Route 38 NJ accidents: injuries cluster in Cherry Hill, deaths east of milepost 13
Police reported 1,643 accidents on Route 38 in 2023 and 2024, and someone was hurt or killed in 456 of them. Injuries pile up at the Cherry Hill end. Deaths do not: 8 of the 12 people killed from 2023 to 2025 died east of milepost 13.
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Where on Route 38 do most injury accidents happen?
At the western end. The first 4.4 miles, through Pennsauken and Cherry Hill, held 193 of the 456 injury accidents in 2023 and 2024, and seven in ten were rear-end collisions.
The eastern stretch flips that pattern. From milepost 13, through Hainesport, Lumberton, Mount Holly and Southampton, there were about half as many injury accidents, yet eight people died. Right-angle collisions were more common there.
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| Stretch (recorded milepost) | Towns on it, roughly | Someone hurt or killed, 2023 + 2024 | Share of the road | Rear-end share | Right-angle, someone hurt | People killed, 2023 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 4.4 | Pennsauken, Cherry Hill | 193 | 42% | 69% | 18 | 3 |
| 4.4 to 13 | Maple Shade, Moorestown, Mount Laurel | 162 | 36% | 58% | 20 | 1 |
| 13 and up | Hainesport, Lumberton, Mount Holly, Southampton | 101 | 22% | 49% | 23 | 8 |
Someone was hurt in 28 percent of all Route 38 accidents, against 22 percent across the state's 514,320 records for the same two years.
The two crash types have their own guides: rear-end crash claims in New Jersey for the Cherry Hill queues, and side-impact collision claims for the right-angle accidents further east.1
Who was killed on Route 38 from 2023 to 2025?
Five of the 12 people killed were walking or riding a bicycle. Yet pedestrian and bicycle accidents were only 16 of the road's 1,643 accidents in 2023 and 2024.
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| Year | Type | Accidents | Someone hurt or killed | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Bicycle | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | Pedestrian | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | Bicycle | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | Pedestrian | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | Bicycle | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | Pedestrian | 3 | 3 | 0 |
The bicycle deaths are coded to Pennsauken, Willingboro Township and Southampton; the pedestrian deaths to Moorestown Township and Cherry Hill. Six of the 12 fatal accidents happened in the dark, against 29 percent of injury accidents.
A person on foot is covered in our pedestrian crash guide for New Jersey, and whose PIP pays the medical bills is in PIP limits and medical bills. Families of the 12 people killed can start with our New Jersey wrongful death claim guide.
Court outcomes for people hit while walking or cycling are in our New Jersey pedestrian and cyclist appeals review, and the claim steps are in our guide to bicycle accident claims in New Jersey.2
Which Route 38 cross streets have the most injury accidents?
Haddonfield Road in Cherry Hill leads, with 21 injury accidents in 2024 and 2025. South Church Road in Moorestown has 18 and Ark Road in Mount Laurel 17.
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| Cross street (as recorded) | Town | Someone hurt or killed | All accidents | People hurt | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haddonfield Road (County Route 644) | Cherry Hill | 21 | 80 | 25 | 0 |
| South Church Road (County Route 607) | Moorestown | 18 | 53 | 22 | 0 |
| Ark Road | Mount Laurel | 17 | 33 | 34 | 0 |
| Pleasant Valley Avenue | Moorestown | 14 | 48 | 19 | 0 |
| Cherry Hill Mall Drive | Cherry Hill | 14 | 43 | 26 | 0 |
| Briggs Road | Mount Laurel | 11 | 28 | 17 | 0 |
| Lenola Road | Maple Shade | 11 | 26 | 15 | 0 |
| Marter Avenue (County Route 615) | Mount Laurel | 10 | 48 | 18 | 0 |
Ten more cross streets with 8 or 9 injury accidents
| Cross street (as recorded) | Town | Someone hurt or killed | All accidents | People hurt | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford Road (County Route 686) | Mount Laurel | 9 | 35 | 14 | 0 |
| Mount Laurel Road (County Route 603) | Moorestown | 9 | 35 | 14 | 0 |
| Longwood Avenue | Cherry Hill | 9 | 27 | 13 | 0 |
| Cutler Avenue | Maple Shade | 9 | 24 | 17 | 0 |
| Hainesport to Mount Laurel Road (County Route 674) | Hainesport | 9 | 17 | 15 | 1 |
| Route 541 (Mount Holly Bypass) | Lumberton | 9 | 14 | 12 | 1 |
| Rudderow Avenue | Maple Shade | 8 | 23 | 12 | 0 |
| Always Drive | Lumberton | 8 | 17 | 10 | 0 |
| Mansion Boulevard | Pennsauken | 8 | 17 | 11 | 0 |
| Route 541 (Mount Holly Bypass), second record label | Lumberton | 8 | 15 | 16 | 0 |
The busiest crossings sit in the west, yet the two deadly ones are east of Mount Laurel. To see how Route 38 crossings compare with other trouble spots, read our list of the most dangerous intersections in New Jersey.
The records also name state roads where they meet Route 38: Route 130 accident records and Route 70 accident records in Pennsauken. Further east come Route 73 accident records in Maple Shade, I-295 and the Turnpike in Mount Laurel, and Route 206 accident records in Southampton.3
Which towns along Route 38 log the most accidents?
Cherry Hill, with 280 accidents and 78 injury accidents in 2024. Mount Laurel is second with 138 and 41, and the seven Burlington County towns together outnumber the two in Camden County.
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| Town | County | All accidents, 2024 | Someone hurt or killed, 2024 | People hurt, 2024 | People killed, 2024 | Someone hurt or killed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsauken Township | Camden | 74 | 20 | 27 | 0 | 15 |
| Cherry Hill Township | Camden | 280 | 78 | 100 | 2 | 55 |
| Maple Shade Township | Burlington | 72 | 21 | 30 | 0 | 18 |
| Moorestown Township | Burlington | 102 | 26 | 31 | 0 | 36 |
| Mount Laurel Township | Burlington | 138 | 41 | 70 | 0 | 52 |
| Hainesport Township | Burlington | 49 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 24 |
| Lumberton Township | Burlington | 55 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 29 |
| Mount Holly Township | Burlington | 30 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 7 |
| Southampton Township | Burlington | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Total | 818 | 232 | 328 | 7 | 242 |
Every street in the two busiest towns is on our pages for car accidents in Cherry Hill and car accidents in Mount Laurel. The Pennsauken and Cherry Hill end belongs to our Camden County car accident help hub.
For the Route 70 corridor next door in Cherry Hill, our Route 70 Cherry Hill crash guide walks through that corridor.4
When do Route 38 injury accidents happen?
Mostly between 3 pm and 6 pm, with 103 of the 456 injury accidents in 2023 and 2024. Friday was the worst day with 88; Saturday (53) and Sunday (50) were the quietest.
Are deer accidents common on Route 38?
Deer were the first thing hit in 69 Route 38 accidents over the same two years. The records place 21 of them in Mount Laurel. Our guide to hitting a deer in New Jersey covers the next steps.5
How do I look up a Route 38 accident report in NJ?
Ask the police agency that investigated, which on Route 38 depends on the stretch. Hainesport and Southampton records usually name a State Police station, so those reports often come through the State Police portal.
The station field is filled for 161 of 187 Hainesport records (Bordentown station) and 47 of 57 in Southampton (Red Lion), 2023 to 2025. In Cherry Hill, Pennsauken, Maple Shade and Moorestown it is almost never filled.
A State Police report costs $13.00 on the NJSP portal and can take 14 business days from the crash date to become searchable. The town police departments on Route 38 list no wait time.
Are the reports public record? Not open to anyone: Cherry Hill's records page releases copies to involved persons. For each town's office, see Cherry Hill accident records, the Camden County agency list and our New Jersey accident report guide, which also covers checking the report for mistakes.6
Route 38 accident questions
Was there an accident or a hit and run on Route 38 in New Jersey today?
This page holds police records through the preliminary 2025 file, not today's news. If you were hit by a driver who left, our New Jersey hit and run claim guide covers the next steps.
Which county handles a Route 38 accident?
Route 38 runs through Camden and Burlington counties. Burlington held 263 of the 456 injury accidents in 2023 and 2024, and 9 of the 12 deaths from 2023 to 2025.
Are Route 38 accidents rising in 2025?
The preliminary 2025 file already holds 935 accidents, against 818 in 2024, with 242 injury accidents and 2 deaths so far.
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.
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Sources
- NJDOT crash records 2023 to 2025 as cleaned by the open-source hudcostreets/nj-crashes project, deaths checked against the State Police fatal crash list; tallies are ours.
- NJDOT crash records via hudcostreets/nj-crashes, accident type and light condition fields; NJSP fatal supplement.
- NJDOT crash records via hudcostreets/nj-crashes, cross-street field.
- NJDOT crash records via hudcostreets/nj-crashes, municipality field.
- NJDOT crash records via hudcostreets/nj-crashes; time, weekday and first-harmful-event fields.
- NJSP crash reports portal; Cherry Hill Township, Police Records; station field from NJDOT crash records.
How we counted
- Route 38 is every record with route 38 and a state road label, Kaighn Avenue forms included (645 of 2,578 records), both directions. "Hurt or killed" means one or more people injured or dead.
- 2023 is NJDOT's archive; 2024 and 2025 its Crash Data Portal. 2025 is preliminary; Mount Holly's may still be filling in.
- Milepost bands are ours; 10 records without a milepost are left out. Each town sits at its median milepost.
- The 2023 file codes towns unevenly (Pennsauken 3 records, 74 in 2024) and names cross streets differently, so those tables use 2024 on.
- Cross streets are one row per label; merging variant spellings puts Ark Road and Haddonfield Road level at 22.
- These are counts, not risk rates. They show no fault and say nothing about any claim or its value.