Black Horse Pike accident today? Start with the town it happened in
No live feed here shows today's accidents. Police records show the pattern instead: 972 accidents with someone hurt or killed on the Black Horse Pike in 2023 and 2024, and a third of them in Egg Harbor Township.
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Which route number is the Black Horse Pike?
It is four route numbers in a row, which is why an accident report may never use the name "Black Horse Pike" at all.
- Route 168: from Camden County through Bellmawr and Runnemede into Washington Township.
- Route 42: through Washington Township and Monroe Township in Gloucester County.
- Route 322: from Monroe Township through Folsom into Hamilton Township.
- Route 40: from Hamilton Township through Egg Harbor Township and Pleasantville to Atlantic City.
In 2023, only 23 percent of the corridor's accident records carried the Black Horse name, so check your report for the route number.
Route 42 in Camden County is the North-South Freeway, a different road that this page does not count. For that stretch, see Route 42 freeway and I-295 crashes in Bellmawr; Route 55 joins it in Deptford, covered in our Route 55 accident data. The Route 168 stretch is on the Camden County car accident help hub.
Where on the Black Horse Pike do most injury accidents happen?
In Atlantic County: it holds 557 of the 972 injury accidents (57 percent), led by Egg Harbor Township with 330. Monroe Township in Gloucester County is second with 170.
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| Town | County | All accidents | Someone hurt or killed | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egg Harbor Twp | Atlantic | 812 | 330 | 6 |
| Monroe Twp | Gloucester | 506 | 170 | 6 |
| Hamilton Twp | Atlantic | 499 | 164 | 8 |
| Washington Twp | Gloucester | 603 | 132 | 0 |
| Gloucester Twp | Camden | 129 | 39 | 1 |
| Bellmawr Boro | Camden | 123 | 24 | 1 |
| Atlantic City | Atlantic | 77 | 24 | 2 |
The other nine towns on the Pike
| Town | County | All accidents | Someone hurt or killed | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ephraim Boro | Camden | 95 | 22 | 1 |
| Folsom Boro | Atlantic | 49 | 22 | 0 |
| Pleasantville City | Atlantic | 68 | 17 | 2 |
| Runnemede Boro | Camden | 77 | 12 | 0 |
| Haddon Heights Boro | Camden | 36 | 8 | 0 |
| Haddon Twp | Camden | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| Audubon Park Boro | Camden | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Audubon Boro | Camden | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Oaklyn Boro | Camden | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Township logs more accidents in total, 603, but only 22 percent hurt someone. In Egg Harbor Township the share is 41 percent. Town pages: Egg Harbor Township car accidents and Washington Township, Gloucester County car accidents.1
Which Black Horse Pike cross streets see the most injury accidents?
Spruce Avenue in Egg Harbor Township leads with 15 injury accidents in 2024 and 2025. Three Washington Township junctions follow with 14 each.
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| Cross street as the police wrote it | Town | Someone hurt or killed | All accidents | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Avenue (County 684) | Egg Harbor Twp | 15 | 22 | 0 |
| Greentree Road (County 651) | Washington Twp | 14 | 90 | 0 |
| Chapel Heights Road (County 639) | Washington Twp | 14 | 70 | 0 |
| Cross Keys Bypass (County 689) | Washington Twp | 14 | 47 | 0 |
| Bargaintown Road (County 651) | Egg Harbor Twp | 12 | 29 | 1 |
| Route 563 (Tilton Road) | Egg Harbor Twp | 12 | 23 | 0 |
| Route 536 (Poplar Street) | Monroe Twp | 10 | 38 | 0 |
Seven more cross streets tied at 8 injury accidents
| Cross street as the police wrote it | Town | Someone hurt or killed | All accidents | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route 575 (Wrangleboro Road) | Hamilton Twp | 8 | 27 | 0 |
| Tower Avenue | Egg Harbor Twp | 8 | 24 | 0 |
| Main Street | Monroe Twp | 8 | 22 | 0 |
| Washington Avenue | Monroe Twp | 8 | 21 | 0 |
| County 651 / Fire Road | Egg Harbor Twp | 8 | 14 | 0 |
| Chestnut Street | Pleasantville City | 8 | 14 | 0 |
| New York Avenue | Hamilton Twp | 8 | 11 | 0 |
Busy and harmful are not the same: Greentree Road has 90 recorded accidents and 14 with someone hurt, Spruce Avenue 22 and 15.
How many people die on the Black Horse Pike, and how many were on foot?
From 2023 to 2025, 33 fatal accidents on the Pike killed 34 people. In 15 of them the person killed was a pedestrian, and 12 of those 15 were in Atlantic County.
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| County | Fatal accidents | People killed | Accidents in which a pedestrian died | Accidents after dark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | 22 | 23 | 12 | 14 |
| Gloucester | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Camden | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Whole road | 33 | 34 | 15 | 18 |
Two spots repeat. In Pleasantville, pedestrians died at the Route 585 (North Main Street) cross street in December 2024 and again in March 2025. The other is Bayport Drive, on the Egg Harbor Township fatal accident list.
One Atlantic County verdict for a cyclist's estate was cut by 40 percent for fault: see the Dutton v. Rando ruling and other NJ pedestrian and cyclist appeals.
Hit on foot, or lost someone who was? Our page on what happens after a pedestrian crash in New Jersey covers who pays the medical bills.
Washington Township, second for total accidents, had no fatal accident on the Pike in these three years. To compare roads statewide, see the deadliest New Jersey roads and intersections.
What kind of accidents happen on the Black Horse Pike?
Mostly rear end collisions in Atlantic County, where they are half of all injury accidents. In Gloucester County a third are right angle accidents, twice the Atlantic share.
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| County | Accidents with someone hurt or killed | Rear end | Right angle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | 557 | 278 (50%) | 87 (16%) |
| Gloucester | 302 | 116 (38%) | 98 (32%) |
| Camden | 113 | 54 (48%) | 29 (26%) |
Our guide to reading a New Jersey crash report decodes these police codes. For right angle accidents, see the side-impact collision claims guide.
Who writes the report for a Black Horse Pike accident?
Usually the police department of the town where it happened, not the State Police. Your copy names the agency, and that decides where you ask.
In Atlantic County, the Hamilton Township police page links a "Motor Vehicle Crash Reports" lookup.2
Fees, waits, State Police reports and the SR-1 form are in our guide to getting a New Jersey accident report, agency by agency. Statewide rules have their own pages: how partial fault splits work in New Jersey and how long you have to sue after a car accident in NJ.
Quick answers about the Pike
Was there an accident on Route 42 in New Jersey today?
This page has no live feed. Route 42 is the Pike only in Gloucester County, between Washington Township and Monroe Township. A crash on the Route 42 freeway in Camden County belongs to the Camden County crash records, not to these counts.
Are accidents on the Black Horse Pike going up?
No. Police reported 1,668 accidents on the corridor in 2023, 1,444 in 2024 and 1,405 in 2025 (preliminary). Injury accidents went from 493 to 479 to 409. Name-based counts showed a false rise.
Is the Black Horse Pike the same road as the White Horse Pike?
No. The White Horse Pike is Route 30, a parallel road to Atlantic City; see our White Horse Pike (Route 30) accident counts. Both end in Atlantic City, where our Atlantic City car accident page covers every street.
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 on the Black Horse Pike. 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. 3
- 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. 4
- 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. 5
- 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. 6
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
- NJDOT crash records 2023 to 2025 as normalized by the open-source hudcostreets/nj-crashes project, fatal accidents supplemented from NJ State Police fatal crash statistics; our analysis of the corridor by route number and milepost.
- Hamilton Township Police, Atlantic County.
- 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
- The Pike is four routes by milepost: Route 168 from minus 0.2 to 9.51, Route 42 from 0 to 6.34, Route 322 from 24.27 to 50.16, Route 40 from 50.00 to 63.48.
- Records naming another road, such as the North-South Freeway, are left out, as are 11 records with no milepost.
- The Black Horse name appears on 23 percent of 2023 corridor records, 60 percent in 2024 and all of 2025.
- 2025 is preliminary. 2023 comes from a different NJDOT archive that writes cross streets differently, so cross streets use 2024 and 2025. Their spellings are not merged (two County 651 rows may be one junction), so counts are a floor.
- NJDOT's "Mount Ephriam" is corrected. "After dark" means a police-coded dark light condition. Counts, not risk rates.