Who has my NJ crash report? Find the police agency by town or road
Usually the police department whose officer came: town police for most local crashes, the State Police for interstates, the Turnpike and the Parkway. Type your town or pick your road below to see who took 2024's reports there and how to ask for yours.
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Who has my NJ crash report?
How do I look up an accident report in NJ?
Find the agency first, then use that agency's route: there is no single statewide search for every report.
- Read the card or case number the officer gave you. It names the department, and that beats any pattern in the finder above.
- State Police, Turnpike or Parkway: search the NJ.gov portal by case number, license number, plate or last name.2
- Town or county officer: contact that department's records unit with the date, place and names involved.
- Nothing found after 15 business days: the portal's help page says to email the State Police records unit.
The full route for each agency, including what to bring, is on how to get your New Jersey accident report.
Which NJ towns are mostly State Police territory?
Rural towns in the northwest and the south: in 58 towns, at least 9 in 10 police crash records in 2024 named a State Police station.
In those towns a crash report is almost always on the state portal, not at town hall. Sussex has the most such towns, then Cumberland, Hunterdon and Warren.1
| County | Towns |
|---|---|
| Sussex | 12 |
| Cumberland | 8 |
| Hunterdon | 8 |
| Warren | 8 |
| Salem | 7 |
| Burlington | 6 |
| Atlantic | 4 |
| Somerset | 3 |
| Cape May and Monmouth | 1 each |
The opposite holds in cities. In Jersey City, 2 percent of 6,848 records in 2024 named a State Police station; in Newark, 21 percent of 9,007, almost all on I-78, the Turnpike and I-280. Cumberland's eleven State Police towns are listed on the Cumberland County crash report page.
Which roads are State Police roads in New Jersey?
The interstates, the Turnpike and the Parkway; most numbered state highways are not.
On I-80, 96 percent of 2024 crash records named a State Police station. On Route 1 it was 1 percent: there the police of the town where the crash happened take the report.1
See the full table
| Road | Crash records, 2024 | Named a State Police station |
|---|---|---|
| Route 55 | 522 | 98 percent |
| Route 24 | 762 | 97 percent |
| I-295 | 2,743 | 96 percent |
| I-80 | 4,204 | 96 percent |
| I-287 | 3,229 | 94 percent |
| I-78 | 3,155 | 91 percent |
| New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) | 6,706 | 88 percent |
| Route 46 | 2,938 | 3 percent |
| Route 9 | 4,367 | 3 percent |
| Route 22 | 2,597 | 2 percent |
| Route 1 | 6,574 | 1 percent |
| Route 35 | 2,628 | under 1 percent |
The Parkway is a special case. Its reports are State Police and Turnpike Authority reports, yet our 2024 records leave the station blank on 99 percent of Parkway rows, so the finder counts them separately. Road detail: I-80 State Police stations by milepost and Route 1 report routes by town.
How do I get a police report from the NJ State Police?
Online, on the NJ.gov crash report portal: $13 for a non-toll road, $5 for the Turnpike or Parkway.2
Search by case number without dashes, or by license number, plate or last name. A fatal Turnpike or Parkway report goes through the Turnpike Authority's records form instead. The Atlantic City Expressway is not on the portal: write to the Atlantic City Expressway Authority.
How long does it take to get an accident report in NJ?
Up to 14 business days for a State Police report; the town waits we collected run from 3 to 10 business days.
- Clifton: after 3 business days. Elizabeth, Kearny and Wall: 3 to 5 business days.
- Franklin Township in Somerset: about 3 to 10 business days. Edison: generally 7 to 10.
- Millville and Nutley: about 5 days. Randolph: most within seven working days.
While you wait, other clocks keep running; our NJ accident deadline checker shows the general dates.
Most departments publish no wait at all, so call the records unit before you go. Each town's own page, linked from the finder, gives the phone number and its source.3
Questions people ask
Are accident reports public record in NJ?
The basic police report is, the State Police portal says; serious or fatal investigation files are not and need a subpoena or a judge's order.2
Can I file an accident report online in NJ?
Yes, if no police officer investigated: NJDOT's SR-1 self-report is filed online and sends an acknowledgment you can give your insurer.4 If police came, there is nothing to file; you request their report.
What is the difference between a police report and an accident report?
The police report is the officer's NJTR-1, the form the finder helps you locate. The SR-1 is the report a driver files when no officer investigated. Reading the codes is covered in how to read a New Jersey crash report.
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Sources
- NJDOT police crash records for 2024, State Police station field, via the NJDOT Crash Data Portal as normalized by the open-source nj-crashes project; our count. Retrieved 2026-11-06.
- NJ State Police and NJ Turnpike Authority, Crash Reports Request help page and portal home. Retrieved 2026-11-10.
- Police department report pages for each town, as cited on that town's page on this site; our agency dataset. Read 2026-11-06 to 2026-11-10.
- NJDOT Self-Reporting Crash Form page. Retrieved 2026-11-10.
How the finder works
- Shares come from 265,646 NJDOT crash records for 2024 with a town code. A record counts as State Police when its station field is filled. The 2023 export leaves that field mostly blank, so 2023 is not used.
- Parkway rows without a station are shown separately: Parkway reports are State Police and Turnpike Authority reports by rule.
- Towns with fewer than 20 records in 2024 show no split. Town routes, fees and waits are copied from our town, road and county pages.
- The finder runs in your browser, sends nothing and stores nothing. General information, not legal advice; Injuries Cases Autos is not a law firm.