Each year, vehicle deaths claim the lives of hundreds of people on New Jersey highways.
A Philadelphia Inquirer analysis of South Jersey fatal crashes from January 2019 to July 2026 shows seven corridors with four or more deaths in crashes over seven years, drawn from about 330 fatal crashes and over 360 deaths recorded based on New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) data.
Common factors in fatal crashes include challenging highway geometry — such as difficult merge areas, heavy congestion, sharp bends, and aggressive merging — along with geographic features that influence risk, according to Delaware Valley Regional Planning (DVRP) Commission official Chris Pollard…