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 31, NJ has 117 reported deaths in 2026, and is on pace for 618, exceeding 2025's 584. 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 30 8:27PM	Gloucester	Deptford	State Highway 47
Sun Mar 29 7:29AM	Essex	Newark	State Highway 21
Sun Mar 29 2:58AM	Union	Union	State Highway 22 MP 56.4
Sat Mar 28 6:12AM	Monmouth	Tinton Falls	Garden State Parkway
Sat Mar 28 12:29AM	Mercer	Trenton	State Highway 33
Fri Mar 27 8:42PM	Essex	Millburn	County 649
Fri Mar 27 7:18AM	Monmouth	Eatontown	State Highway 35
Fri Mar 27 6:45AM	Middlesex	South Brunswick	State Highway 130 MP 73.93
Fri Mar 27 5:45AM	Camden	Waterford	State Highway 30
Thu Mar 26 3:44PM	Hunterdon	Kingwood	County 519
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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.