Fatal crash profile · City
Traffic deaths in Hackensack, New Jersey
City in Bergen County · New Jersey · United States
- Deaths, 2024
- 2
- Fatal crashes
- 1
- Population
- 46.4K
In 2024, 2 people died in 1 fatal crash in Hackensack, New Jersey. The death rate was 4.3 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, 11 people died, an average of 2.2 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.
Deaths
Traffic deaths
4.3
deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024
- About the same as the rate in Bergen County, New Jersey: 4.3
- About 60 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 7.0
- About 35 percent of the rate in the United States: 11.5
| Category | Deaths | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.
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| Category | Deaths per 100,000 |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4.4 |
| 2021 | 8.7 |
| 2022 | 6.6 |
| 2024 | 4.3 |
Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.
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Road users
Who died
0%
of deaths were pedestrians
- About 5 percent of the share in Bergen County, New Jersey: 48%
- About 5 percent of the share in New Jersey: 31%
- About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
| Category | Deaths |
|---|---|
| Vehicle occupants and others | 2 |
| Pedestrians | 0 |
| Motorcyclists | 0 |
| Cyclists | 0 |
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| Type | Deaths | Share in Hackensack | Share in Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 0 | 0% | 48% |
| Motorcyclists | 0 | 0% | 7% |
| Cyclists | 0 | 0% | 5% |
| Alcohol-impaired driving crashes | 1 | 50% | 26% |
| Speeding-related crashes | 0 | 0% | 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
0%
of fatal crashes were speeding-related
- About 5 percent of the share in Bergen County, New Jersey: 15%
- About 5 percent of the share in New Jersey: 23%
- About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 28%
0%
of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver
- About 5 percent of the share in Bergen County, New Jersey: 18%
- About 5 percent of the share in New Jersey: 21%
- About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 25%
| Category | Hackensack | Bergen County | New Jersey | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speeding-related | 0.0% | 17.5% | 20.5% | 24.8% |
| Alcohol-involved | 0.0% | 15.0% | 22.6% | 28.1% |
| At night | 100.0% | 60.0% | 56.3% | 53.6% |
| At weekends | 0.0% | 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
100%
of fatal crashes happened at night
- About 1.7 times the share in Bergen County, New Jersey: 60%
- About 1.8 times the share in New Jersey: 56%
- About 1.9 times the share in the United States: 54%
0%
of fatal crashes happened at weekends
- About 5 percent of the share in Bergen County, New Jersey: 38%
- About 5 percent of the share in New Jersey: 32%
- About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 33%
| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| 12am | 1 |
| 1am | 0 |
| 2am | 0 |
| 3am | 0 |
| 4am | 0 |
| 5am | 0 |
| 6am | 0 |
| 7am | 0 |
| 8am | 0 |
| 9am | 0 |
| 10am | 0 |
| 11am | 0 |
| 12pm | 0 |
| 1pm | 0 |
| 2pm | 0 |
| 3pm | 1 |
| 4pm | 0 |
| 5pm | 0 |
| 6pm | 0 |
| 7pm | 1 |
| 8pm | 5 |
| 9pm | 0 |
| 10pm | 0 |
| 11pm | 2 |
All crashes 2020–2024.
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Sun | 1 |
| Mon | 0 |
| Tue | 1 |
| Wed | 0 |
| Thu | 4 |
| Fri | 2 |
| Sat | 2 |
All crashes 2020–2024.
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 0 |
| Mar | 1 |
| Apr | 1 |
| May | 5 |
| Jun | 0 |
| Jul | 2 |
| Aug | 0 |
| Sep | 1 |
| Oct | 0 |
| Nov | 0 |
| Dec | 0 |
All crashes 2020–2024.
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Conditions
Weather and light
| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Clear | 9 |
| Rain | 1 |
All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Dark - Lighted | 7 |
| Dark - Not Lighted | 1 |
| Dark - Unknown Lighting | 1 |
| Daylight | 1 |
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-803
- CR-55 POLIFLY RD2
- CR-503 RIVER ST1
- CR-503 SOUTH RIVER ST1
- CR-55 FIRST ST1
- CR-561 ESSEX ST1
- CR-62 PASSAIC ST1
Road names as recorded in police reports.
| Category | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| SUVs | 7 |
| Motorcycles | 4 |
| Medium and heavy trucks | 3 |
| Other vehicles | 2 |
| Pickup trucks | 2 |
| Cars | 1 |
All crashes 2020–2024.
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Vehicles most often involved
- Yamaha YZF-R11
- Yamaha FZ071
- Cadillac Escalade ESV1
- Chevrolet Silverado1
- Ford Explorer1
- Ford F-Super Duty1
- GMC Acadia1
- Isuzu NPR/NPR-HD1
- Jeep Grand Cherokee1
- Mazda CX-51
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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| Date | Road | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2024 | I-80 | 2 |
| Jul 29, 2022 | CR-561 ESSEX ST | 1 |
| Jul 10, 2022 | CR-55 POLIFLY RD | 1 |
| May 12, 2022 | I-80 | 1 |
| Sep 4, 2021 | CR-55 FIRST ST | 1 |
| May 13, 2021 | CR-62 PASSAIC ST | 1 |
| Apr 10, 2021 | I-80 | 1 |
| Mar 4, 2021 | CR-55 POLIFLY RD | 1 |
| May 28, 2020 | CR-503 SOUTH RIVER ST | 1 |
| May 8, 2020 | CR-503 RIVER ST | 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.