New Jersey

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	723	747	771	724	590
Rural	154	117	114	119	72
Urban	568	630	656	605	515
Unknown	1	0	1	0	3
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	0.99	1.01	1.02	0.95
Rural	2.19	1.65	1.57	1.72
Urban	0.86	0.94	0.96	0.87
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	465	487	476	457	332
Restrained	232	250	206	228	159
Unrestrained	216	222	259	214	165
Unknown	17	15	11	15	8
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	185	203	218	201	154
Speeding-Related Fatalities	66	79	77	61	65
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	76	61	99	85	82
Helmeted	63	49	84	69	71
Unhelmeted	8	10	12	15	11
Unknown	5	2	3	1	0
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	1,074	1,054	1,078	998	805
Aged Under 15	1	1	0	1	1
Aged 15-20	104	98	122	105	98
Aged Under 21	105	99	122	106	99
Aged 21 and Over	940	935	929	874	689
Unknown Age	29	20	27	18	17
Pedestrian Fatalities	152	153	164	149	135

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	New Jersey	723	72,844	0.99	8,620,770	8.39
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	New Jersey	747	73,819	1.01	8,634,657	8.65
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	New Jersey	771	75,371	1.02	8,640,218	8.92
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	New Jersey	724	76,152	0.95	8,653,126	8.37
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	New Jersey	590			8,682,661	6.80
US	37,261	2,925,503	1.27	304,059,724	12.25
Best State*					5.59

Year	Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Highest BAC level in the Crash
2004	New Jersey	723	270	37	217	30	0.30
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	New Jersey	747	284	38	238	32	0.32
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	New Jersey	771	341	44	271	35	0.36
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	New Jersey	724	294	41	232	32	0.30
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	New Jersey	590	240	41	201	34
US	37,261	15,438	41	13,294	36	0.45
Best State*			21		16

Year	Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC = .08+)
2004	New Jersey	723	185	26	0.25
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	New Jersey	747	203	27	0.27
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	New Jersey	771	218	28	0.29
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	New Jersey	724	201	28	0.26
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	New Jersey	590	154	26
US	37,261	11,773	32	0.40
Best State*			16

Year	Surviving Drivers/Motorcycle Rider	Killed Drivers/Motorcycle Rider	Total Drivers/Motorcycle Rider
2004	New Jersey	649	204	31	425	363	85	1,074	567	53
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	New Jersey	627	212	34	427	373	87	1,054	585	56
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	New Jersey	650	243	37	428	363	85	1,078	606	56
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	New Jersey	572	214	37	426	371	87	998	585	59
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	New Jersey	484	165	34	321	279	87	805	444	55
US	26,011	6,677	26	24,175	17,045	71	50,186	23,722	47
Best State*			80			95			84

Year	Fatalities - Restrained**	Observed - Restrained***
2004	New Jersey	62	82
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	New Jersey	65	86
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	New Jersey	52	90
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	New Jersey	63	91
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	New Jersey	59	92
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	461	228	216	17	51	246	85
2005	480	247	218	15	53	260	70
2006	469	202	257	10	44	165	44
2007	448	220	213	15	51	250	51
2008	328	156	165	7	49	175	35

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	3	3	0	0	100	3
2005	4	3	1	0	75	4
2006	6	4	2	0	67	4
2007	9	8	1	0	89	8
2008	4	3	0	1	100	5

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	76	63	8	5	89	40	3
2005	61	49	10	2	83	30	4
2006	99	84	12	3	88	45	4
2007	85	69	15	1	82	42	5
2008	82	71	11	0	87	42	4

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	329	46	353	47	334	43	323	45	232	39
Light Truck - Pickup	30	4	29	4	39	5	39	5	34	6
Light Truck - Utility	61	8	74	10	74	10	59	8	50	8
Light Truck - Van	45	6	31	4	29	4	36	5	16	3
Large Truck	11	2	21	3	10	1	14	2	12	2
Other/Unknown Occupants	3	0	7	1	4	1	4	1	5	1
Total Occupants	479	66	516	69	491	64	475	66	349	59
Bus	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	76	11	61	8	99	13	85	12	82	14
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	152	21	153	20	164	21	149	21	135	23
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	16	2	17	2	12	2	12	2	20	3
��Total Nonoccupants	168	23	170	23	181	23	164	23	159	27
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	0	4	1
Total	Total	723	100	747	100	771	100	724	100	590	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	723	747	771	724	590
- (1) Single Vehicle	402	440	431	432	371
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	86	98	74	64	47
- (3) Involving Speeding	66	79	77	61	65
- (4) Involving a Rollover	103	110	119	94	101
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	235	257	256	284	216
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	223	208	261	248	209

Year	Age	Total
2004	6	24	21	16	7	2	76
2005	3	18	18	10	8	4	61
2006	3	31	24	21	12	8	99
2007	3	18	26	21	12	5	85
2008	6	26	13	23	5	9	82

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	76	149,911	50.70
2005	61	158,889	38.39
2006	99	163,609	60.51
2007	85	164,024	51.82
2008	82

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	13	25	37	71
White Non-Hispanic	41	117	180	371
Black, Non-Hispanic	17	24	47	83
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	1
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	2	0	17
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	2	2	5	9
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	481	407	321	8
Total	555	577	590	560
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	8	20	18	33
White Non-Hispanic	9	21	55	80
Black, Non-Hispanic	2	7	10	38
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	1
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	2	7
Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	1
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	1	1	3	1
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	148	121	93	3
Total	168	170	181	164
Total	Hispanic	21	45	55	104
White Non-Hispanic	50	138	235	451
Black, Non-Hispanic	19	31	57	121
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	2
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	2	2	24
Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	1
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	3	3	8	10
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	629	528	414	11
Total	723	747	771	724

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Essex County	71	58	52	49	48	10	8	7	7	8
2	Monmouth County	47	69	48	55	47	7	9	6	8	8
3	Middlesex County	57	44	69	54	46	8	6	9	7	8
4	Burlington County	56	44	47	54	45	8	6	6	7	8
5	Camden County	35	31	47	45	44	5	4	6	6	7
6	Ocean County	66	38	62	74	38	9	5	8	10	6
7	Union County	45	40	37	31	38	6	5	5	4	6
8	Gloucester County	26	38	37	48	32	4	5	5	7	5
9	Atlantic County	39	62	58	55	31	5	8	8	8	5
10	Hudson County	19	31	30	26	29	3	4	4	4	5
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	499	483	503	505	398	69	65	65	70	67
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	224	264	268	219	192	31	35	35	30	33
Total	All Counties	723	747	771	724	590	100	100	100	100	100

1

Essex County

71

58

52

49

48

10

8

7

8

2

Monmouth County

47

69

48

55

47

7

9

6

8

3

Middlesex County

57

44

69

54

46

8

6

9

7

8

4

Burlington County

56

44

47

54

45

8

6

7

8

5

Camden County

35

31

47

45

44

5

4

6

7

6

Ocean County

66

38

62

74

38

9

5

8

10

6

7

Union County

45

40

37

31

38

6

5

4

6

8

Gloucester County

26

38

37

48

32

4

5

7

5

9

Atlantic County

39

62

58

55

31

5

8

5

10

Hudson County

19

31

30

26

29

3

4

5

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

499

483

503

505

398

69

65

70

67

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

224

264

268

219

192

31

35

30

33

Total

All Counties

723

747

771

724

590

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Salem County	33.90	29.03	28.87	19.72	24.19
2	Cumberland County	11.99	23.62	18.84	14.16	14.67
3	Cape May County	15.01	24.35	15.38	21.80	11.48
4	Atlantic County	14.67	23.12	21.53	20.37	11.45
5	Gloucester County	9.53	13.74	13.15	16.81	11.12
6	Burlington County	12.55	9.85	10.51	12.10	10.10
7	Sussex County	13.97	10.62	13.24	9.92	9.28
8	Hunterdon County	7.81	5.44	13.18	5.43	8.53
9	Camden County	6.83	6.02	9.10	8.70	8.51
10	Monmouth County	7.34	10.75	7.49	8.58	7.32
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	12.12	14.16	14.13	12.59	9.92
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	6.50	6.32	7.07	5.90	5.34
Total Rate	All Counties	8.39	8.65	8.92	8.37	6.80

Year		Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Highest BAC level in the Crash
			BAC = .01+		BAC = .08+
			Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Per 100 Million VMT
2004	New Jersey	723	270	37	217	30	0.30
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	New Jersey	747	284	38	238	32	0.32
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	New Jersey	771	341	44	271	35	0.36
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	New Jersey	724	294	41	232	32	0.30
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	New Jersey	590	240	41	201	34
	US	37,261	15,438	41	13,294	36	0.45
	Best State*			21		16

Year		Surviving Drivers/Motorcycle Rider			Killed Drivers/Motorcycle Rider			Total Drivers/Motorcycle Rider
		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS
		Total	Number	Percent	Total	Number	Percent	Total	Number	Percent
2004	New Jersey	649	204	31	425	363	85	1,074	567	53
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	New Jersey	627	212	34	427	373	87	1,054	585	56
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	New Jersey	650	243	37	428	363	85	1,078	606	56
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	New Jersey	572	214	37	426	371	87	998	585	59
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	New Jersey	484	165	34	321	279	87	805	444	55
	US	26,011	6,677	26	24,175	17,045	71	50,186	23,722	47
	Best State*			80			95			84

Person Type		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
Person Type		Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*
Occupants	Passenger Car	329	46	353	47	334	43	323	45	232	39
	Light Truck - Pickup	30	4	29	4	39	5	39	5	34	6
	Light Truck - Utility	61	8	74	10	74	10	59	8	50	8
	Light Truck - Van	45	6	31	4	29	4	36	5	16	3
	Large Truck	11	2	21	3	10	1	14	2	12	2
	Other/Unknown Occupants	3	0	7	1	4	1	4	1	5	1
	Total Occupants	479	66	516	69	491	64	475	66	349	59
	Bus	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	76	11	61	8	99	13	85	12	82	14
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	152	21	153	20	164	21	149	21	135	23
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	16	2	17	2	12	2	12	2	20	3
	��Total Nonoccupants	168	23	170	23	181	23	164	23	159	27
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	0	4	1
Total	Total	723	100	747	100	771	100	724	100	590	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	6	24	21	16	7	2	76
2005	3	18	18	10	8	4	61
2006	3	31	24	21	12	8	99
2007	3	18	26	21	12	5	85
2008	6	26	13	23	5	9	82