Linden car accidents: where 12 people died and 1,475 were hurt in 2023 and 2024
NJDOT records show 1,089 accidents that hurt or killed someone in Linden in 2023 and 2024, 18th among New Jersey towns and third in Union County. They hurt 1,475 people and killed 12. Seven of the deaths were on Route 1 and Route 27.
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Where did the 12 people killed in Linden accidents die?
Mostly on two state highways: Route 1 (Herbert Highway) had 4 deaths and Route 27 (St. Georges Avenue) had 3. Every pedestrian killed in Linden died on one of them.
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| Road | Fatal accidents | People killed | Of them, pedestrians | Police-coded accident types |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route 1 (Herbert Highway) | 3 | 4 | 2 | Pedestrian (2), Right Angle (1, two people killed) |
| Route 27 (St. Georges Avenue) | 3 | 3 | 2 | Pedestrian (2), Rear End (1) |
| County Route 617 (Wood Avenue) | 2 | 2 | 0 | Left Turn/U Turn (2), both in daylight |
| I-278 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Right Angle |
| Park Avenue (County Route 616) | 1 | 1 | 0 | Fixed Object |
| Dewitt Terrace | 1 | 1 | 0 | Overturned |
Linden lost more people than towns with more crashes. Union Township crash data shows 1,453 injury accidents against Linden's 1,089, but 2 deaths against 12.
Only Elizabeth, with 24, lost more on Union County roads, as our Union County car accident guide shows.
Six of the 12 died after dark on roads with continuous street lighting, a condition that covers only 271 of Linden's 1,089 injury accidents.
The preliminary 2025 file adds 3 deaths: one on Cranford Avenue and two on the New Jersey Turnpike. None was on Route 1 or Route 27.1
How many Linden injury accidents happen on Route 1 and St. Georges Avenue?
About a third: Route 1 carried 241 of Linden's 1,089 injury accidents in 2023 and 2024 (22%), and Route 27 carried 113 (10%).
The two roads also held 27 of Linden's 86 pedestrian accidents; statewide patterns are in our guide to pedestrian accidents in New Jersey. Town by town counts for the whole road, including Elizabeth, its neighbor to the north, are on our Route 1 accidents in New Jersey page.2
How common are left-turn accidents in Linden?
Twice as common as in the county: police coded 80 of Linden's injury accidents as "Left Turn/U Turn", 7.3%, against 3.6% in Union County and 4.6% statewide.
That gives Linden 24% of the county's left-turn injury accidents (80 of 335) while it has 12% of all its injury accidents.
- St. Georges Avenue (Route 27): 18 left-turn injury accidents
- Park Avenue (County Route 616): 11
- Elizabeth Avenue (County Route 514): 7
- South Wood Avenue and South Stiles Street: 6 each
Two of the 12 deaths were daylight left turns on Wood Avenue. For how left-turn injury claims fare on appeal, see our New Jersey verbal threshold appeals tracker; fault in turning crashes is in our guide to side-impact car accident claims.3
Which Linden intersections have the most injury accidents?
South Stiles Street at Herbert Highway leads with 8 injury accidents in 2024 and 2025, and 12 counting the same corner under a second record name. Elizabeth Avenue appears in three of the top six.
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| Intersection | Hurt or killed | 2024 | 2025 (preliminary) | All accidents | Pedestrian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Stiles Street at Route 1 (Herbert Highway) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| Elizabeth Avenue (Route 514) at South Wood Avenue | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| Elizabeth Avenue (Route 514) at South Stiles Street | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Princeton Road at Summit Terrace | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Franklin Drive at Elizabeth Avenue (Route 514) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| East Linden Avenue at South Wood Avenue | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
Six more corners tie at 4, including St. Georges Avenue at North Stiles Street and Herbert Highway at Willow Grade Road. Statewide leaders are on our list of New Jersey intersections with the most injury accidents.4
How do I get a Linden car accident report?
Ask the agency whose officer came: Linden police for city streets, the State Police for the New Jersey Turnpike.
The Turnpike crosses the city and continues south through Woodbridge, where our Woodbridge car accident data picks it up.
| Crash | Report from |
|---|---|
| Linden city streets | Linden Police Department |
| New Jersey Turnpike (95 injury accidents in Linden, 2023 and 2024) | NJSP and Turnpike Authority online portal |
Fees, wait times and every other agency are in our New Jersey accident report guide, agency by agency.
Statewide rules have their own pages: reporting a crash within 10 days, who pays your medical bills (New Jersey no-fault and PIP), if you were partly at fault and deadlines to sue in New Jersey.5
What else do people ask about Linden accidents?
Was there a car accident in Linden today?
Probably: Linden averaged about 1.5 injury accidents a day, 1,089 over 2023 and 2024, most often between 3 pm and 6 pm (220 of them). This page holds police records, not news; for today's crashes, check Linden police or local news.
How to find out who did a hit and run in Linden?
Report it at once: Linden police on city streets, State Police on the Turnpike. Who pays if the driver is never found is in our New Jersey hit-and-run claim guide.
What happens if a person dies in a car accident in Linden?
Linden police investigate on city streets and State Police on the Turnpike, and the death enters the State Police fatal crash records used on this page. Family claims are covered in our New Jersey wrongful death claim guide.
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 Linden. 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. 6
- 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. 7
- 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. 8
- 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. 9
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 nj-crashes project with State Police fatal data, our count of Linden City records with at least one death and of Union County towns.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, our count by route number, 2023 and 2024, and our Route 1 file by town. In the preliminary 2025 file, Route 1 has 122 injury accidents in Linden and Route 27 has 53.
- NJDOT crash records 2023 and 2024 via nj-crashes, our count by road name; Union County and statewide shares from our county and state files.
- NJDOT crash records 2024 and 2025 via nj-crashes, our count of Linden records marked as intersection crashes, paired by the two road names listed.
- NJSP and NJ Turnpike Authority crash reports, njportal.com; our agency table of crash report access; our count of Linden records on the Turnpike roadways numbered I-95.
- 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 police-reported accidents in NJDOT crash records for 2023 to 2025, as normalized by the hudcostreets nj-crashes project, with State Police fatal data added; the file was downloaded on 6 November 2026. Linden means NJDOT's code for Linden City, Union County.
An injury accident lists at least one person hurt or killed. 2023 and 2024 are complete; the 2025 file is preliminary, at 96% of the 2024 total. Corner counts use 2024 and 2025.
Corner name variants were not merged, so those counts are a minimum. County Route 617 deaths are recorded as "Union County 617", the number Linden records give Wood Avenue. Accident types are police codes, not findings of fault, and counts are not risk rates.