burlington Twp	County 541
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Source: NJ State Police

NJ Traffic Deaths – YTD

Source: NJ State Police

Some data arrives weeks or months after the fact, so current year numbers are especially subject to change.

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 Traffic Deaths per Month

NJ Traffic Deaths, grouped by month

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.