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Traffic deaths in New Jersey in 2020

Deaths, 2020: 586
Fatal crashes: 549
Population: 9.3M

In 2020, 586 people died in 549 fatal crashes in New Jersey. The death rate was 6.3 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.8 in the United States. New Jersey had the 25th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 46th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 30% of deaths, and 23% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

6.3

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2020

About half the rate in the United States: 11.8

New Jersey traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Road users

Who died

30%

of deaths were pedestrians

About 1.8 times the share in the United States: 17%

Who died in 2020

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	316
Pedestrians	174
Motorcyclists	78
Cyclists	18

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Deaths by type, 2020
Type	Deaths	Share in New Jersey	Share in the US
Pedestrians	174	30%	17%
Motorcyclists	78	13%	14%
Cyclists	18	3%	2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	155	26%	30%
Speeding-related crashes	146	25%	29%

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

23%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 80 percent of the share in the United States: 29%

24%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 90 percent of the share in the United States: 27%

Crash factors in 2020

Category	New Jersey	United States
Speeding-related	23.7%	26.7%
Alcohol-involved	23.3%	28.6%
At night	55.7%	53.4%
At weekends	32.6%	32.9%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

56%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About the same as the share in the United States: 53%

33%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About the same as the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	10
1am	16
2am	22
3am	16
4am	11
5am	22
6am	21
7am	14
8am	8
9am	12
10am	24
11am	20
12pm	17
1pm	15
2pm	16
3pm	25
4pm	30
5pm	41
6pm	37
7pm	32
8pm	37
9pm	32
10pm	37
11pm	34

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	85
Mon	78
Tue	57
Wed	64
Thu	86
Fri	85
Sat	94

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	45
Feb	34
Mar	34
Apr	27
May	44
Jun	44
Jul	56
Aug	51
Sep	57
Oct	55
Nov	59
Dec	43

All crashes 2020.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	462
Rain	49
Cloudy	26
Fog, Smog, Smoke	7
Sleet or Hail	1
Freezing Rain or Drizzle	1

All crashes 2020. 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	225
Dark - Lighted	188
Dark - Not Lighted	117
Dawn	8
Dusk	7
Dark - Unknown Lighting	2

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

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020

Roads with the most fatal crashes

I-9521
US-118
US-13012
US-912
SR-3511
444 GARDEN STATE PARKWAY11
SR-4710
I-7810
SR-279
US-408

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	361
SUVs	187
Motorcycles	83
Pickup trucks	67
Medium and heavy trucks	55
Vans	32
Other vehicles	27
Buses	8

All crashes 2020.

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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 2020. 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	Location	Road	Deaths
Oct 2, 2020	Hampton, Hunterdon County	SR-31	1
Oct 1, 2020	New Brunswick, Middlesex County	US-1	1
Oct 1, 2020	Newark, Essex County	SR-21	2
Oct 1, 2020	Orange, Essex County	CR-638 HIGH ST	1
Oct 1, 2020	Mt Laurel, Burlington County	SR-38	1
Oct 1, 2020	Camden County	SR-168	1
Oct 1, 2020	Jersey City, Hudson County	OCEAN AVE	1
Sep 30, 2020	New Brunswick, Middlesex County	SR-27	1
Sep 30, 2020	Oakland, Bergen County	I-287	1
Sep 30, 2020	South Brunswick, Middlesex County	US-1	1
Sep 30, 2020	Montville, Morris County	US-46	1
Sep 28, 2020	Maplewood, Essex County	CR-601 CHANCELLOR AVE	1
Sep 28, 2020	Collingswood, Camden County	US-130	1
Sep 27, 2020	Aberdeen, Monmouth County	444	1
Sep 26, 2020	Newark, Essex County	W PEDDIE ST	1
Sep 26, 2020	Willingboro, Burlington County	CR-630 LEVITT PARKWAY	1
Sep 26, 2020	North Brunswick, Middlesex County	CORPORATE RD	1
Sep 25, 2020	Newark, Essex County	MT PROPECT AVE	1
Sep 25, 2020	Wharton, Morris County	I-80	1
Sep 25, 2020	Atlantic City, Atlantic County	US-30	1
Sep 25, 2020	Sussex County	US-206	1
Sep 24, 2020	Mauricetown, Cumberland County	SR-49	1
Sep 24, 2020	West Milford, Passaic County	CAHILL CROSS RD	1
Sep 24, 2020	Pleasantville, Atlantic County	CR-646 DELILAH RD	1
Sep 23, 2020	Millville, Cumberland County	CR-698 FAIRTON RD	1

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Counties in New Jersey in 2020

Area	Deaths, 2020	Per 100,000
Atlantic County	40	14.6
Bergen County	43	4.5
Burlington County	41	8.9
Camden County	38	7.3
Cape May County	9	9.5
Cumberland County	24	15.6
Essex County	45	5.2
Gloucester County	35	11.6
Hudson County	24	3.3
Hunterdon County	12	9.3
Mercer County	21	5.4
Middlesex County	67	7.8
Monmouth County	34	5.3
Morris County	17	3.3
Ocean County	30	4.7
Passaic County	29	5.5
Salem County	14	21.6
Somerset County	14	4.1
Sussex County	7	4.9
Union County	30	5.2
Warren County	12	11.0

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

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	45
Feb	34
Mar	34
Apr	27
May	44
Jun	44
Jul	56
Aug	51
Sep	57
Oct	55
Nov	59
Dec	43

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	45
Feb	34
Mar	34
Apr	27
May	44
Jun	44
Jul	56
Aug	51
Sep	57
Oct	55
Nov	59
Dec	43

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	45
Feb	34
Mar	34
Apr	27
May	44
Jun	44
Jul	56
Aug	51
Sep	57
Oct	55
Nov	59
Dec	43