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 Feb 14, NJ has 56 reported deaths in 2025, and is on pace for 670. More state-wide data.
2021 and 2022 were the worst years in the NJSP record (since 2008), with 697 and 689 deaths, resp.
Recent fatal crashes
Date/Time | County | Municipality | Casualties | Location | |
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Wed Feb 12 8:27PM | Cumberland | Deerfield | County 645 MP 2.4 | ||
Mon Feb 10 5:54AM | Hudson | North Bergen | State Highway 1 MP 60.5 | ||
Mon Feb 10 5:15AM | Atlantic | Hamilton | State Highway 322 | ||
Sun Feb 9 11:00PM | Bergen | Lodi | State Highway 46 | ||
Sat Feb 8 11:21AM | Camden | Haddon Heights | State Highway 30 | ||
Fri Feb 7 6:34PM | Atlantic | Egg Harbor City | State/Interstate Authority 30 | ||
Thu Feb 6 8:20AM | Burlington | North Hanover | County 680 | ||
Wed Feb 5 7:46AM | Somerset | Hillsborough | County 627 | ||
Wed Feb 5 7:36AM | Union | Hillside | Winans Ave | ||
Tue Feb 4 9:02PM | Ocean | Toms River | State Highway 37 | ||
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 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.