# Traffic fatalities in New Jersey

Traffic fatalities in New Jersey was 670 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-state-34`
- Unit: count
- Definition: People killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.
- Note: A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.
- Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states (https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public information (US government work); may be distributed or copied
- Citation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/new-jersey
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=traffic_fatalities&place=us-state-34

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 670 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 605 |
| 2022 | 689 |
| 2021 | 692 |
| 2020 | 586 |
| 2019 | 558 |
| 2018 | 563 |
| 2017 | 624 |
| 2016 | 602 |
| 2015 | 561 |
| 2014 | 556 |
| 2013 | 542 |
| 2012 | 589 |
| 2011 | 627 |
| 2010 | 556 |
| 2009 | 584 |
| 2008 | 590 |
| 2007 | 724 |
| 2006 | 771 |
| 2005 | 747 |
| 2004 | 723 |
| 2003 | 733 |
| 2002 | 771 |
| 2001 | 745 |
| 2000 | 731 |
| 1999 | 726 |
| 1998 | 741 |
| 1997 | 775 |
| 1996 | 814 |
| 1995 | 774 |
| 1994 | 761 |
| 1993 | 789 |
| 1992 | 763 |
| 1991 | 783 |
| 1990 | 886 |
| 1989 | 891 |
| 1988 | 1,051 |
| 1987 | 1,023 |
| 1986 | 1,039 |
| 1985 | 964 |
| 1984 | 922 |
| 1983 | 932 |
| 1982 | 1,061 |
| 1981 | 1,162 |
| 1980 | 1,120 |
| 1979 | 1,142 |
| 1978 | 1,124 |
| 1977 | 1,082 |
| 1976 | 1,029 |
| 1975 | 1,043 |