Had an accident on I-287 in New Jersey? 1,370 people were hurt on Route 287 in two years, and milepost 1 in Edison had the most injury accidents in 2024 and 2025.
New Jersey crash records show 1,062 accidents on I-287 in 2023 and 2024 where someone was hurt or killed, about 1.5 a day: 1,370 people hurt and 10 killed. Morris and Somerset counties hold 60 percent of those injury accidents. In 2024 and 2025, milepost 1 in Edison had the most (50), just ahead of milepost 10 in Franklin (48).
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Where on I-287 do the most injury accidents happen?
Near interchanges: each of the ten worst miles names a cross road or ramp. In 2024 and 2025 they sit in three clusters: Edison at the south end, Franklin and Bridgewater in Somerset County, and Hanover to Boonton in Morris County.
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| Milepost | Town (county) | Cross road most often named (records) | Someone hurt or killed | All accidents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edison (Middlesex) | Route 531, Main Street (75) | 50 | 287 |
| 10 | Franklin Township (Somerset) | Davidson Avenue (61) | 48 | 345 |
| 39 | Hanover Township (Morris) | Route 10 (35) | 46 | 265 |
| 13 | Bridgewater (Somerset) | Chimney Rock Road (35) | 39 | 236 |
| 14 | Bridgewater (Somerset) | Chimney Rock Road (48) | 38 | 207 |
| 36 | Morristown (Morris) | Route 510, Lafayette Avenue (37) | 38 | 190 |
| 44 | Boonton (Morris) | US 202, Parsippany Boulevard (23) | 32 | 116 |
| 41 | Parsippany-Troy Hills (Morris) | I-80 (30) | 31 | 182 |
| 40 | Hanover Township (Morris) | Ramp from Route 10 westbound to I-287 northbound (37) | 31 | 138 |
| 37 | Morris Township (Morris) | Hanover Avenue (61) | 30 | 157 |
Milepost 44 in Boonton is small but harsh: 32 of its 116 accidents hurt someone, the highest share in the top ten. At least 64 records at milepost 10 and 56 at milepost 36 are flagged as ramp accidents, and the ramp field is often blank.
Milepost 41 is where I-287 crosses I-80. Merge and lane change crashes there have their own page on I-80 and I-287 merge collisions in Parsippany.1
Which State Police station has my I-287 accident report?
It depends on the county you crashed in. In 2024 and 2025, 6,159 of 6,546 I-287 records (94 percent) name a State Police station, and three stations split the road.
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| Station on the record | Towns it covers most on I-287 | Median milepost | All accidents | Someone hurt or killed | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerville | Bridgewater, Piscataway, Edison, Franklin Township, South Plainfield, Bernards, Metuchen, Bedminster, Far Hills | 10.4 | 3,366 | 549 | 7 |
| Netcong | Hanover, Parsippany-Troy Hills, Morris Township, Morristown, Montville, Boonton, Harding, Riverdale, Kinnelon | 39.9 | 2,050 | 393 | 1 |
| Totowa | Mahwah, Oakland, Wanaque, Franklin Lakes, Bloomingdale, Pompton Lakes | 59.0 | 734 | 137 | 4 |
| Other State Police stations | Perryville, Cranbury, Hope, Washington | n/a | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| No station recorded | Spread along the road; most in Mahwah (57) and Riverdale (53) | 36.1 | 387 | 71 | 0 |
Riverdale is the odd one: 53 of its 126 records carry no station, so check the agency box on your copy before you order. Any station's report is ordered on the State Police portal: fee, timing and steps are in the State Police section of our New Jersey accident report guide.2
Is I-287 a dangerous road?
It is busy more than it is harsh. Among the 50 New Jersey routes in our statewide table, I-287 ranks sixth for all accidents but 14th for injury accidents, and it has the lowest share of accidents that hurt anyone. The full list is on our page on the most dangerous roads in New Jersey.
The reason is the accident mix. Sideswipes make up 21 percent of I-287 injury accidents, against 8.5 percent statewide, and only 226 of 1,798 sideswipe records hurt someone.
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| Accident type (police coding) | I-287 count | I-287 share | Statewide share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Same direction, rear end | 528 | 49.7% | 30.7% |
| Same direction, sideswipe | 226 | 21.3% | 8.5% |
| Fixed object (guide rail, barrier, tree) | 189 | 17.8% | 11.6% |
| Overturned | 37 | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Right angle | 11 | 1.0% | 22.4% |
Rollovers are rare but bad: 37 of 62 rollover accidents hurt someone. Deer were the first thing hit in 294 accidents, and 20 of them hurt anyone; our page on hitting a deer in New Jersey covers those claims.3
Which counties and towns have the most I-287 accidents?
Morris County leads, with 364 injury accidents in 2023 and 2024, and I-287 carries 7.2 percent of all its injury accidents on every road. Middlesex is second on count (291), Somerset second on share (6.5 percent).
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| County | Typical milepost | Someone hurt or killed on I-287 | All I-287 accidents | I-287 share of the county's injury accidents | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex | 4 | 291 | 1,626 | 2.2% | 2 |
| Somerset | 14 | 273 | 1,680 | 6.5% | 5 |
| Morris | 39 | 364 | 2,015 | 7.2% | 1 |
| Passaic | 55 | 40 | 185 | 0.5% | 0 |
| Bergen | 62 | 94 | 552 | 0.9% | 2 |
By town, Bridgewater leads with 139 injury accidents, then Edison (123), Piscataway (110), Hanover Township (91) and Parsippany-Troy Hills (81).4
- Bridgewater crashes on Route 22, Route 202 and I-287.
- Edison accident data, home of milepost 1.
- Franklin Township accident data, including Davidson Avenue.
- Piscataway crashes, in our Middlesex County guide.
- Morris County car accident guide, for Hanover, Morristown and Boonton.
- Bergen County car accident guide, for Mahwah and Oakland.
- I-80 accident data, the interstate I-287 crosses at milepost 41, and I-78 accident data.
How many people die in I-287 accidents?
17 people died in 17 fatal accidents from 2023 to 2025, including 7 in the preliminary 2025 records. Somerset County had 7 of them and Bergen County 5, three in Mahwah.
Eight of the 17 were rear-end accidents, eight happened in daylight, and alcohol was flagged in one. Dark stretches with no street lights carry 10.5 percent of I-287 injury accidents, against 3.8 percent statewide.5
When do I-287 accidents happen?
On weekday commutes. Thursday had 194 injury accidents in 2023 and 2024, twice Sunday's 96, and 3 pm to 6 pm holds 25 percent of them, with 5 pm the busiest hour (101).
October is the worst month (126) and March the quietest (65). Injury accidents rose from 485 in 2023 to 577 in 2024, and the preliminary 2025 records already hold 573.6
I-287 accident questions
Was there an accident on I-287 today?
This page cannot tell you: it is built from past police records, not news, so use 511NJ, NJDOT's traffic service, for current I-287 closures. Deaths are posted on the NJ State Police fatal crash statistics page. For your own crash, the Somerville, Netcong or Totowa station handles it, by county, as in the station table.
How to get a police report from the NJ State Police?
Through the NJSP and NJ Turnpike Authority crash report portal, which keeps reports for six years from the year of the crash. Records of a serious or fatal crash investigation cost $20, and questions go to njsprecords@njsp.gov.7
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 I-287. 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. 1
- 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. 2
- 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. 3
- 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. 4
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 via the open-source hudcostreets/nj-crashes project, with the NJ State Police fatal crash statistics added; milepost, cross street and ramp fields, 2024 and 2025; our count.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, station field, 2024 and 2025, our count; NJSP and NJTA Crash Report Requests, njportal.com; our agency report-access table.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, crash type and first harmful event fields, 2023 and 2024, and our statewide table of injury accidents by route number; our count.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, county and municipality fields, 2023 and 2024, and county totals on all roads; our count.
- NJDOT crash records via the open-source hudcostreets/nj-crashes project, with the NJ State Police fatal crash statistics added; fatal accidents 2023 to 2025, light condition 2023 and 2024; our count.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, crash date and time, 2023 to 2025 (2025 preliminary); our count.
- NJSP and NJTA Crash Report Requests, njportal.com; fees and six-year availability as listed on the portal.
Sources
- 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
We counted NJDOT crash records for 2023 to 2025, as normalized by hudcostreets/nj-crashes, with fatal accidents added from the State Police feed (downloaded 6 November 2026). An I-287 record has route number 287 and a state or interstate road name, in every spelling.
Headline counts use 2023 and 2024; mileposts and stations use 2024 and 2025, because the 2023 export lacks most station names. 2025 is preliminary.
The route ranking uses our statewide table by route number alone (1,066 injury accidents of 6,110), so it differs slightly from the headline. Cross road counts are a floor.