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

Truck accident deaths in Ocean County by year

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

The yearly shares of all traffic deaths were 6.7% in 2020, 11.4% in 2021, 17.3% in 2022, 4.7% in 2023 and 9.1% in 2024. All traffic deaths for those years were 30, 44, 52, 43 and 44, respectively. The highest truck accident death share occurred in 2022, while the lowest share occurred in 2023.^{[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 Ocean County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 9.1%. People in other vehicles accounted for 20 deaths, or 90.9%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. These categories describe the people killed, rather than the number of vehicles involved.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" records 0 deaths and 0.0%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Despite the label, the other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle counts list 18 large trucks involved in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, including semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 0 and represented 0.0% of those large trucks. The Single-unit and other large trucks category recorded 18 trucks. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles, not deaths or fatal crashes. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck count is a separate measure from the 18 fatal crashes and 22 deaths recorded for the county.^{[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. Angle (side impact) recorded 9 deaths, or 40.9%. Head-on, Rear-end and Sideswipe each recorded 3 deaths, or 13.6%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 4 deaths, or 18.2%. That label means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport; examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by vehicle configuration were Single-vehicle: 2, or 9.1%; Two-vehicle: 16, or 72.7%; and Three or more vehicles: 4, or 18.2%. Configuration counts involved vehicles rather than describing the manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 1, or 4.5%, with I-195 recording 1 death. These figures require an interstate route code and a readable interstate route number. The listed route represents the packet's route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., recorded 13 deaths, or 59.1%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., recorded 9 deaths, or 40.9%. Urban locations recorded 18 deaths, or 81.8%, and rural locations recorded 4 deaths, or 18.2%. Work-zone records show 1 death; that figure counts deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

Ocean County's truck accident death rate was 0.7 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. New Jersey's rate was 0.8, and the United States rate was 1.6. Burlington County, the listed neighboring county, had a rate of 1.5. Ocean County's rate was lower than each of these comparison rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The corresponding death counts were 22 for Ocean County, 377 for New Jersey, 27,553 for the United States and 35 for Burlington County. Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep the grouping in view: these counts follow crash location, not where the people killed lived.^{[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 is a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public, with an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts follow crash location, not the deceased person's residence. The 2020 through 2023 figures use Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File, subject to revision when replaced by the Final File.^[9][6][7][8]

Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000 to express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate of 668,395 is not the rate denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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

On related publications

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