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I-95 truck accidents in New Jersey (2020-2024)

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I-95 truck accidents in New Jersey (2020-2024)
Data years2020-2024[1][2][3][4][5]
Route segmentI-95 in New Jersey[1][2][3][4][5]
Deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-202426[1][2][3][4][5]
All deaths on the route segment, 2020-202494[1][2][3][4][5]
Share of segment deaths in large-truck crashes27.7%[1][2][3][4][5]
Fatal crashes involving large trucks, 2020-202424[1][2][3][4][5]
2024 data fileFARS Annual Report File[5]

Fatal crashes involving large trucks on I-95 in New Jersey recorded 26 deaths during 2020 to 2024. Those deaths represented 27.7% of the 94 deaths assigned to the route in the state. The large-truck death count came from 24 fatal large-truck crashes. These truck accident figures count everyone killed in the qualifying crashes, including people who were not occupants of the large truck. Deaths and fatal crashes are distinct measures in this corridor record.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

For I-95 in New Jersey, a truck accident means a fatal crash involving at least one medium or heavy truck with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds, excluding buses and motor homes. Assignment uses the crash-level fields ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID. The recorded trafficway identifier places each crash on the route; it does not describe the highway's full geographic extent.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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I-95 truck accident deaths in New Jersey by year

The annual truck accident death count was 3 in 2020, 4 in 2021, 12 in 2022, 4 in 2023 and 3 in 2024. Deaths rose from 2020 to 2021 and from 2021 to 2022, then fell in 2023 and again in 2024. The highest count was 12 in 2022. The lowest count, 3, occurred in both 2020 and 2024; 2021 and 2023 also matched at 4.[1][2][3][4][5]

All deaths assigned to I-95 in New Jersey numbered 24 in 2020, 14 in 2021, 25 in 2022, 18 in 2023 and 13 in 2024. That measure reached its highest count in 2022 and its lowest in 2024. Both measures were lower in 2023 than in 2022, and lower again in 2024.[1][2][3][4][5]

I-95 truck accident deaths in New Jersey by year[1][2][3][4][5]
YearDeaths in large-truck crashesAll deaths on the route
2020324
2021414
20221225
2023418
2024313

Crashes are placed on the route by the trafficway identifier recorded for each fatal crash. 2024 is the Annual Report File.

Counties along I-95 in New Jersey

Truck accident deaths assigned to I-95 in New Jersey occurred in 8 counties. Among the listed rows, Bergen County and Mercer County shared the highest death count at 5 each, with each accounting for 19.2% of the state segment's total. Burlington County and Middlesex County each recorded 4 deaths and 15.4%.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Union County recorded 3 deaths, or 11.5%. Essex County and Salem County each had 2 deaths and 7.7%. Camden County had the lowest count among the listed rows, with 1 death and 3.8%. These county figures identify crash locations recorded for the New Jersey route segment, not the residences of the people who died.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Counties along I-95 in New Jersey[1][2][3][4][5]
CountyDeaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024Share of the route total in the state
Bergen County519.2%
Mercer County519.2%
Burlington County415.4%
Middlesex County415.4%
Union County311.5%
Essex County27.7%
Salem County27.7%
Camden County13.8%

How the truck crashes on I-95 happened

Rear-end crashes accounted for 12 deaths and 46.2%, the largest manner-of-collision count among the listed rows. Angle (side impact) recorded 4 deaths and 15.4%; sideswipe recorded 3 and 11.5%; head-on recorded 1 and 3.8%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 6 deaths and 23.1%. This classification concerns the first harmful event and means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or impact with a parked vehicle. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

For these New Jersey I-95 truck accident deaths, daytime accounted for 7 deaths and 26.9%, while nighttime accounted for 19 and 73.1%. Urban locations recorded 25 deaths and 96.2%; rural locations recorded 1 and 3.8%. Work-zone deaths numbered 1. Each measure counts people killed, not vehicles or fatal crashes.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

How the truck crashes on I-95 happened[1][2][3][4][5]
Manner of collisionDeaths, 2020-2024Share
Rear-end1246.2%
Angle (side impact)415.4%
Sideswipe311.5%
Head-on13.8%
Not a collision with another moving vehicle623.1%

I-95 in other states

Across I-95, the supplied route-wide count was 430 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 16 states. New Jersey's 26 deaths represented 6.0% of that route total. The other-state rows show selected segments; their counts do not replace the separately supplied route-wide figure.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Florida recorded 103 truck accident deaths, the highest count among the listed other-state rows. North Carolina recorded 57, Virginia 46, South Carolina 43 and Georgia 36. Each listed other-state segment had a higher death count than New Jersey's 26. These are location-based counts rather than traffic-adjusted risk rankings. They do not establish relative risk per trip or mile.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

I-95 in other states[1][2][3][4][5]
I-95 segmentDeaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024
Florida103
North Carolina57
Virginia46
South Carolina43
Georgia36

About these figures

For I-95 in New Jersey, FARS supplies a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes; nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Counts follow recorded crash locations, not where people lived. Crash-level route signing and trafficway identifiers assign this segment's records, without establishing the highway's full geographic extent. Large-truck involvement does not establish fault.[8][6][7]

The New Jersey I-95 records for 2020 to 2023 use FARS Final Files. The 2024 figures use the Annual Report File and may change when replaced by the Final File. A reader searching for a truck accident lawyer should keep the grouping in view: these statistics describe deaths in qualifying fatal crashes assigned to this route and state.[8][6][7]

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