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 2001-2021. 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 May 20, NJ has 228 reported deaths in 2024, and is on pace for 733, exceeding 2023's 608. 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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Sun May 19 1:25AM | Morris | Jefferson | State Highway 15 | ||
Fri May 17 8:22PM | Atlantic | Hamilton | State Highway 322 | ||
Thu May 16 12:36PM | Monmouth | Middletown | Wilson Ave | ||
Wed May 15 3:13PM | Essex | Newark | State Highway 21 MP 1.12 | ||
Wed May 15 1:46AM | Middlesex | Edison | State Highway 1 | ||
Mon May 13 9:10AM | Essex | Maplewood | State Highway 124 MP 14.7 | ||
Mon May 13 3:39AM | Ocean | Toms River | County 620 | ||
Sun May 12 9:36PM | Camden | Lawnside | State Highway 30 | ||
Sat May 11 11:44PM | Atlantic | Egg Harbor Twp | State Highway 40 | ||
Thu May 9 7:28PM | Ocean | Barnegat | County 610 | ||
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 DOT Raw Crash Data
NJ DOT publishes raw crash data, including property-damage, injury, and fatal crashes, going back to 2001 (≈6MM records).
The data currently ends in 2021, after a drop in all types of crashes due to COVID, and mid-way through a spike in fatal crashes in 2021-2022 (based on the NJSP data above). 2022 data should land in early 2024.