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Traffic deaths in Fort Lee, New Jersey

City in Bergen County · New Jersey · United States

Deaths, 2024: 5
Fatal crashes: 5
Population: 40.3K

In 2024, 5 people died in 5 fatal crashes in Fort Lee, New Jersey. That was 400.0% more than in 2023 (1) and the most since 2020. The death rate was 12.4 per 100,000 residents, compared with 4.3 in Bergen County, 7.0 in New Jersey and 11.5 in the United States. Between 2020 and 2024, 16 people died, an average of 3.2 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. Pedestrians accounted for 40% of deaths, and 40% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

12.4

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About 3 times the rate in Bergen County, New Jersey: 4.3
About 1.8 times the rate in New Jersey: 7.0
About the same as the rate in the United States: 11.5

+400%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

1 death in 2023, 5 in 2024

Bergen County, New Jersey: +11%
New Jersey: +11%
The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024

Category	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2020	6	5
2021	2	2
2022	2	2
2023	1	1
2024	5	5

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2020–2024

Category	Deaths per 100,000
2020	15.0
2021	5.0
2022	5.0
2023	2.5
2024	12.4

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Road users

Who died

40%

of deaths were pedestrians

About 85 percent of the share in Bergen County, New Jersey: 48%
About 1.3 times the share in New Jersey: 31%
About double the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	3
Pedestrians	2
Motorcyclists	0
Cyclists	0

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Fort Lee	Share in Bergen County
Pedestrians	2	40%	48%
Motorcyclists	0	0%	7%
Cyclists	0	0%	5%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	2	40%	26%
Speeding-related crashes	2	40%	14%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

40%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 3 times the share in Bergen County, New Jersey: 15%
About 1.8 times the share in New Jersey: 23%
About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 28%

40%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About double the share in Bergen County, New Jersey: 18%
About 1.9 times the share in New Jersey: 21%
About 1.6 times the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Fort Lee	Bergen County	New Jersey	United States
Speeding-related	40.0%	17.5%	20.5%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	40.0%	15.0%	22.6%	28.1%
At night	60.0%	60.0%	56.3%	53.6%
At weekends	40.0%	37.5%	31.5%	32.6%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

60%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About the same as the share in Bergen County, New Jersey: 60%
About the same as the share in New Jersey: 56%
About 1.1 times the share in the United States: 54%

40%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About the same as the share in Bergen County, New Jersey: 38%
About 1.3 times the share in New Jersey: 32%
About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	0
1am	0
2am	0
3am	0
4am	0
5am	4
6am	1
7am	2
8am	0
9am	1
10am	1
11am	0
12pm	0
1pm	1
2pm	0
3pm	1
4pm	0
5pm	1
6pm	0
7pm	0
8pm	0
9pm	2
10pm	1
11pm	0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	4
Mon	1
Tue	0
Wed	4
Thu	3
Fri	3
Sat	0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	3
Feb	1
Mar	4
Apr	0
May	1
Jun	1
Jul	0
Aug	2
Sep	1
Oct	1
Nov	1
Dec	0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	10
Cloudy	3
Rain	2

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Daylight	7
Dark - Lighted	6
Dark - Not Lighted	2

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

I-952
SR-672
US-1 RAMP TO SR-631
US-11
SR-67 LEMOINE AVE1
I-95 NJ TRN PKE1
I-95 EAST TO SOUTH LOCAL RAMP1
CR-54 CENTRAL BLVD1
CR-505 HUDSON TERRACE1
BRUCE REYNOLDS BLVD1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	10
SUVs	7
Medium and heavy trucks	2
Buses	1
Motorcycles	1
Vans	1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2024. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Who died Time of day Day Weather Lighting Vehicle type involved Make involved

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Road	Deaths
Sep 29, 2024	I-95 NJ TRN PKE	1
Mar 24, 2024	I-95 EAST TO SOUTH LOCAL RAMP	1
Feb 22, 2024	CR-54 CENTRAL BLVD	1
Jan 26, 2024	445-PALISADES INTERSTATE RAMP	1
Jan 10, 2024	BRUCE REYNOLDS BLVD	1
Nov 24, 2023	US-1	1
Oct 17, 2022	SR-67 LEMOINE AVE	1
Aug 3, 2022	US-9W LEMOINE AVE	1
May 16, 2021	445 LINWOOD RAMP	1
Mar 3, 2021	US-1 RAMP TO SR-63	1
Aug 27, 2020	I-95	2
Jun 3, 2020	I-95	1
Mar 29, 2020	CR-505 HUDSON TERRACE	1
Mar 27, 2020	SR-67	1
Jan 23, 2020	SR-67	1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.