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Traffic deaths in Paramus, New Jersey

City in Bergen County · New Jersey · United States

Deaths, 2024: 4
Fatal crashes: 3
Population: 26.8K

In 2024, 4 people died in 3 fatal crashes in Paramus, New Jersey. That was the same as in 2023. The death rate was 14.9 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, 13 people died, an average of 2.6 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. Pedestrians accounted for 50% of deaths.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

14.9

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About 3 times the rate in Bergen County, New Jersey: 4.3
About double the rate in New Jersey: 7.0
About 1.3 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

+0%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

4 deaths in 2023, 4 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	4	4
2022	1	1
2023	4	4
2024	4	3

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
2022	3.8
2023	15.1
2024	15.0

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Road users

Who died

50%

of deaths were pedestrians

About the same as the share in Bergen County, New Jersey: 48%
About 1.6 times the share in New Jersey: 31%
About 3 times the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

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

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Paramus	Share in Bergen County
Pedestrians	2	50%	48%
Motorcyclists	0	0%	7%
Cyclists	0	0%	5%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	2	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

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%

33%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.9 times the share in Bergen County, New Jersey: 18%
About 1.6 times the share in New Jersey: 21%
About 1.3 times the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Paramus	Bergen County	New Jersey	United States
Speeding-related	33.3%	17.5%	20.5%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	0.0%	15.0%	22.6%	28.1%
At night	66.7%	60.0%	56.3%	53.6%
At weekends	66.7%	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

67%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About 1.1 times the share in Bergen County, New Jersey: 60%
About 1.2 times the share in New Jersey: 56%
About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 54%

67%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About 1.8 times the share in Bergen County, New Jersey: 38%
About double the share in New Jersey: 32%
About double the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	2
Mon	1
Tue	0
Wed	1
Thu	1
Fri	1
Sat	6

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	0
Feb	0
Mar	1
Apr	1
May	0
Jun	1
Jul	3
Aug	0
Sep	4
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	11
Cloudy	1

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
Dark - Lighted	7
Daylight	3
Dark - Unknown Lighting	1
Dawn	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

SR-174
NONE2
BUS-SR444 GARDEN ST PKWY1
444-GARDEN STATE PARKWAY1
CR-591
CR-59 FOREST AVE1
CR-61 FAIRVIEW AVE1
SR-41

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	10
SUVs	3
Motorcycles	2
Medium and heavy trucks	1
Other vehicles	1
Pickup trucks	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 21, 2024	SR-17	1
Jul 5, 2024	BUS-SR444 GARDEN ST PKWY	2
Mar 16, 2024	NONE	1
Sep 24, 2023	444-GARDEN STATE PARKWAY	1
Sep 4, 2023	NONE	1
Jul 23, 2023	CR-61 FAIRVIEW AVE	1
Apr 15, 2023	SR-4	1
Jul 9, 2022	CR-59	1
Nov 21, 2020	SR-17	1
Oct 10, 2020	SR-17	1
Sep 3, 2020	CR-59 FOREST AVE	1
Jun 24, 2020	SR-17	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.