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ESSEX (13) County, New Jersey: Road Fatality Risk
Gera US Road Fatality Index: 0.5/10 (Very Low) · 57/yr avg · 6.693/100k. Risk-context signals only.
What is the road fatality rate for ESSEX (13) County, New Jersey?
ESSEX (13) County, New Jersey averaged 57 road fatalities per year from 2021 to 2023 (NHTSA FARS), giving a rate of 6.693 per 100,000 population — 6.00/100k below the US average of 12.695/100k. Gera US Road Fatality Index: 0.5/10 (Very Low).
Road fatality data — ESSEX (13) County (FARS 2021-2023 / Census PEP 2023 / FHWA VM-2 2023)
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Road fatalities 2021 | 61 | NHTSA FARS 2021 |
| Road fatalities 2022 | 57 | NHTSA FARS 2022 |
| Road fatalities 2023 | 53 | NHTSA FARS 2023 |
| 3yr average annual fatalities | 57.0 | Gera calculation |
| 3yr average population | 851,691 | Census PEP 2021-2023 |
| Fatalities per 100k population | 6.693 | Gera formula |
| US average per 100k | 12.695 | NHTSA FARS 2021-2023 |
| GUSRFI score | 0.5/10 | Very Low |
ESSEX (13) County Road Fatality Risk Explorer
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GUSRFI
0.5 / 10
Very Low
ESSEX (13) County, NJ
ESSEX (13) County, NJ has a Very Low road fatality index (6.7/100k). Substantially below the US average of 12.7/100k.
Source: NHTSA FARS 2021-2023 + Census PEP 2023 + FHWA VM-2 2023. Risk-context index only.
Risk signal components
US avg: 12.7/100k · Source: NHTSA FARS + Census PEP
County GUSRFI uses fatalities per 100k only (per-county VMT not available key-free from FHWA).
Avg annual fatals
57
2021-2023
Per 100k pop
6.69
3yr avg
New Jersey state context
New Jersey has a state GUSRFI of 1.1/10 (Very Low), with 7.139/100k (3yr avg). ESSEX (13) County (6.693/100k) is 0.45/100k below the state average.
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ESSEX (13) County road fatality rate: frequently asked questions
- How many road fatalities occur in ESSEX (13) County per year?
- NHTSA FARS recorded 61 road fatalities in ESSEX (13) County, New Jersey in 2021; 57 in 2022; and 53 in 2023 — a 3-year average of 57.0 per year.
- How does ESSEX (13) County compare to the US average for road fatalities?
- ESSEX (13) County has 6.693/100k road fatalities — 6.00/100k below the US average of 12.695/100k (NHTSA FARS 2021-2023 average). The state average for New Jersey is 7.139/100k (GUSRFI 1.1/10).
- What is ESSEX (13) County's GUSRFI score?
- ESSEX (13) County has a Gera US Road Fatality Index (GUSRFI) of 0.5/10 (Very Low). County GUSRFI is based on fatalities per 100k population, normalized against the state-level range (min 5.659, max 24.943 per 100k). It ranks among the top 118 counties by road fatality count in the US (out of 350 counties tracked).
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All counties →Contains public sector information published by NHTSA / US Census Bureau and licensed under the US Government public domain. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) — annual national CSV ZIPs 2021-2023 (FARS 2021-2023 / Census PEP 2023 / FHWA VM-2 2023, published 2024-2025).
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