Counties in New Jersey by traffic fatalities

Camden County had the highest traffic fatalities of 21 counties in 2021, at 69. Hunterdon County had the lowest, at 5. The median was 30 and the figure for New Jersey was 692. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest69Camden County

Lowest5Hunterdon County

Median3021 counties

New Jersey692History

Map of counties, 2021

Under 22
22 to 28
28 to 35
35 to 47
47 and over

count, 2021. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2021

count. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Camden County	69	+81.6%
2	Essex County	61	+35.6%
3	Atlantic County	49	+22.5%
4	Gloucester County	48	+37.1%
5	Middlesex County	47	-29.9%
6	Ocean County	44	+46.7%
7	Burlington County	40	-2.4%
8	Mercer County	39	+85.7%
9	Bergen County	35	-18.6%
10	Monmouth County	34	0%
11	Hudson County	30	+25%
12	Union County	29	-3.3%
13	Cumberland County	28	+16.7%
14	Morris County	25	+47.1%
14	Passaic County	25	-13.8%
14	Somerset County	25	+78.6%
17	Salem County	22	+57.1%
18	Warren County	15	+25%
19	Cape May County	12	+33.3%
20	Sussex County	10	+42.9%
21	Hunterdon County	5	-58.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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) by county of the crash. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2026). Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash (Counties in New Jersey by traffic fatalities, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.zip

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Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in New Jersey by traffic fatalities, 2021. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/new-jersey-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2026. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Counties in New Jersey by traffic fatalities, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/new-jersey-counties?period=2021.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2026) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in New Jersey by traffic fatalities, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/new-jersey-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Camden County, with 69 in 2021, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Hunterdon County, with 5 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Retrieved 2026-10-12.