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 Jan 23, NJ has 25 reported deaths in 2025, and is on pace for 681. 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
Wed Jan 22 6:53PM	Bergen	Paramus	278 FARVIEW AVENUE
Tue Jan 21 9:05AM	Middlesex	North Brunswick	Apple Orchard Ln
Mon Jan 20 12:03PM	Ocean	Berkeley	County 621
Mon Jan 20 11:01AM	Monmouth	Wall	34
Sun Jan 19 4:20AM	Union	Linden	New Jersey Turnpike MP 96.9
Sat Jan 18 3:04AM	Warren	Knowlton	Interstate 80
Fri Jan 17 7:04PM	Camden	Camden	County 605
Fri Jan 17 5:43AM	Burlington	Florence	County 656
Thu Jan 16 5:42PM	Bergen	Mahwah	Interstate 287
Thu Jan 16 2:54PM	Bergen	Englewood Cliffs	Palisades Interstate Parkway
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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.