Car accidents in Jackson Township, NJ: county roads, deer, worst corners and hours
Police reported 1,944 car accidents in Jackson Township in 2023 and 2024. Someone was hurt or killed in 499 of them, third in Ocean County, and 12 people died in those two years. County roads carry 84 percent of the injury accidents, against 31.9 percent statewide, led by Routes 527, 528 and 526.
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Which Jackson roads have the most injury accidents?
Route 527, with 63 in 2023 and 2024, then Routes 528 and 526. Almost every busy Jackson road is a county road: 417 of the 499 injury accidents, against 43 percent in the rest of Ocean County.
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| Road | Hurt or killed | Share of Jackson total | All accidents | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route 527 (Whitesville Road, East Veterans Highway, Cedar Swamp Road) | 63 | 12.6% | 203 | 2 |
| Route 528 (East and West Veterans Highway) | 53 | 10.6% | 157 | 0 |
| Route 526 (County Line Road, Commodore Boulevard) | 52 | 10.4% | 194 | 0 |
| Township streets | 48 | 9.6% | 275 | 1 |
| County roads without a route number (Cooks Bridge, Bowman, Diamond and others) | 42 | 8.4% | 134 | 3 |
| Route 571 (Toms River Road, Cassville Road, Ridgeway Road) | 36 | 7.2% | 130 | 3 |
| Bennetts Mills Road (County Route 636) | 35 | 7.0% | 119 | 1 |
| Route 537 (Monmouth Road) | 31 | 6.2% | 75 | 0 |
| I-195 | 26 | 5.2% | 133 | 0 |
| Route 547 (South Hope Chapel Road) | 21 | 4.2% | 86 | 0 |
| Jackson Mills Road (County Route 638) | 21 | 4.2% | 73 | 0 |
The records show no state highway in Jackson apart from I-195, so county roads carry the accidents. Six Flags Boulevard, with no route number, had 73 crashes in 2023 and 2024, 8 of them with someone hurt.2
Which intersections in Jackson have the most crashes?
Route 527 (Whitesville Road) at Route 547 (South Hope Chapel Road): 10 injury accidents in 2024 and 2025, 43rd in New Jersey and 3rd in Ocean County.
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| Intersection | Hurt or killed, 2024 | Hurt or killed, 2025 | People hurt | All accidents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route 527 (Whitesville Road) at Route 547 (South Hope Chapel Road) | 5 | 5 | 16 | 22 |
| Anderson Road at Route 537 (Monmouth Road) | 3 | 5 | 14 | 9 |
| Diamond Road at Route 526 (Commodore Boulevard) | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| Bennetts Mills Road (County Route 636) at New Prospect Road (County Route 641) | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Route 526 at Jackson Mills Road (County Route 638) | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| Citadel Drive at New Prospect Road (County Route 641) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
Only 165 of Jackson's 546 injury accidents in 2024 and 2025 were coded at an intersection, and none of these corners recorded a death. Statewide corners are ranked on our list of New Jersey intersections with the most injury accidents.3
What happened in the fatal car accidents in Jackson, NJ?
Fourteen fatal accidents killed 15 people from 2023 to 2025. Twelve were on county roads, 11 happened in daylight, and none killed a pedestrian.
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| Road | Fatal accidents | People killed |
|---|---|---|
| Route 571 (Toms River Road, Cassville Road) | 4 | 4 |
| Route 527 (East Veterans Highway) | 1 | 2 |
| Route 528 (East Veterans Highway) | 1 | 1 |
| Other county roads (Bennetts Mills, Bowman, Diamond, Leesville, Farmingdale, Hawkin) | 6 | 6 |
| Township streets (Brewers Bridge Road, Metedeconk Trail) | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 14 | 15 |
Three were head-on crashes, killing 4, on Routes 527, 528 and 571. One cyclist died on Farmingdale Road in 2024. Head-on crashes were 5.4 percent of Jackson injury accidents, against 3.3 percent statewide.4
How common are deer and tree crashes in Jackson?
About one crash in ten: police coded 184 of Jackson's 1,944 crashes in 2023 and 2024 as animal crashes, 9.5 percent, against 4.8 percent in the rest of Ocean County.
On I-195 the share is far higher: 46 of its 133 Jackson crashes. Fixed-object crashes were 17.4 percent of injury accidents, against 11.6 percent statewide, and trees or utility poles were the first thing hit in 8.6 percent.
Dark roads with no street lights account for 7.2 percent of injury accidents, against 3.8 percent statewide. Who pays after hitting a deer is on our page on hitting a deer in New Jersey.5
What time of day are Jackson roads most dangerous?
Early mornings stand out: 16.0 percent of Jackson injury accidents fell between 6 am and 9 am, against 11.2 percent in the rest of Ocean County. Late evening is higher too, 10.4 percent from 9 pm to midnight against 8.0 percent.
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| Time | Jackson | Rest of Ocean County | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight to 6 am | 6.2% | 4.8% | 7.6% |
| 6 am to 9 am | 16.0% | 11.2% | 13.0% |
| 9 am to noon | 11.8% | 15.7% | 13.3% |
| Noon to 3 pm | 18.2% | 20.1% | 18.2% |
| 3 pm to 6 pm | 21.6% | 25.1% | 23.7% |
| 6 pm to 9 pm | 15.6% | 15.2% | 15.4% |
| 9 pm to midnight | 10.4% | 8.0% | 8.8% |
One in four Jackson crashes hurt someone, 25.7 percent, against 22.0 percent statewide. The statewide pattern is on our page on when car accidents happen in New Jersey.6
What is going on with Jackson's crash numbers?
2024 looks undercounted for Jackson, and 2025's preliminary file is already higher than either year: 1,279 accidents, 335 with someone hurt or killed.
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| Year | All accidents | Hurt or killed | People hurt | People killed | Animal crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,109 | 288 | 408 | 6 | 96 |
| 2024 | 835 | 211 | 289 | 6 | 88 |
| 2025 (preliminary) | 1,279 | 335 | 485 | 3 | 114 |
The 2024 file has 29 Jackson records for April and 40 for August, against 76 and 106 in 2023. Ranks built on 2023 and 2024, such as 51st among New Jersey municipalities, likely understate Jackson.
Next door, see car accidents in Lakewood, first in Ocean County, car accidents in Toms River, second, and the Ocean County car accident help page.7
Who has the police report for a Jackson crash?
Most Jackson records name no State Police station, so start with the township police. I-195 is the exception: a State Police station is named on 62 of the 65 I-195 records in 2025, 61 of them Hamilton.
How do I look up an accident report in NJ?
For a Jackson crash on I-195, search the State Police portal; for any other Jackson road, ask the township police.
Fees, timing and every agency route are in our New Jersey accident report guide. After a hit and run, see our New Jersey hit and run claim guide.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 Jackson 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
- our analysis of NJDOT crash records 2023 to 2025 as normalized by the open-source hudcostreets/nj-crashes project, fatal accidents checked against NJ State Police fatal crash statistics.
- our analysis of NJDOT crash records 2023 and 2024, grouped by road system and route number.
- our analysis of NJDOT crash records 2024 and 2025, street spellings merged by route number; statewide and county rank from our NJDOT table of the top 100 New Jersey intersections.
- our analysis of NJDOT crash records 2023 to 2025, fatal accidents supplemented from the NJ State Police fatal crash statistics; 2025 is preliminary.
- our analysis of NJDOT crash records 2023 and 2024, police-coded crash type, first harmful event and light condition.
- our analysis of NJDOT crash records 2023 and 2024, hour of crash.
- our analysis of NJDOT crash records 2023 to 2025 by year and month.
- our analysis of the State Police station field in the NJDOT crash records, 2023 to 2025.
- 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 Jackson Township, Ocean County, 2023 to 2025, via the nj-crashes project, deaths supplemented from the State Police feed. 2025 is preliminary.
- An injury accident lists at least one person hurt or killed. Totals, roads, crash types, lighting and hours use 2023 and 2024; deaths use all three years.
- Roads are grouped by route number. Corners use 2024 and 2025 with spellings merged by route number, so counts are minimums.
- These are counts, not risk rates, and they show nothing about fault.