Car accident in Bridgewater, NJ: Route 22, I-287 and which police report you need
Bridgewater Township had 703 accidents where someone was hurt or killed in 2023 and 2024, with 972 people hurt and 5 killed. Route 22 and I-287 carried 304 of them. On I-287 or I-78 your report almost always sits with the State Police.1
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Which police report do you need after a Bridgewater crash, and how long does it take?
I-287 or I-78: State Police, on njportal.com for $13 once approved. The same State Police request applies to Parsippany's I-80 and I-287 merge crashes. Route 22, 202, 206, 28 or a local street: Bridgewater Police Records, allow five business days.
The split comes from the station named in 2024 and 2025 crash records. On the interstates, 952 of the 957 State Police records name the Somerville station.
| Where the crash happened | Records naming a State Police station | Where to get the report | Fee and wait |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-287 and I-78 | 957 of 994 | NJ State Police crash report portal, njportal.com | $13.00, once the report is approved |
| Route 22, 202, 206 and 28 | 12 of 1,550 | Bridgewater Police Records Bureau, 100 Commons Way | Nominal fee, allow five business days |
| County roads | 0 of 484 | Bridgewater Police Records Bureau | Nominal fee, allow five business days |
| Municipal streets | 1 of 453 | Bridgewater Police Records Bureau | Nominal fee, allow five business days |
The Records Bureau takes calls 9:00 am to 3:45 pm on weekdays at (908) 725-4044 or (908) 722-4111 ext. 5, and email at records@bridgewaternj.gov. Call ahead and bring your case number.
Can you get someone else's report? The State Police portal calls the basic crash report a public record; serious or fatal investigation reports are not.
Check the road names on your copy: Bridgewater records spell one corner up to eight ways. Our New Jersey accident report guide covers every agency, and our guide to reading a New Jersey crash report explains the codes.2
Which Bridgewater road has the most injury accidents?
Route 22, with 165 accidents where someone was hurt or killed in 2023 and 2024. I-287 follows with 139, then Route 28 with 95.
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| Road (both directions) | Hurt or killed, 2023 and 2024 | Share of town | People hurt | People killed | All accidents | Hurt or killed, 2025 (preliminary) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route 22 | 165 | 23% | 251 | 1 | 719 | 96 |
| I-287 | 139 | 20% | 171 | 3 | 813 | 73 |
| Route 28 | 95 | 14% | 126 | 1 | 447 | 36 |
| Route 202 | 77 | 11% | 105 | 0 | 366 | 29 |
| County Route 533 | 45 | 6% | 76 | 0 | 130 | 22 |
| I-78 | 14 | 2% | 25 | 0 | 58 | 15 |
| Route 206 | 7 | 1% | 7 | 0 | 72 | 9 |
| All other roads | 161 | 23% | 0 | 890 |
I-287 has the most accidents of any road in town, 813 in two years, but fewer injury accidents. About 1 in 6 of its accidents here hurt someone, against nearly 1 in 4 on Route 22. The whole road is covered in I-287 mileposts and State Police stations.
NJDOT puts 499 of the 703 injury accidents (71%) on an interstate or state highway. County roads had 118 and municipal streets 76.
Beyond the township line, see our Route 22 accident page, town by town, the Route 202 crash counts and the I-78 accident page.3
How often are Bridgewater injury accidents side swipes?
About 1 in 7. Police coded 103 of the 703 injury accidents in 2023 and 2024 as side swipes, 14.7%, against 7.5% in Somerset County and 8.5% statewide.
Route 22 (38) and I-287 (32) hold 70 of the 103. Two of the five people killed in those years died in side swipes, both on I-287.
Right-angle accidents run the other way: 13.4% of Bridgewater injury accidents, against 19.0% in Somerset County. Our side-impact and sideswipe accident guide covers these crashes.4
Where did Bridgewater's road deaths happen?
Five people died in 2023 and 2024, three of them on I-287. Two more died in preliminary 2025, on Route 22 and in a record named "US 202 (PARKING LOT)".
| Year | Road as recorded | Police-coded accident type | Light condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | I-287 | Pedestrian | Dark, no street lights |
| 2023 | Route 22 | Right Angle | Dark, continuous street lights |
| 2023 | I-287 | Same Direction (Side Swipe) | Daylight |
| 2023 | Route 28 | Pedestrian | Daylight |
| 2024 | I-287 | Same Direction (Side Swipe) | Daylight |
| 2025 (preliminary) | Route 22 (opposite-direction roadway) | Struck Parked Vehicle | Daylight |
| 2025 (preliminary) | Record named "US 202 (PARKING LOT)" | Fixed Object | Daylight |
Two of the five deaths in 2023 and 2024 were pedestrians, yet pedestrian accidents are rare here: 11 among 3,495 police-reported accidents, about 3 in 1,000. Somerset County ran about 10 in 1,000.
Our New Jersey pedestrian accident page has the statewide picture. Crash in a parking lot? See our parking lot accident guide.5
Is Route 28 at Route 206 Bridgewater's worst corner?
Yes, once its spellings are merged: at least 11 injury accidents and 115 accidents in all in 2024 and 2025, recorded under four street-name pairs.
Police flagged 123 of 729 injury accidents in 2024 and 2025 (17%) as intersection accidents. No single name pair had more than 5.
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| Intersection (as named in the police record) | Hurt or killed | 2024 | 2025 (preliminary) | People hurt | All accidents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route 28 (Easton Turnpike) at Route 206, record "US 206 SECONDARY" | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 50 |
| Route 28 (Easton Turnpike) at Route 206, record "US 206" | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 49 |
| Finderne Avenue (County Route 633) at Route 28 (Union Avenue) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Ivanhoe Avenue at North Bridge Street | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| East Main Street (County Route 612) at Finderne Avenue (County Route 633) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
East Main Street at Finderne Avenue is split even further: eight name pairs, together at least 9 injury accidents and 18 in all.
Chimney Rock Road turns up five times among the pairs tied at 2, at Foothill Road, Main Street, Route 22 in both directions and Thompson Avenue. Route 202 appears four times.
For scale, Somerset's top corner by name is in Hillsborough: Camplain Road at Old Camplain Road, with 13. The statewide list is on our New Jersey intersections ranking.6
How does Bridgewater compare with Franklin and the rest of Somerset?
It ranks second in Somerset County for 2023 and 2024, behind Franklin Township's 978 injury accidents, and holds about 1 in 6 of the county's 4,183. Statewide it is 39th of 564 municipalities.
Next door, our Franklin Township crash data covers the county's busiest town. Ride-hailing crashes have their own Somerset County rideshare accident guide, and the statewide steps after any crash are in our New Jersey car accident help guide.7
Quick answers about Bridgewater
Was there an accident on Route 22 or I-287 in Bridgewater today?
This page counts past records, not live news. The Bridgewater police post press releases on serious and fatal crashes, including several in 2026. Our Route 22 crash data by town covers the whole corridor.
No officer came: how do I report the crash?
File New Jersey's SR-1 self-reporting form yourself; the NJTR-1 police report is written only by officers. Deadlines and the form link are in our accident report guide.
Which Bridgewater road is deadliest?
I-287. Three of the five people killed in Bridgewater in 2023 and 2024 died there, two of them in side swipes. Route 22 had the most injury accidents, 165.
When do most Bridgewater accidents happen?
On weekday afternoons. In 2023 and 2024, weekdays carried 552 of the 703 injury accidents (79%), and 317 (45%) fell between noon and 6 pm. The 5 pm hour had the most, 60.8
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 Bridgewater Township. 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. 9
- 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. 10
- 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. 11
- 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. 12
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 via the open-source nj-crashes project, fatal crashes supplemented from NJ State Police, read 2026-11-06; our analysis.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, "station" field, 2024 and 2025; NJSP and NJ Turnpike Authority crash reports, njportal.com; Bridgewater Township Police Department, Records; read 2026-11-10.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, NJSP fatal supplement; our count of Bridgewater Twp records, 2023 to 2025.
- Our analysis of the NJDOT records for Bridgewater, Somerset County and New Jersey, injury accidents 2023 and 2024.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, NJSP fatal supplement; every Bridgewater Twp record with a death, no names or dates shown.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, intersection-flagged accidents 2024 and 2025 grouped by the two street names; Somerset row of our county intersection table.
- Our analysis of the NJDOT records, Somerset County and statewide municipality rankings, injury accidents 2023 and 2024.
- Bridgewater Township Police Department; NJDOT police resources page; read 2026-11-10; our analysis of the NJDOT records, injury accidents 2023 and 2024.
- 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
- Records: every NJDOT crash record for Bridgewater Twp, 2023 to 2025, as normalized by the open-source hudcostreets/nj-crashes project, deaths supplemented from State Police (downloaded 2026-11-06).
- 2023 and 2024 are complete; 2025 is preliminary, at 100.3% of the 2024 total (1,768 against 1,762).
- Roads combine every record with that route number, both directions. Intersections and the State Police station field use 2024 and 2025 only.
- Corner spellings were merged within 100 meters at Route 28 and Route 206 and 40 meters at East Main and Finderne, so corner counts are a floor.
- These are counts, not risk rates, fault or claim value: we have no traffic volumes.