⬆ New Jersey averaged a deer-related crash every 45 minutes in 2025, based on AAA’s analysis of state crash data.
💲 Deer strikes can cost thousands: A New Jersey repair estimate reported in 2023 put the average near $6,000.
❗ A fatal Galloway crash underscores the danger as deer mating season brings fresh warnings for New Jersey drivers.
New Jersey drivers have another reason to keep both hands on the wheel and their eyes off their phones.
A deer-related crash every 45 minutes.
That was the statewide average in 2025, based on 11,692 crashes reported by AAA Northeast using state crash data in Numetric. Spread across the year, that works out to about 32 crashes a day. AAA calls the total a record, nearly 2% above 2024…