Fair Lawn NJ car accidents: Route 208 and Route 4 crash data

Where do most car accidents happen in Fair Lawn?

On Route 208, with 317 crashes and 82 injury crashes in 2023 and 2024. Route 4, which carries the Broadway name through the borough, follows with 223 and 71.

Off the highways, the corner with the most injury crashes is 12th Street at Bellair Avenue: 7 in 2024 and 2025, 5 of them in preliminary 2025 data. That ranks 18th among Bergen County intersections, see the most dangerous NJ intersections.¹

What kinds of crashes happen on Route 208 and Route 4?

Rear-end crashes lead on both: 154 of 317 on Route 208 and 96 of 223 on Route 4. What comes second tells the two roads apart. The full road is on Route 4 crash data beyond Fair Lawn.

• Route 4: 57 sideswipes and 35 right-angle crashes, the lane changes and side-street entries of a busy surface highway.
• Route 208: 71 fixed-object crashes and 25 animal strikes, often with no second driver. If a deer was the cause, see what NJ insurance pays after hitting a deer.
• Whole borough: of 409 injury crashes, 145 were rear-end, 87 right-angle and 36 involved a pedestrian.

NJDOT rebuilt the Route 4 and Route 208 interchange, with new local roadways and changes at Red Mill Road and Saddle River Road. East of the borough, Route 4 meets Route 17 in Paramus: see the Route 4 and Route 17 shopping trip crash guide and Route 17 crash data.

In a 2018 Bergen rear-end appeal, the Morales-Hurtado case, the Appellate Division reversed a jury award of $50,000 for pain and suffering and $71,615.73 in medical bills. More rulings are in our NJ car accident appeals index.²

Who is at fault in a Route 4 sideswipe or merge crash?

New Jersey splits fault by percentage, and you can still recover if your share is 50 percent or less. With 57 sideswipes in two years, Route 4 produces many of these disputes.

In a merge sideswipe, the approach decides more than where the cars stopped. Keep the full dashcam clip, note which lane each car held before the move, and photograph where the damage starts.

For how juries actually divided blame, see real fault splits in NJ verdicts and our side impact collision claim guide.

How common are pedestrian and hit and run crashes in Fair Lawn?

Fair Lawn had 42 pedestrian crashes in 2023 and 2024, and 36 of them hurt or killed someone. Pedestrians were in 36 of the borough's 409 injury crashes.

After a hit and run, notify police by the quickest means, then ask homes and shops along the route for camera footage. Penalties, uninsured motorist claims and phantom vehicle rulings are in our NJ hit and run claim guide.

How do you get a Fair Lawn accident report?

Request it from the agency whose officer came: borough police or State Police. Note that agency and the case number at the scene, because they decide where you ask.

Fees, waits and public access agency by agency are in our New Jersey crash report guide. Once you have it, see how to read a New Jersey crash report.

Is Fair Lawn a dangerous town to drive in?

By count, Fair Lawn ranks 6th of 72 Bergen County municipalities for injury crashes, with 409 in 2023 and 2024 and 3 people killed.

Timing is concentrated: 103 injury crashes, a quarter, happened between 3 pm and 6 pm. Thursdays had the most (75) and Sundays the fewest (39).

Compare the neighbors: Bergen County crash data by town and road, Paramus car accident data, Paterson across the Passaic River and Elmwood Park to the south.

Who pays your bills, and how long do you have to sue?

Your own PIP pays your medical bills first, and a lawsuit usually has to start within two years. Each question has its own page:

• Medical bills: how NJ PIP limits cover medical bills.
• Deadline: the NJ car accident statute of limitations.
• A crash that was not your fault: 7 signs you may need an accident lawyer.