New Jersey Fatal Accidents

On his last day in office, outgoing Governor Phil Murphy signed the law in response to an increasing number of e-bike crashes and fatalities.[...]

Murphy pointed to several recent fatal crashes involving e-bikes as the motivation behind the law, saying the state's rules hadn't been updated in six years despite rapidly increasing e-bike use. The ...[...]

TRENTON, N.J. (WPVI) -- New Jersey has enacted its first update to electric bicycle regulations in six years, a move lawmakers say is aimed at improving safety after a series of serious and fatal ...[...]

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a controversial e-bike bill into law Monday, citing safety issues in the wake of several fatal crashes and ignoring objections from cycling groups that argued there are better ...[...]

Teachers say Clearview Regional School District coach Tom Hengel and his wife were killed in a crash in Mullica Hill Saturday.[...]

The fatal crash occurred at approximately 7:38 p.m. at the intersection of Route 40 and Cantillon Boulevard. According to the Township of Hamilton Police Department, Michael Alvarez was crossing the ...[...]

An Essex County woman died Friday when she was struck by two vehicles - including one whose driver fled - after stepping off a New Jersey Transit bus in Caldwell, authorities said. Sharon Thomas, 56, ...[...]

A pedestrian was killed after being struck by two vehicles at the intersection of Route 40 and Cantillon Boulevard on Thursday. The Township of Hamilton Police Department responded to the crash at ...[...]

A 54-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle on the eastbound Walt Whitman Bridge early Sunday morning after exiting his own disabled car, officials said.[...]

Another driver struck the man and the disabled vehicle, officials told Patch.[...]

New Jersey saw a 16% fatality drop in traffic deaths in 2025, though Ocean County remains a concern with the highest fatalities in the state.[...]

Joseph Aziz, 20, of Jersey City, and Bryan Rivera, 24, of North Bergen, were killed on Sept. 28 after the car Aziz was driving struck Rivera's car on Tonnelle Avenue between 50th and 51st streets, ...[...]

Traffic fatalities in New Jersey declined significantly across multiple metrics in 2025, according to state officials.[...]

A Bergen County man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Route 80 in Morris County Jan. 9, police said.[...]

An 18-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle Friday night on Route 22 in Union County, authorities said, A westbound Tesla Model 3 hit Claudia Vilsaint near the intersection of ...[...]

A 61-year-old New Jersey driver was killed in a single-vehicle crash Friday morning on Interstate 80 in Parsippany, officials said. The Oradell man was driving east at 11:35 a.m. near exit 42 (Route ...[...]

A 61-year-old New Jersey driver was killed in a single-vehicle crash Friday morning on Interstate 80 in Parsippany, officials said. The Oradell man was driving east at 11:35 a.m. near exit 42 (Route ...[...]

An active member of the military was killed in a crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in New Jersey early Sunday morning, Jan. 10, apparently on his way to a military event, sources with direct ...[...]

A 61-year-old driver was killed in a fiery crash Friday, Jan. 9 on Route 80, authorities said. The Oradell man was heading east in a Chevrolet SUV when the vehicle ran off the road to the right, ...[...]

NEW JERSEY - Ocean County recorded the highest number of traffic fatalities in New Jersey in 2025, even as statewide deaths dropped sharply and the state met key highway safety goals, according to ...[...]

New York State Police have identified the pedestrian struck and killed on the Palisades Interstate Parkway last week as a 70-year-old New Jersey woman. Minette Brown was on the road in the right lane ...[...]

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office released video footage Thursday of a fatal crash between an e-bike rider and a police car in Atlantic Highlands last year.[...]

The 24-year-old woman killed by a wrong-way firefighter earlier this week in New Jersey has been identified as the mother of the 2-year-old boy and the daughter of the 60-year-old woman who were both ...[...]

Police have released the name of the woman who was killed after being struck by two vehicles on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Rockland County last week. The victim, who died in an incident in ...[...]

An 83-year-old Mays Landing man was killed Monday morning when his vehicle veered off Harding Highway and struck several trees, ...[...]

TOTOWA, N.J. (PIX11) - A firefighter was driving the wrong way down the I-80 when he died in a head-on car crash near Totowa early Monday morning, according to the Newark Public Safety Director.[...]

A Newark firefighter was among two adults killed early Monday in a head-on collision caused by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 80 in Totowa, ...[...]

An 86-year-old pedestrian was killed after she was struck by a car Sunday night along Route 46 in Parsippany, officials said. Gui Con, 86, was hit around 10:20 p.m. on the eastbound side near the ...[...]

A Connecticut woman was killed, others are hospitalized following an early Sunday in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 80 in New Jersey.[...]

The 30-year-old wrong-way driver who was killed, along with a 24-year-old woman, in a Route 80 crash early Monday, Jan. 5, has been identified as a Newark firefighter.Newark Public Safety Director ...[...]

Two people were killed and two others were injured when a car and an SUV collided on Interstate 80 early Monday morning. New Jersey State Police say the crash happened just after 2 a.m. at milepost 54 ...[...]

The 30-year-old wrong-way driver who was killed, along with a 24-year-old woman, in a Route 80 crash early Monday, Jan. 5, has been identified as a Newark firefighter. Newark Public Safety Director ...[...]

A 31-year-old woman was killed in a violent early-morning New Year's crash on the Garden State Parkway, state police said.Tiara Muhammad, of Barnegat, was driving a Chevrolet SUV in the area of ...[...]

A New York man was killed and another seriously injured in a car crash on Route 23 in Sussex County Jan. 1, authorities said.[...]