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 Oct 21, NJ has 523 reported deaths in 2024, and is on pace for 698, exceeding 2023's 606. 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 Oct 21 1:25AM	Atlantic	Hamilton	Atlantic City Expressway MP 21.4
Fri Oct 18 10:29PM	Hunterdon	Holland	Stamets Rd
Fri Oct 18 8:07PM	Monmouth	Middletown	State Highway 36
Fri Oct 18 3:00PM	Gloucester	Monroe	State Highway 322
Wed Oct 16 12:33PM	Burlington	Evesham	State Highway 73
Tue Oct 15 9:56PM	Burlington	Westampton	New Jersey Turnpike MP 43.9
Tue Oct 15 12:28PM	Cape May	Dennis	State Highway 47 MP 18.8
Tue Oct 15 7:24AM	Somerset	Franklin	County 514
Sun Oct 13 10:57PM	Essex	Bloomfield	Broughton Ave
Sun Oct 13 1:04AM	Essex	Newark	County 603 MP 2.01
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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

Traffic crashes kill 1.5-2x as many people as homicides in NJ.

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.