Had a car accident in Edison? 2,732 people were hurt here in two years. These are the roads and corners where it happens.
Police reported 8,552 car accidents in Edison in 2023 and 2024. Someone was hurt or killed in 1,974 of them, about 2.7 a day, and 11 people died. Route 1 has the most, and Route 27 at Prospect Avenue and at Schulyer Drive rank 3rd and 5th in New Jersey.1
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Which Edison intersections have the most injury accidents?
Route 27 (Lincoln Highway) at Prospect Avenue, with 19 accidents where someone was hurt in 2024 and 2025. That is the 3rd most of any intersection in New Jersey.
Route 27 at Schulyer Drive ranks 5th statewide with 18, and Plainfield Avenue at Greenwood Avenue 24th with 12. Both Route 27 corners had more in preliminary 2025 than in all of 2024.
Those three corners and Plainfield Avenue at Ovington Avenue lie within about 0.4 km of each other. Together they hold 56 injury accidents.
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| Intersection | Someone hurt or killed, 2024 + 2025 | Of which 2024 | Of which 2025 (preliminary) | People hurt | All accidents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route 27 at Prospect Avenue | 19 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 40 |
| Route 27 at Schulyer Drive | 18 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 39 |
| Route 1 at Old Post Road | 13 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 30 |
| Route 529 (Plainfield Avenue) at Greenwood Avenue | 12 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 22 |
| Route 27 at Duclos Lane | 11 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 |
| Route 1 at Prince Street | 10 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 25 |
| Route 1 at Route 529 (Plainfield Avenue) | 9 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| Route 529 (Plainfield Avenue) at Jefferson Boulevard | 9 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 |
| Route 1 at Grandview Avenue | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 18 |
| Route 529 (Plainfield Avenue) at Ovington Avenue | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| Route 1 at Wooding Avenue | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
The full statewide ranking is on our page of the New Jersey intersections with the most injury accidents.
Is Route 1 the most dangerous road in Edison?
By count, yes. Route 1 had 512 accidents where someone was hurt or killed in 2023 and 2024, 26 percent of the town's total, and 6 people died there.
Police coded 352 of those 512 as rear end collisions. Route 27 is second with 218.
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| Road | Someone hurt or killed | All accidents | Rear end (of hurt or killed) | People killed | Pedestrian accidents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route 1 | 512 | 1,900 | 352 | 6 | 9 |
| Route 27 (Lincoln Highway) | 218 | 827 | 63 | 1 | 9 |
| New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) | 148 | 678 | 74 | 2 | 0 |
| I-287 | 124 | 631 | 68 | 1 | 0 |
| Route 529 (Plainfield Avenue) | 112 | 350 | 20 | 0 | 7 |
| Route 514 (Woodbridge Avenue) | 98 | 469 | 43 | 0 | 3 |
| Oak Tree Road (County 604) | 71 | 288 | 27 | 0 | 9 |
| Route 501 (New Durham Road) | 50 | 164 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| Route 440 | 45 | 187 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Parsonage Road (County 630) | 44 | 187 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
Talmadge Road, a local street often searched with Edison accidents, appears in 375 accidents in 2023 and 2024: 98 with someone hurt and 1 death.
What to note at the scene on Route 1 is in our Route 1 Edison accident checklist. The whole road is on our Route 1 accidents page for New Jersey, and rear end injuries on our rear end crash guide.
When do most Edison crashes happen?
Between 3 pm and 6 pm. Those three hours held 496 of Edison's 1,974 injury accidents in 2023 and 2024, a quarter of the total.
The single worst hour starts at 4 pm, with 175. Tuesday was the busiest day with 338, and Sunday the quietest with 205.4
How that compares with the rest of the state is on our page on when most New Jersey crashes happen.
How many people have died in Edison crashes?
Eleven people died in Edison crashes in 2023 and 2024, and 7 more in the preliminary 2025 count.
Six of the 11 died on Route 1 and 2 on the Turnpike. Pedestrians were 4 of the 11, though pedestrian accidents are only 2.8 percent of Edison's injury accidents.
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| Year | All accidents | Someone hurt or killed | People hurt | People killed | Pedestrian accidents | Bicycle accidents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4,140 | 990 | 1,340 | 5 | 32 | 38 |
| 2024 | 4,412 | 984 | 1,392 | 6 | 34 | 22 |
| 2025 (preliminary) | 4,053 | 942 | 1,311 | 7 | 29 | 25 |
Pedestrian deaths rose from 1 in 2023 to 3 in both 2024 and 2025. If you were hit on foot, our New Jersey pedestrian crash guide covers the next steps.
Is Edison more dangerous than other Middlesex County towns?
Only Woodbridge had more injury accidents in Middlesex County in 2023 and 2024. Edison alone was 15 percent of the county's total.
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| Measure | Edison | Middlesex County | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|
| Someone hurt or killed | 1,974 | 13,145 | 112,966 |
| Rear end share | 43% | 37% | 31% |
| Pedestrian share | 2.8% | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2025 accidents as a share of 2024 (preliminary) | 92% | 96% | 98% |
Compare car accidents in Woodbridge, car accidents in Piscataway and the full Middlesex County car accident help hub.
In court, 16 of our 76 New Jersey crash appeals came from Middlesex County, and several turned on the permanent injury threshold. They are on the Middlesex County appeals list and in our New Jersey crash appeals index.
How do I look up an Edison accident report, and how long does it take?
Look it up by road: Edison police have Route 1, Route 27 and local streets, and the State Police portal has the Turnpike, I-287 and Route 440.
Edison Township says local accident reports are generally ready in 7 to 10 business days.
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| Road | All accidents | With a State Police station | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) | 691 | 686 | 99% |
| Route 440 | 196 | 184 | 94% |
| I-287 | 593 | 552 | 93% |
| Route 27 | 798 | 3 | 0.4% |
| Route 1 | 1,957 | 3 | 0.2% |
| Route 514 (Woodbridge Avenue) | 507 | 1 | 0.2% |
| Route 529 (Plainfield Avenue) | 332 | 0 | 0% |
Fees, the online lookup and whether reports are public record are in our guide to New Jersey accident reports, public records and online filing.
Statewide rules have their own pages: PIP no-fault insurance, the 51 percent fault rule and the 2-year and 90-day deadlines.
Quick answers about Edison
How do I find out if someone I know was in a crash in Edison?
Call the Edison police non-emergency line, (732) 248-7400, for Route 1, Route 27 and local streets. Crashes on the Turnpike, I-287 and Route 440 are almost all State Police cases.
Was there an accident in Edison today?
For a crash happening now on Route 1, the Turnpike or I-287 through Edison, 511NJ, the traffic service NJDOT points drivers to, shows live closures; this page is records, not news. Which agency then holds the report is in the Edison report table.
What happened in the fatal car accident in Edison?
Our numbers cannot describe one crash, but Edison had 11 deaths in 2023 and 2024: 6 on Route 1, and 4 were pedestrians. The State Police list recent deaths in their New Jersey fatal crash statistics.
Is Edison, NJ a good place to live for drivers?
Edison is busy: 7th of 564 New Jersey municipalities for injury accidents, and 2nd in Middlesex County. Its pedestrian share is low, 2.8 percent against the county's 5.1, and preliminary 2025 accidents were 92 percent of 2024.
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 Edison. 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. 8
- 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. 9
- 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. 10
- 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. 11
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, deaths supplemented from NJ State Police fatal crash statistics; our analysis.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes; our count of police-flagged intersection accidents, 2024 and 2025, and our list of New Jersey's top 25 intersections.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes with the State Police fatal supplement; our count by route number, 2023 and 2024.
- NJDOT crash date and time fields, 2023 and 2024, via nj-crashes; our count of accidents where someone was hurt or killed.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes with the State Police fatal supplement; our count.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes with the State Police fatal supplement, our count; municipality total from NJ.gov Fast Facts; Middlesex rows of our set of 76 New Jersey crash appeals.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, our count of the State Police station field, 2024 and 2025; Edison Township, Accident/Police Reports; Edison Police Department, Records Bureau; NJ State Police crash reports portal.
- 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 Edison Twp, 2023 to 2025, via nj-crashes, with deaths added from State Police fatal statistics. 2025 is preliminary, at 92 percent of 2024.
- Roads are grouped by route number, with Route 1's seven spellings combined. 418 injury accidents on streets with no route number are left out of the road table.
- Intersections use 2024 and 2025 with main route names merged, so corner counts are a floor. "Schulyer" is the records' spelling; three corners tie at 7.
- The State Police share reads the station field, 2024 and 2025; the stations are almost all Cranbury and Somerville.
- Talmadge Road counts rows naming it as road or cross street; it came from search suggestions collected 6 November 2026.
- Counts, not risk rates: we have no traffic volumes, and nothing here shows fault.