Atlantic City car accident records: who gets hurt, where and when
Police reported 3,369 car accidents in Atlantic City in 2023 and 2024. Of those, 880 left someone hurt or killed, and about 1 in 4 of them (24.7 percent) involved a pedestrian or cyclist, against 1 in 10 statewide.
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How often are walkers and cyclists hit in Atlantic City?
Far more often than elsewhere in the county: 217 injury accidents in 2023 and 2024 involved someone on foot or on a bike, close to half the county total.
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| Measure | Atlantic City | Atlantic County | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accidents where someone was hurt or killed | 880 | 4,594 | 112,966 |
| Pedestrian accidents (any severity) | 143 | 296 | 8,521 |
| Bicycle accidents (any severity) | 102 | 239 | 5,288 |
| Pedestrian accidents where someone was hurt or killed | 126 | 268 | 7,439 |
| Bicycle accidents where someone was hurt or killed | 91 | 215 | 4,308 |
| Pedestrian or bicycle share of injury accidents | 24.7% | 10.5% | 10.4% |
| People killed | 15 | 96 | 1,294 |
| Of them, killed in pedestrian or bicycle accidents | 9 | 38 | 442 |
From 2023 to 2025, 17 people died in Atlantic City car accidents: 7 pedestrians and 3 cyclists among them. Ten of the 17 died after dark on lit streets. Bicycle accidents rose from 40 in 2023 to 62 in 2024.
Does PIP cover you on foot? Usually yes: PIP on your own or a household member's auto policy pays, even though no car of yours was involved. See pedestrian accident medical bills and claims and New Jersey bicycle accident claim help.
Why is Sunday the worst day in Atlantic City?
Weekend nights: Sunday (141 injury accidents) and Saturday (139) lead, and the weekend, late night, summer and after dark shares all run above the state's.
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| Share of accidents where someone was hurt or killed | Atlantic City | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| On Saturday or Sunday | 31.8% | 25.3% |
| Between 9 pm and 3 am | 21.4% | 13.1% |
| In June, July or August | 30.1% | 25.4% |
| In the dark (lit or unlit) | 37.2% | 27.2% |
| With the police alcohol flag set | 4.2% | 4.3% |
Statewide, Sunday has the fewest injury accidents. The alcohol flag is the surprise: 37 of 880 injury accidents, the same share as statewide. See drunk driving accident help in New Jersey and when car accidents happen in New Jersey.
Which Atlantic City streets have the most injury accidents?
Atlantic Avenue leads with 100 injury accidents in 2023 and 2024, more than twice Pacific Avenue's 44. The Atlantic City Expressway comes third with 32.
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| Road | Hurt or killed | All accidents | Killed | Pedestrian accidents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Avenue | 100 | 356 | 1 | 24 |
| Pacific Avenue | 44 | 184 | 1 | 13 |
| Atlantic City Expressway | 32 | 102 | 1 | 0 |
| Madison Avenue | 28 | 142 | 0 | 4 |
| Route 40 | 28 | 101 | 2 | 4 |
| Winchester Avenue | 25 | 132 | 0 | 2 |
| Route 30 (White Horse Pike) | 25 | 83 | 3 | 1 |
| North Carolina Avenue | 19 | 61 | 0 | 3 |
Right-angle collisions were 26.8 percent of city injury accidents (state 22.4 percent), and rear-end only 18.2 percent (state 30.7 percent). Both pikes that enter the city have their own pages: White Horse Pike accident data and Black Horse Pike accident data.
Which corners along Atlantic Avenue see the most people hurt?
No single corner stands out: none had more than 6 injury accidents in 2024 and 2025. Five of the eight corners with 5 or more sit on Atlantic or Arctic Avenue.
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| Intersection | Hurt or killed | Of them, 2025 | People hurt | All accidents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Avenue at Pennsylvania Avenue | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 |
| Route 40 (Albany Avenue) at Ventnor Street | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Pacific Avenue at Pennsylvania Avenue | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| Arctic Avenue at Iowa Avenue | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Madison Avenue at Tennessee Avenue | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Arctic Avenue at Mississippi Avenue | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Atlantic Avenue at Virginia Avenue | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Atlantic Avenue at North Carolina Avenue | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Seven more corners with 3 or 4 injury accidents
| Intersection | Hurt or killed | Of them, 2025 | People hurt | All accidents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adriatic Avenue at Kentucky Avenue | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| Atlantic Avenue at Morris Avenue | 4 | 4 | 13 | 6 |
| Atlantic Avenue at New York Avenue | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Atlantic Avenue at Texas Avenue | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Atlantic Avenue at Christopher Columbus Boulevard | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Atlantic Avenue at South Arkansas Avenue | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Nobody was killed at any listed corner. Counting both spellings of each street, three corners reach 8: Atlantic at New York, Pacific at Pennsylvania and Atlantic at North Carolina. Compare the New Jersey intersections with the most injury accidents.
ACPD, State Police or Expressway Authority: who has your report?
Usually the city police: NJDOT filed 655 of the 880 injury accidents under municipal roads, against 137 on state highways and 75 on toll authority roads.
- Atlantic City Police Department, 1301 Bacharach Boulevard. Get the report online through the CrashDocs search linked from the city's police page.
- Atlantic City Expressway. Request the report in writing from the Atlantic City Expressway Authority, P.O. Box 389, Hammonton, NJ 08037, (609) 965-7200 ext. 108. Crash counts are on Atlantic City Expressway accident data.
- State Police roads. The basic crash report is a public record, but a report can take up to 14 business days to appear. Fees and steps are on how to get your New Jersey accident report, agency by agency.4
No officer came? The same report page explains filing your own. Once you have the report, check it with how to read a New Jersey crash report.
What have appeals courts decided in Atlantic County accident cases?
All four Atlantic County car cases in our appeals index were affirmed. Three of them:
- Dutton v. Rando (2019): a cyclist killed by an SUV was found 40 percent at fault, so $608,000 became a $364,800 judgment.
- Boone v. Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund (2026): a Lyft policy without pedestrian PIP had to include it.
- Robinson v. Stengel (2025, unpublished): a $3.5 million verdict stood; the court refused to cut it to $2 million.5
More rulings are in the New Jersey car accident appeals index and New Jersey pedestrian and cyclist appeals.
Are Atlantic City car accidents going up or down?
Roughly flat: injury accidents went from 458 in 2023 to 422 in 2024, and preliminary 2025 already shows 434.
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| Year | All accidents | Hurt or killed | People hurt | People killed | Pedestrian accidents | Bicycle accidents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,729 | 458 | 651 | 8 | 82 | 40 |
| 2024 | 1,640 | 422 | 598 | 7 | 61 | 62 |
| 2025 (preliminary) | 1,574 | 434 | 603 | 2 | 72 | 51 |
By injury accidents in 2023 and 2024, Atlantic City ranked 20th among New Jersey municipalities and second in its county, behind Egg Harbor Township with 1,275.
Next door, see car accident data for Egg Harbor Township. For app rides, see Atlantic County Uber and Lyft accident help, or start from the New Jersey car accident help hub.
What these numbers can and cannot tell you
The counts on this page are police-reported car accidents from NJDOT crash records, analyzed by us. They show where and when accidents where someone was hurt happened in Atlantic City. They do not show who was at fault in any accident, and they say nothing about whether you have a claim or what it could be worth.
Rules that apply anywhere in New Jersey
- Your own auto policy's PIP pays eligible medical expenses "no matter who caused the auto accident," up to your policy's limit and after its deductible and co-pay. If you chose your health insurance as primary, it pays first and PIP pays second. A claim against the other driver for pain and suffering is separate: it depends on fault and on the lawsuit option on your policy. 6
- Being partly at fault does not stop you from recovering, as long as your share is not greater than the other driver's, or the combined share of all the drivers you claim against (the "51 percent" rule). Your damages are reduced by your share. 7
- If someone is hurt or killed, or property damage to any one person is over $500, the driver must tell the police right away and send a written report to the Motor Vehicle Commission within 10 days, unless a police officer files one. If police did not investigate, New Jersey's SR-1 self-reporting form is the form for that. 8
- An injury lawsuit generally must be filed within two years, and a claim against a public body (a town, the state, NJ Transit) needs a written notice within 90 days. These are general rules with exceptions; check your own dates with a lawyer. 9
Next steps: how to get your New Jersey accident report, agency by agency, and how New Jersey no-fault (PIP) insurance works after an accident. This is general information, not legal advice.
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Sources
- police crash reports that NJDOT collected for 2023 to 2025, as cleaned by the hudcostreets/nj-crashes open-source project, with fatal accidents from the NJ State Police fatal crash statistics; our count.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes; our count.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes; our count of accidents NJDOT flags as intersection accidents.
- City of Atlantic City police page and its CrashDocs link; NJSP crash reports portal; NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, our count.
- Dutton v. Rando, A-1049-16; Boone v. Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund, A-2772-24; Robinson v. Stengel, A-1017-23.
- NJ DOBI Auto Insurance Buyer's Guide 2026, pp. 2, 6; DOBI health insurance as primary
- N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1; NJ DOBI comparative negligence FAQ
- N.J.S.A. 39:4-130; NJDOT self-reporting crash form
- N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2; N.J.S.A. 59:8-8
How we counted
- Scope: NJDOT crash records for 2023 to 2025 assigned to Atlantic City, normalized by nj-crashes, plus State Police fatal data. 2025 is preliminary.
- Injury accident: at least one person hurt or killed. Headline figures use 2023 and 2024; corners use 2024 and 2025.
- Pedestrian and bicycle accidents are NJDOT types "Pedestrian" and "Pedalcyclist"; dark joins the three dark light codes.
- Roads read "Ave" and "Avenue" as one name; Route 30 and 40 rows leave out records filed as secondary.
- Corners keep each spelling as typed; the list stops inside a tie at 3. The rank groups records by county and municipality code.