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Traffic deaths in Plainfield, New Jersey

City in Union County · New Jersey · United States

Deaths, 2024: 6
Fatal crashes: 6
Population: 56.9K

In 2024, 6 people died in 6 fatal crashes in Plainfield, New Jersey. That was 500.0% more than in 2023 (1) and the most in any year since 2020. The death rate was 10.5 per 100,000 residents, compared with 6.3 in Union 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. Pedestrians accounted for 50% of deaths, and 50% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

10.5

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About 1.7 times the rate in Union County, New Jersey: 6.3
About 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 7.0
About the same as the rate in the United States: 11.5

+500%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

1 death in 2023, 6 in 2024

Union County, New Jersey: +3%
New Jersey: +11%
The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024

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

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	1.8
2021	1.8
2022	3.6
2023	1.8
2024	10.6

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Road users

Who died

50%

of deaths were pedestrians

About 1.6 times the share in Union County, New Jersey: 32%
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	1
Pedestrians	3
Motorcyclists	2
Cyclists	0

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Plainfield	Share in Union County
Pedestrians	3	50%	32%
Motorcyclists	2	33%	26%
Cyclists	0	0%	3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	2	33%	26%
Speeding-related crashes	3	50%	34%

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

50%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 1.4 times the share in Union County, New Jersey: 35%
About double the share in New Jersey: 23%
About 1.8 times the share in the United States: 28%

17%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 80 percent of the share in Union County, New Jersey: 21%
About 80 percent of the share in New Jersey: 21%
About two-thirds of the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Plainfield	Union County	New Jersey	United States
Speeding-related	16.7%	20.6%	20.5%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	50.0%	35.3%	22.6%	28.1%
At night	100.0%	61.8%	56.3%	53.6%
At weekends	50.0%	38.2%	31.5%	32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

100%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About 1.6 times the share in Union County, New Jersey: 62%
About 1.8 times the share in New Jersey: 56%
About 1.9 times the share in the United States: 54%

50%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About 1.3 times the share in Union County, New Jersey: 38%
About 1.6 times the share in New Jersey: 32%
About 1.5 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	1
5am	1
6am	0
7am	0
8am	1
9am	0
10am	1
11am	0
12pm	0
1pm	0
2pm	0
3pm	0
4pm	1
5pm	0
6pm	1
7pm	2
8pm	2
9pm	0
10pm	1
11pm	0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	1
Feb	1
Mar	1
Apr	1
May	1
Jun	2
Jul	1
Aug	1
Sep	0
Oct	0
Nov	0
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	10
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	4
Daylight	4
Dark - Not Lighted	1
Dawn	1
Dusk	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

CLINTON AVENUE1
CR-601 SEVENTH ST1
CR-620 E FRONT ST1
CR-620 EAST FRONT ST1
CR-620 W FRONT ST1
E SECOND ST1
MU- EAST 3RD ST1
MU-WEST 3RD STREET1
RICHMOND ST1
SR-281

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
SUVs	4
Motorcycles	3
Vans	3
Cars	2
Medium and heavy trucks	2

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
Dec 11, 2024	SR-28 WEST FRONT STREET	1
Dec 7, 2024	E SECOND ST	1
Aug 30, 2024	CR-620 E FRONT ST	1
Jun 1, 2024	CR-601 SEVENTH ST	1
Apr 21, 2024	MU- EAST 3RD ST	1
Mar 8, 2024	RICHMOND ST	1
Feb 2, 2023	MU-WEST 3RD STREET	1
Jul 8, 2022	CR-620 W FRONT ST	1
Jan 15, 2022	SR-28	1
Jun 14, 2021	CR-620 EAST FRONT ST	1
May 5, 2020	CLINTON 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.