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.

Source: NJ State Police

Recent fatal crashes

Date/Time	County	Municipality	Location
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
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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.