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 May 20, NJ has 196 reported deaths in 2025, and is on pace for 653. 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 May 19 2:26AM	Warren	Blairstown	Millbrook Rd
Sun May 18 1:06AM	Gloucester	Harrison	New Jersey Turnpike
Sat May 17 9:04PM	Middlesex	Woodbridge	State Highway 440
Sat May 17 6:13PM	Ocean	Jackson	Grawtown Rd
Sat May 17 5:16PM	Middlesex	East Brunswick	County 613
Sat May 17 2:40PM	Atlantic	Egg Harbor Twp	Delaware Ave
Fri May 16 3:37AM	Hudson	Kearny	County 508
Wed May 14 7:20PM	Bergen	Lodi	Memorial Dr
Wed May 14 5:08AM	Monmouth	Hazlet	Garden State Parkway
Tue May 13 2:40AM	Ocean	Lakewood	County 528 MP 33.5
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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.