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Traffic deaths in Kearny, New Jersey

City in Hudson County · New Jersey · United States

Deaths, 2024: 4
Fatal crashes: 3
Population: 40.7K

In 2024, 4 people died in 3 fatal crashes in Kearny, New Jersey. That was 300.0% more than in 2023 (1) and the most since 2021. The death rate was 9.8 per 100,000 residents, compared with 2.7 in Hudson County, 7.0 in New Jersey and 11.5 in the United States. Between 2020 and 2024, 18 people died, an average of 3.6 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. 67% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

9.8

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About 4 times the rate in Hudson County, New Jersey: 2.7
About 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 7.0
About 85 percent of the rate in the United States: 11.5

+300%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

1 death in 2023, 4 in 2024

Hudson County, New Jersey: -20%
New Jersey: +11%
The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024

Category	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2020	3	3
2021	7	7
2022	3	2
2023	1	1
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	7.2
2021	17.4
2022	7.5
2023	2.5
2024	9.8

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Road users

Who died

of deaths were pedestrians

About 5 percent of the share in Hudson County, New Jersey: 30%
About 5 percent of the share in New Jersey: 31%
About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	3
Pedestrians	0
Motorcyclists	1
Cyclists	0

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Kearny	Share in Hudson County
Pedestrians	0	0%	30%
Motorcyclists	1	25%	15%
Cyclists	0	0%	0%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	2	50%	25%
Speeding-related crashes	3	75%	30%

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

67%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 3 times the share in Hudson County, New Jersey: 26%
About 3 times the share in New Jersey: 23%
About double the share in the United States: 28%

33%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.6 times the share in Hudson County, New Jersey: 21%
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	Kearny	Hudson County	New Jersey	United States
Speeding-related	33.3%	21.1%	20.5%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	66.7%	26.3%	22.6%	28.1%
At night	66.7%	52.6%	56.3%	53.6%
At weekends	100.0%	63.2%	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 1.3 times the share in Hudson County, New Jersey: 53%
About 1.2 times the share in New Jersey: 56%
About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 54%

100%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About 1.6 times the share in Hudson County, New Jersey: 63%
About 3 times the share in New Jersey: 32%
About 3 times the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	14
Cloudy	1
Rain	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	5
Dark - Not Lighted	3
Dark - Unknown Lighting	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-953
US-1 TRUCK2
CR-507 SCHUYLER AVE1
CR-508 NEWARK TURNPIKE1
SR-71
PLEASANT PLACE1
I-2801
CR-659 FISH HOUSE RD1
CR-508 HARRSION AVENUE1
BERGEN AVE1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
SUVs	11
Motorcycles	6
Cars	6
Medium and heavy trucks	4
Vans	2
Pickup trucks	2
Other vehicles	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
Aug 25, 2024	I-280	1
Mar 16, 2024	CR-508 NEWARK TURNPIKE	2
Jan 14, 2024	BELGROVE DR	1
Apr 14, 2023	BERGEN AVE	1
Sep 3, 2022	SR-7	1
May 14, 2022	CR-507 SCHUYLER AVE	2
Dec 21, 2021	PLEASANT PLACE	1
Dec 19, 2021	US-1/9	1
Nov 22, 2021	I-95	1
Oct 11, 2021	CR-659 FISH HOUSE RD	1
Jul 26, 2021	US-1 TRUCK	1
May 1, 2021	I-95	1
Apr 29, 2021	US-1 TRUCK	1
Sep 11, 2020	SR-7 RAMP	1
Jul 6, 2020	I-95	1
Mar 13, 2020	CR-508 HARRSION AVENUE	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.