Mount Laurel, NJ car accidents: where they happen and who has the report
Mount Laurel Township had 663 police-reported car accidents with someone hurt or killed in 2023 and 2024, the most in Burlington County. They hurt 920 people and killed 6. More than a quarter were on I-295 or the New Jersey Turnpike, where the State Police, not township police, usually write the report.1
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Which Mount Laurel road leads: I-295 or Route 73?
I-295, with 129 accidents where someone was hurt in 2023 and 2024, ahead of Route 73 (101), Route 38 (74) and the Turnpike (52). The whole corridor is ranked in I-295 accident data for New Jersey.
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| Road | Hurt or killed | All accidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-295 | 129 | 662 | 3 |
| Route 73 | 101 | 542 | 1 |
| Route 38 | 74 | 291 | 0 |
| New Jersey Turnpike | 52 | 285 | 0 |
| Church Road (Burlington County 616) | 42 | 166 | 0 |
| Ark Road (Burlington County 635) | 27 | 87 | 0 |
| Route 537 (Marne Highway) | 24 | 76 | 0 |
| Hartford Road (Burlington County 686) | 22 | 100 | 0 |
| Mt Laurel Road (Burlington County 603) | 18 | 70 | 0 |
Three of the six people killed in 2023 and 2024 died in crashes recorded on I-295, and one on Route 73. Township streets carry only 12.5% of injury accidents here, against 27.7% statewide.2
Mount Laurel and Maple Shade together hold 199 of Route 73's 463 injury accidents statewide; the corridor is on our Route 73 accident data page.
Which I-295 and Turnpike mileposts see the most people hurt?
On I-295, the mile from milepost 36 to 37, with 27 accidents where someone was hurt in 2024 and 2025. On the Turnpike, miles 34 to 35 lead with 20.
The milepost, station and intersection tables below use 2024 and 2025, the years with the fullest location fields.
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| Milepost range | Hurt or killed | Of which 2025 (preliminary) | All accidents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 to 37 | 27 | 12 | 137 |
| 37 to 38 | 23 | 9 | 137 |
| 40 to 41 | 23 | 10 | 101 |
| 38 to 39 | 21 | 13 | 99 |
| 43 to 44 | 16 | 8 | 85 |
| 41 to 42 | 13 | 5 | 51 |
| 42 to 43 | 13 | 5 | 64 |
| 39 to 40 | 12 | 7 | 61 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
The Turnpike runs through the township from milepost 33 to 42. It had 354 crash records here in 2024 and 2025, 72 with someone hurt. After miles 34 to 35 (20 of 86 accidents) come miles 35 to 36 (12) and 39 to 40 (9).3
South of here, I-295 continues through Cherry Hill's crash data to the I-295 construction zone at Bellmawr.
Bordentown station, Moorestown station or township police: who wrote my report?
On I-295 it is almost always the Bordentown State Police station, on the Turnpike Moorestown station, and on other roads usually Mount Laurel police.
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| Road | Records naming a station | All records | Station named |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-295 | 715 (96%) | 741 | Bordentown 706, Bellmawr 8, Moorestown 1 |
| New Jersey Turnpike | 348 (98%) | 354 | Moorestown 345, Bordentown 2, Cranbury 1 |
| Route 73 | 9 (2%) | 553 | Bordentown 9 |
| Route 38 | 3 (1%) | 319 | Bordentown 3 |
| All other roads (Mount Laurel Police Department) | 8 (under 1%) | 1,544 | Bordentown 8 |
Case card first: the agency named on the officer's card overrides these patterns. Order I-295 and Turnpike reports from the State Police portal; fees and waits for every agency are on our New Jersey accident report guide.
The same guide answers whether accident reports are public record in NJ and how long you have to report an accident to police.
Why do Ark Road and Hartford Road junctions keep showing up?
They form a cluster. Seven of the twelve corners with 3 or more injury accidents in 2024 and 2025 involve Ark Road or Hartford Road, all within about two miles.
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| Intersection | Hurt or killed | 2024 | 2025 (preliminary) | All accidents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford Road (County 686) at Route 537 (Marne Highway) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Ark Road at Route 38 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Hartford Road (County 686) at Route 38 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Academy Drive at Greentree Road (County 674) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Elbo Lane (County 612) at Union Mill Road | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Gaither Drive at South Church Road (County 607) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Ark Road (County 635) at Route 537 (Marne Highway) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Ark Road at Hainsport-Mt Laurel Road (County 674) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Ark Road at Route 38 (second spelling) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Church Road (County 616) at Springdale Road (County 673) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Hartford Road (County 686) at Union Mill Road | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Hainsport-Mt Laurel Road (County 674) at Larchmont Boulevard | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
No single corner tops 5.5
The statewide ranking is on our page of New Jersey intersections with the most injury accidents.
Is Mount Laurel's rear-end share unusually high?
Yes. Rear-end collisions were 42.1% of Mount Laurel's injury accidents in 2023 and 2024, against 33.6% in Burlington County and 30.7% statewide.
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| Crash type (police code) | Mount Laurel | Burlington County | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|
| Same Direction (Rear End) | 42.1% (279) | 33.6% | 30.7% |
| Right Angle | 15.4% (102) | 20.5% | 22.4% |
| Fixed Object | 14.8% (98) | 16.8% | 11.6% |
| Same Direction (Side Swipe) | 9.2% (61) | 7.0% | 8.5% |
| Left Turn/U Turn | 7.4% (49) | 5.1% | 4.6% |
| Pedestrian | 2.1% (14) | 2.5% | 6.6% |
Among the 50 New Jersey towns with 500 or more injury accidents, Mount Laurel ranks 12th for rear-end share.6
The steps after this kind of crash are on our page about what to do after a rear-end car accident in New Jersey.
What happened to Burlington County rear-end cases on appeal?
Four of the five Burlington County car-crash appeals in our 2025 case file began as rear-end collisions. The Appellate Division affirmed all five.7
The cases and their verdicts are on our rear-end crash page and in the New Jersey car accident appeals index.
Did the count rise again in 2025?
Yes. Injury accidents rose from 309 in 2023 to 354 in 2024, and the preliminary 2025 file already holds 393.
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| Year | All accidents | Hurt or killed | People hurt | People killed | Pedestrian | Bicycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,481 | 309 | 412 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1,718 | 354 | 508 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 (preliminary) | 1,793 | 393 | 542 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
Bicycle crashes went from 3 and 4 to 10 in the preliminary 2025 file. For riders, see bicycle accident claims in New Jersey.8
Nearby, see truck accidents in Burlington County, the neighbouring Camden County car accident hub and the statewide New Jersey car accident help hub.
What else do Mount Laurel drivers ask after a crash?
Was there a fatal crash on I-295 or the Turnpike yesterday?
This page holds records, not news. In 2023 and 2024, three of Mount Laurel's six traffic deaths were recorded on I-295 and none on the Turnpike.
How long does it take to get an accident report in NJ?
A State Police report for I-295 or the Turnpike can take 14 business days to become searchable on the portal. Other agencies are in our accident report guide.
Do I need to call the police if I get rear-ended in Mount Laurel?
If anyone is hurt, yes: the driver must tell police right away. See what to do immediately after getting rear-ended.9
Statewide rules have their own pages: how no-fault PIP pays your medical bills, what happens if you were partly at fault, the deadline to file an injury lawsuit and when and how to report a crash.
For vehicle damage, see who pays for car damage in New Jersey. For a Route 73 store lot, see what to do after a parking lot accident.
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Sources
- NJDOT police crash records 2023 and 2024 via hudcostreets/nj-crashes, with State Police fatal data; our analysis. How we counted.
- Our count of NJDOT records 2023 and 2024 (hudcostreets/nj-crashes), road names and road system as coded by police. Totals: Mount Laurel 663, Burlington County 5,239, New Jersey 112,966.
- Our count of NJDOT records 2024 and 2025 (hudcostreets/nj-crashes), road and milepost fields as recorded by the officer, floored to the whole mile; 2025 preliminary.
- Our count of the NJDOT station field, 2024 and 2025.
- Our count of NJDOT records flagged as intersection crashes, 2024 and 2025; distances from the median coordinates of each corner's records.
- Our analysis of NJDOT records for Mount Laurel, Burlington County and New Jersey, 2023 and 2024; town ranking from our count of 50 towns.
- Our NJ appeals case file, from 2025 unpublished Appellate Division opinions.
- Our analysis of NJDOT records by year; pedestrian and bicycle columns count crashes coded Pedestrian or Pedalcyclist.
- NJSP and NJTA crash reports portal; N.J.S.A. 39:4-130.
How we counted
- Data: 4,992 Mount Laurel crash records from NJDOT files (hudcostreets/nj-crashes copy, downloaded 6 November 2026), with State Police fatal data added.
- Scope: every crash NJDOT assigns to Mount Laurel Twp, on every road. "Hurt or killed" means at least one person injured or killed on the police report.
- 2023 and 2024 are final; 2025 is preliminary. Milepost, corner and station tables use 2024 and 2025.
- Road totals combine spellings of the same road; corner and milepost counts keep spellings apart, so Ark Road at Route 38 appears twice and counts are minimums.
- Counts, not rates or fault: the records hold no traffic volumes and say nothing about who caused a crash or what a claim is worth.