New Jersey Fatal Accidents

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 ...[...]

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.[...]

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.[...]

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office has released videos and radio transmissions from a double fatal crash last September on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen caused by a speeding, fleeing driver ...[...]

'?On Monday, Jan. 12 there was a tragic accident in which an NJDOT employee was killed during a tree trimming operation on Route 38 in Moorestown,'? New Jersey Department of Transportation Spokesman ...[...]

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

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 ...[...]

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 ...[...]

An off-duty Newark firefighter has been identified as the wrong-way driver in a fatal crash Monday that left two people dead on Route 80 in Passaic County. Albin Fermin, 30, was driving a sedan that ...[...]

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 ...[...]

A Bridgeport man was killed when the stolen vehicle police say he was driving left Route 8 in Shelton and struck multiple objects during a rollover crash on Monday. The single-vehicle crash was ...[...]

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

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 ...[...]

Two people were killed and two others, including a toddler, were injured in a wrong-way crash in Passaic County on Monday morning, state police said.[...]

A man and a woman were killed in a wrong-way crash on I-80 near Totowa early Monday morning, according to New Jersey State Police. Officials said the crash happened near exit 54 around 2 a.m. Albin ...[...]

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 ...[...]

One man was killed and another seriously hurt when their two cars collided in a wrong-way, head-on crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in North Jersey early Saturday morning, authorities said. New Jersey ...[...]

A Barnegat woman was killed early Thursday morning after her vehicle struck a highway divider along the northbound lanes of Route 9 in ...[...]

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.[...]

WOODBRIDGE?A 31-year-old Barnegat woman was killed after the SUV she was driving struck a bullnose divider between the northbound local and express lanes of the Garden State Parkway head-on early New ...[...]