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 18, NJ has 89 reported deaths in 2026, and is on pace for 572. 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
Tue Mar 17 10:40PM	Mercer	Hamilton	State Highway 29 MP .8
Mon Mar 16 6:02AM	Burlington	Mount Laurel	New Jersey Turnpike
Mon Mar 16 6:01AM	Essex	East Orange	Evergreen Pl
Fri Mar 13 5:36AM	Ocean	Manchester	County 530
Tue Mar 10 4:43PM	Bergen	Rutherford	State Highway 3 MP 6.7
Tue Mar 10 10:45AM	Gloucester	Elk	Hardingville Rd
Tue Mar 10 8:27AM	Bergen	Hackensack	W. Pleasantview Ave
Tue Mar 10 7:25AM	Mercer	Ewing	State Highway 29 MP 7.56
Mon Mar 9 9:57AM	Middlesex	Woodbridge	New Jersey Turnpike
Mon Mar 9 9:18AM	Essex	Newark	New Jersey Turnpike
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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.