Blog: Car Accidents

Many New Jersey drivers know that alcohol consumption may be a contributive factor in car crashes. One study by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence describes how drunk driving affects motorists, and it estimates that approximately 32 percent of fatal vehicular accidents involve a drunk driver or pedestrian. A blood alcohol concentration level […]

A refusal to stop at a checkpoint has resulted in property damage and injury to one New Jersey police officer. The incident began around 7 p.m. on Oct. 7 when a man driving a minivan failed to stop at a police checkpoint set up at Route 46 and Grand Avenue. The minivan crashed into an […]

As statistics are gathered based on the traffic accidents in the state, the information can be evaluated for insight into areas that pose special threats to the safety of motorists. New Jersey’s 2011 calendar year results include special areas of concern such as interstate fatalities. The nation as a whole during 2011 saw a reduction […]

A New Jersey man faces drunk driving and weapons charges after he allegedly caused a multi-vehicle crash at a traffic light on Oct. 8. Three people were injured in the accident. According to the Egg Harbor Township Police, the man was speeding in his 2008 Mercedes Benz on Black Horse Pike at around 7:45 a.m. […]

New Jersey police are investigating a fatal truck accident that caused a gridlock on the New Jersey Turnpike. The Sept. 26 incident claimed the life of one individual and injured another, authorities said. According to the report, the crash occurred at about 5 a.m. when a 58-year-old man driving a northbound Jeep crashed into the […]

A New Jersey crash on Route 31 left one person injured on Sept. 17. The other driver believed to be at fault received a citation, according to sources. The car accident occurred at approximately 12:30 p.m. near Mine Road in Hopewell Township. Reports say that a 50-year-old woman from Maple Shade was driving southbound on […]

A 17-year-old New Jersey teen pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree death and fourth-degree assault with a vehicle on Sept. 17. The teen was reportedly involved in a car accident that left two teenage boys dead and a third injured. The fatal incident occurred around 1:35 PM on July 26. The teen in question […]

A head-on crash that happened in Sussex, New Jersey, on Sept. 4 around 9:00 p.m. severely injured a woman who was involved in the wreck. Four other individuals, all residents of Sussex, were also harmed. According to authorities, a Mitsubishi sedan was traveling south on Route 565 when it crossed the centerline of the road […]

A 61-year-old man died after being hit by a bus in a New Jersey airport parking lot in 2012. The bus driver was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident, and he was sentenced to almost one year of jail time on Sept. 9. According to counsel for the man’s wife, a lawsuit […]

A Bergen County prosecutor released a statement on Aug. 30 announcing that a 20-year-old man was charged in connection with a July 24 accident that killed a passenger of the vehicle he was driving and injured another. He was suspected of having been impaired by controlled substances when the crash occurred. The driver, a resident […]