New Jersey set another grim record for traffic deaths in 2022 as the number of people killed on the state roads rose again. As of Friday, 698 people had died in crashes in New Jersey this year, State Police fatality statistics show. That number topped the 2021 death toll, when 697 people were killed in crashes and collisions, the highest since 2007. This is the highest number of deaths in 15 years and the fourth year in a row of increased deaths, despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of people commuting to work. Safety experts are concerned about the potential loss of addi…