Car accident statistics for Monmouth County, New Jersey (2020-2024)

Car accident deaths in Monmouth County by year

Car accident deaths increased from 27 in 2020 to 33 in 2021, then reached 49 in 2022. The count fell to 35 in 2023 before rising to 46 in 2024. The highest year was 2022, and the lowest was 2020. The 2024 count was 19 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All traffic deaths numbered 34 in 2020, 34 in 2021, 54 in 2022, 37 in 2023 and 49 in 2024. Car accident deaths represented 79.4%, 97.1%, 90.7%, 94.6% and 93.9% of those respective annual totals. The highest share occurred in 2021, while the highest death count occurred in 2022. These annual figures count deaths by crash location.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Deaths within 30 days in crashes on public roads. 2024 figures come from the FARS Annual Report File and can be revised.

Who died in Monmouth County car accidents

People in cars, SUVs, pickups or vans accounted for 105 deaths, or 55.3% of car accident deaths during 2020 through 2024. This was the largest person category. People in other vehicles accounted for 17 deaths, or 8.9%, the smallest category. Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping) accounted for 68 deaths, or 35.8%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Each category counts deaths in the selected passenger vehicle crashes, including deaths involving other vehicle types. Readers searching for a car accident lawyer should keep this grouping in mind: these figures describe people killed in qualifying crashes, grouped by crash location.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

How the fatal car crashes happened

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. Angle (side impact) accounted for 36 deaths (18.9%), Head-on for 10 (5.3%), Rear-end for 14 (7.4%), Sideswipe for 15 (7.9%) and Other for 2 (1.1%). These are death counts, not crash counts.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounted for 113 car accident deaths (59.5%). This means the first harmful event was not a collision between motor vehicles in transport. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic; the classification does not depend on whether another vehicle was physically moving.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Time of day and setting

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 98 car accident deaths (51.6%) during 2020 through 2024. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 92 deaths (48.4%). The daytime count was higher than the nighttime count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The land-use classification recorded 171 deaths (90.0%) as Urban and 14 (7.4%) as Rural. Unknown accounted for 5 deaths (2.6%). In a separate measure of vehicle involvement, crashes that also involved a large truck accounted for 8 car accident deaths, or 4.2%. That figure counts deaths in qualifying crashes involving a large truck.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Car accident death rate compared with New Jersey and the United States

Monmouth County's car accident death rate was 5.9 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. New Jersey's rate was 6.1, and the United States rate was 10.5. The county rate was lower than both.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, rates were 2.4 in Queens County, New York; 6.2 in Middlesex County, New Jersey; 8.1 in Burlington County, New Jersey; and 5.8 in Ocean County, New Jersey. Burlington had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties, while Queens had the lowest. These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates, so they show deaths per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or for visitors.

Recorded characteristics of all fatal crashes

Recorded characteristics cover all fatal crashes in Monmouth County, of any vehicle type, rather than only car accident crashes. Shares use all traffic deaths: Speeding-related accounted for 54 deaths (26.0%); Roadway departure, 72 (34.6%); At an intersection, 71 (34.1%); Pedestrian involved, 56 (26.9%); and Motorcycle involved, 31 (14.9%).^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Hit-and-run accounted for 10 deaths (4.8%), Driver distraction reported for 50 (24.0%), and In a work zone for 2 (1.0%). A crash can have several recorded characteristics, so the rows overlap and do not add to 100%. These classifications are not findings of fault or cause.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

A crash can carry several characteristics, so the rows overlap and do not add to 100%. These are recorded characteristics, not findings of fault.

About these figures

FARS is a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a vehicle occupant or nonoccupant dying within 30 days. Counts follow the county where the crash happened, not where those killed lived. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[8][6][7]

The 2020 through 2023 records are FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates use 2020 through 2024 deaths divided by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000. The separately shown July 1, 2024 estimate of 648,673 residents is not the rate denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Car accident statistics for Middlesex County, New Jersey (2020-2024)
• Car accident statistics for Ocean County, New Jersey (2020-2024)
• Car accident statistics for Burlington County, New Jersey (2020-2024)
• New Jersey car accident statistics (2020-2024)