Truck accident statistics for Bergen County, New Jersey (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Bergen County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 3 in 2020 to 6 in 2021 and 9 in 2022, then fell to 3 in 2023 before rising to 5 in 2024. The highest count was 9 in 2022. The lowest count, 3, occurred in both 2020 and 2023. The 2024 count was 2 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents was 7.0% in 2020, 17.1% in 2021, 20.5% in 2022, 7.9% in 2023 and 11.9% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 43, 35, 44, 38 and 42 in those respective years. These shares compare truck accident deaths with all traffic deaths in the same year.^{[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 Bergen County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 7 deaths, or 26.9%. People in other vehicles accounted for 13 deaths, or 50.0%, the largest person category. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 6 deaths, or 23.1%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, which includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The grouping can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles; it is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle. These categories describe people who died in truck accidents.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Bergen County involved 28 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 15 and represented 53.6% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 13. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 2.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in the trucks table counts vehicles. These are distinct from the 24 fatal crashes and 26 deaths recorded for the period. A truck accident can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle count is not a count of separate crashes or people killed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Counts are trucks, not crashes. One crash can involve more than one large truck.

How the fatal truck crashes happened

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. Deaths were: angle (side impact), 2 (7.7%); head-on, 0 (0.0%); rear-end, 11 (42.3%); sideswipe, 1 (3.8%); and other, 1 (3.8%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 11 deaths (42.3%). It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 5 (19.2%); two-vehicle, 14 (53.8%); and three or more vehicles, 7 (26.9%). Configuration counts involved vehicles rather than describing the first harmful event.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 13, or 50.0%. The listed route-coded counts were 5 on I-95, 4 on I-80 and 4 on I-287. These figures require interstate route coding and a parseable interstate route number; the listed routes are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 10 deaths (38.5%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 16 (61.5%). Urban locations recorded 26 deaths (100.0%), while rural locations recorded 0 (0.0%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 0. These figures count deaths, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

Bergen County's truck accident death rate was 0.5, compared with 0.8 for New Jersey and 1.6 for the United States. Each rate measures average annual deaths per 100,000 residents during 2020 through 2024. The county rate was lower than both the state and national rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Bronx County, New York, recorded 0.6; New York County, New York, recorded 0.4; and Essex County, New Jersey, recorded 0.6. Bergen County's rate was lower than the Bronx and Essex rates and higher than New York County's rate. These population-based measures do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. Deaths are assigned to the crash location, so the rates do not measure deaths solely among county residents.^{[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.

About these figures

FARS covers fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts group deaths by crash county, not home county. The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and remains subject to revision.^[9][6][7][8]

Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, and multiply by 100,000 to give average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Bronx County, New York (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for New York County, New York (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Essex County, New Jersey (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Bergen County, New Jersey (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)