Morris County car accidents: roads, towns and who has your police report
Morris County police reported 5,033 car accidents in 2023 and 2024 where someone was hurt or killed: 6,768 people hurt and 43 killed. I-80 and Route 46 led the roads, Parsippany-Troy Hills led the towns, and the road usually tells you who holds your report.1
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Where do most car accidents happen in Morris County?
On I-80, the county's deadliest road: 604 injury accidents in 2023 and 2024 and 8 deaths. Route 46 is close behind with 578 and 7 deaths.
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| Road | Hurt or killed, 2023 + 2024 | People killed, 2023 + 2024 | Hurt or killed, 2024 + 2025 | Share naming a State Police station, 2024 + 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I-80 | 604 | 8 | 658 | 97% (640) |
| Route 46 | 578 | 7 | 607 | under 1% (2) |
| I-287 | 364 | 1 | 423 | 93% (394) |
| Route 10 | 312 | 1 | 317 | 0% |
| Route 202 | 201 | 0 | 209 | 0% |
| Route 24 | 143 | 0 | 163 | 98% (160) |
| Route 23 | 143 | 4 | 159 | 2% (3) |
| Route 206 | 133 | 2 | 123 | 2% (3) |
| Route 15 | 120 | 3 | 159 | 0% |
| Route 124 | 75 | 0 | 107 | 1% (1) |
| I-280 | 47 | 2 | 51 | 100% (51) |
| Route 53 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0% |
The last column is the useful one. I-80, I-287, Route 24 and I-280 are State Police roads. On Route 46, Route 10, Route 202 and town streets, the town's own officers almost always responded.
I-287 is ranked mile by mile in I-287 accident data by milepost.2
Who has the police report for a Morris County accident?
The agency that responded. Countywide, 1,272 of 5,659 injury records in 2024 and 2025 name a State Police station, about 22%: Netcong 1,086 and Totowa 182.
| Where it happened | Agency | How to ask, fee and wait as each agency states them |
|---|---|---|
| I-80, I-287, Route 24, I-280 | State Police (Netcong or Totowa station) | $13 on the NJ.gov Crash Reports portal. Steps are in our New Jersey accident report guide. |
| Morristown | Morristown Police Bureau | Request a copy by email at records@morristownpolice.org. Police Records Unit: 973-292-6621. |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills (Route 46, Route 10, Route 202, township streets) | Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department | OPRA records request form on the department's forms page. Non-emergency: 973-263-4300. |
| Randolph | Randolph Police Department | Records bureau window in the lobby, Monday to Friday, 7 am to 4:30 pm. Most accident reports are ready seven working days after the officer takes the report. 973-989-7029. |
| Any other Morris County town | That town's police | Ask the department that responded; the $13 State Police fee does not apply. |
Once you have it, our guide to reading a New Jersey crash report explains the codes. No officer came? The SR-1 self-report and the Turnpike and Parkway routes are in the agency by agency report guide.3
Which Morris County towns have the most car accidents?
Parsippany-Troy Hills, with 771 injury accidents in 2023 and 2024, about 15% of the county. Roxbury and Hanover Township follow, each under half that.
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| Municipality | Hurt or killed | People killed | Pedestrian accidents | All accidents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parsippany-Troy Hills | 771 | 11 | 25 | 4,059 |
| Roxbury Township | 377 | 1 | 7 | 1,650 |
| Hanover Township | 320 | 0 | 12 | 1,773 |
| Randolph Township | 288 | 3 | 3 | 1,289 |
| Morris Township | 261 | 1 | 6 | 1,114 |
| Mount Olive Township | 260 | 5 | 3 | 1,355 |
| Dover | 258 | 1 | 46 | 1,411 |
| Denville Township | 241 | 2 | 11 | 1,320 |
| Rockaway Township | 229 | 2 | 6 | 1,286 |
| Morristown | 169 | 1 | 21 | 972 |
| Montville Township | 169 | 0 | 5 | 866 |
| Pequannock Township | 158 | 2 | 2 | 595 |
Dover stands out for pedestrians: 46 pedestrian accidents, nearly twice Parsippany's 25. Its corners are on our Dover guide to Route 15 and Blackwell Street turns.4
Why do Parsippany reports split between two agencies?
Because I-80, I-287 and I-280 all cross the township. 359 of its 797 injury accidents in 2024 and 2025 name a State Police station, about 45%.
Roads, corners and merge crashes are on the Parsippany guide to I-80 and I-287 merge collisions.
Who investigates a crash on Route 10?
The town police. None of the 406 Route 10 injury records in 2024 and 2025 names a State Police station.
Morris holds 312 of Route 10's 388 injury accidents in 2023 and 2024. Randolph leads with 96, then Hanover Township (47), Roxbury (44) and Denville (42).
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| Cross street | Municipality | Hurt or killed | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Road | Denville Township | 14 | 0 |
| Route 202 (Littleton Road) | Parsippany-Troy Hills | 13 | 0 |
| Center Grove Road (County 670) | Randolph Township | 12 | 1 |
All 10 Route 10 cross streets with 8 or more injury accidents
| Cross street | Municipality | Hurt or killed | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Road | Denville Township | 14 | 0 |
| Route 202 (Littleton Road) | Parsippany-Troy Hills | 13 | 0 |
| Center Grove Road (County 670) | Randolph Township | 12 | 1 |
| Canfield Avenue (County 669) | Randolph Township | 12 | 0 |
| River Road | East Hanover Township | 11 | 0 |
| South Powder Mill Road | Parsippany-Troy Hills | 10 | 0 |
| Hillside Avenue (County 619) | Roxbury Township | 9 | 1 |
| Main Street | Roxbury Township | 9 | 0 |
| Mt Pleasant Turnpike | Denville Township | 8 | 0 |
| Millbrook Avenue (County 656) | Randolph Township | 8 | 4 |
Six people died in three Route 10 crashes in 2024 and 2025, all in Morris. Four of those deaths were at Millbrook Avenue in Randolph, covered in our Randolph truck accident guide for Route 10 and Millbrook Avenue.
Rear-end crashes are 58% of Route 10 injury accidents, against 37% countywide. Lane cut-ins are on the Denville guide to Route 10 rear-end impacts.5
What is the most dangerous intersection in Morris County?
By recorded injury accidents, Route 513 (Main Street) at Route 206 in Chester Borough: 15 in 2024 and 2025.
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| Intersection | Municipality | Hurt or killed | All accidents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Route 513 (Main Street) at Route 206 | Chester Borough | 15 | 23 |
| Perry Street at Route 46 | Dover | 14 | 22 |
| Eyland Avenue at Mekeel Drive | Roxbury Township | 10 | 18 |
| Mountain Road at Route 206 | Roxbury Township | 10 | 17 |
| Smithtown Road at Route 46 | Mount Olive Township | 8 | 19 |
| Eyland Avenue at Unneberg Avenue | Roxbury Township | 8 | 15 |
| Bergen Street at Richards Avenue | Dover | 8 | 13 |
| Kenvil Avenue (County 642) at Route 46 | Roxbury Township | 8 | 12 |
Route 46 holds five of the 14 corners with 7 or more, including Franklin Avenue in Rockaway Borough. Compare them with our statewide ranking of New Jersey intersections by injury accidents.6
What kinds of accidents hurt people in Morris County?
Rear-end crashes, 36.7% of injury accidents in 2023 and 2024. Pedestrian crashes are rare but deadly: 3.5% of accidents, 13 of 43 deaths.
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| Accident type (NJDOT code) | Hurt or killed | Share | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Same Direction (Rear End) | 1,847 | 36.7% | 6 |
| Right Angle | 928 | 18.4% | 4 |
| Fixed Object | 693 | 13.8% | 8 |
| Same Direction (Side Swipe) | 421 | 8.4% | 2 |
| Left Turn/U Turn | 257 | 5.1% | 2 |
| Opposite Direction (Head On, Angular) | 214 | 4.3% | 6 |
| Pedestrian | 174 | 3.5% | 13 |
The 3 pm to 6 pm window held 1,259 of the 5,033, about 25%. Wednesday was the busiest day (831) and Sunday the quietest (524).
Morris County by year, 2023 to 2025
| Year | All accidents | Hurt or killed | People hurt | People killed | Pedestrian accidents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11,237 | 2,222 | 2,990 | 22 | 72 |
| 2024 | 14,218 | 2,811 | 3,778 | 21 | 128 |
| 2025 | 14,856 | 2,848 | 3,862 | 20 | 120 |
Morris ranks 11th of New Jersey's 21 counties for injury accidents. Statewide timing is on New Jersey car accidents by hour and weekday.7
What have appeals courts decided in Morris County car cases?
Our appeals dataset holds three Appellate Division cases from Morris County, decided in 2019 and 2020. Two were reversed, an uninsured or underinsured motorist claim and a golf cart pedestrian injury. A PIP hospital bill appeal was dismissed.
More rulings are in our index of New Jersey crash appeals, our uninsured and underinsured motorist appeals and our pedestrian and cyclist appeals.8
Quick answers about Morris County accidents
Are accident reports public record in NJ?
The basic crash report is, the state portal says. Serious and fatal investigation reports are not. Who can order which report is on our New Jersey accident report guide.
What is the deadliest road in Morris County?
I-80, with 8 deaths in 2023 and 2024, then Route 46 with 7. Route 23 had 4 deaths on just 143 injury accidents in the county.
Was there an accident on I-80 today?
We count records, not live incidents. A Morris I-80 crash is almost always a State Police case: 640 of 658 injury records name a State Police station, so the report comes from the state portal. Patterns are on our I-80 records page.9
Morris County town and road pages
- I-80 accident data by milepost, town and year
- Route 46 accident data by town and cross street
- Morris deer crashes on I-80 and in Washington Township
- Route 23 accident data, Route 202 accident data and Route 206 accident data
- Morristown Uber and Lyft accident help
- Sussex County car accident help, where I-80 continues west
- Crash was not your fault? Seven signs you may need an accident lawyer
- New Jersey rules in one place: how no-fault PIP pays your bills, recovering when you were partly at fault and the two-year lawsuit deadline
- What to do after a car accident anywhere in New Jersey
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 Morris County. 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. 10
- 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. 11
- 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. 12
- 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. 13
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 (2025 preliminary) as normalized by the open-source hudcostreets/nj-crashes project, fatal accidents supplemented from NJ State Police; our analysis of the Morris County records.
- Our analysis of the NJDOT records, grouped by route number where the road name starts NJ, US or I-.
- NJSP and NJTA Crash Reports portal; Town of Morristown, Contact the Morristown Police Bureau; Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department, Forms; Randolph Township, Obtaining Reports. Station counts: our analysis of the NJDOT records, 2024 and 2025.
- Our analysis of the NJDOT records by NJDOT municipality code.
- Our analysis of the NJDOT records; Morris cross streets only, cross street as named in the police record.
- Our analysis of the NJDOT records, intersection accidents 2024 and 2025.
- Our analysis of the NJDOT records, 2023 and 2024, crash type as coded by the reporting officer; county ranking from our counts for all 21 counties.
- Our dataset of New Jersey Appellate Division car accident opinions from CourtListener and Justia, filtered to county Morris (Katchen v GEICO, 2019; Monmouth Medical Center v State Farm, 2019; McKeown v American Golf, 2020).
- NJSP and NJTA Crash Reports portal, public record note; our analysis of the NJDOT records.
- 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: NJDOT crash records for Morris County, 2023 to 2025, normalized by nj-crashes, deaths supplemented from State Police. 2025 is preliminary; the 2023 and 2024 files come from different NJDOT exports.
- Injury accident: at least one person hurt or killed.
- Roads group by route number with any road-system code; 126 of Route 202's 201 carry a County code. Route 24 and Route 23 tie at 143; Morristown and Montville at 169.
- State Police share: the record's station field, 2024 and 2025 only (sparse in 2023).
- Intersections and cross streets: 2024 and 2025, spellings not merged, so counts are a floor. Six more corners tie at 7; Chester reaches 18 with a second spelling.