Route 70 NJ accidents: who has the report, and where crashes happen
There is no live crash feed here. For a Route 70 crash today, the report comes from whoever responded: town police in most of the road's 14 towns, but State Police Red Lion Station in Southampton and much of Woodland.
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Which agency files a Route 70 crash report, from Pennsauken to Wall?
Usually the town police department, except in Southampton and Woodland, where most Route 70 crashes carry the Red Lion State Police station name.
| Agency | Route 70 towns it covers in the records | How to ask | Fee and wait the agency states |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Police, Red Lion Station | Southampton (215 of 253 crashes), Woodland (29 of 45), some Pemberton Twp (9 of 112) | NJ.gov crash report portal; questions to njsprecords@njsp.gov or (609) 882-2000 ext. 2234 | $13.00 for a non-toll road report; can take 14 business days to appear |
| Cherry Hill Police | Cherry Hill (18 of 1,580 name a State Police station); corners ranked on our Route 70 in Cherry Hill crash guide | Police Records window, first floor of the Municipal Building | Copies are "available to involved persons"; no fee stated |
| Lakewood Police | Lakewood car accident records | records@lakewoodpolicenj.com, PO Box 540, or 231 3rd Street (8:15 am to 4:00 pm); online via crashdocs.org or lexisnexis.com | Photo ID and phone number required; no fee stated |
| Toms River Police | Toms River car accident records | PoliceRecords@trpolice.org with a copy of your license, in person, or mail to PO Box 876 | $5.00 by mail with a stamped return envelope; allow 3 business days |
| Other town police | Pennsauken, Evesham, Medford, Pemberton, Lakehurst, Manchester, Brick, Brielle, Wall (our page on Wall Township crash reports and rear-ends) | The department's records office | Set by each department |
How long does the report take? A State Police report can take up to 14 business days to appear on the portal. Toms River asks you to allow 3 business days, and other towns set their own wait.
If no officer came, or for any other department, see our NJ accident report guide, agency by agency.1
Which of the 14 Route 70 towns has the most crashes?
Cherry Hill, by far: 1,042 crashes in 2023 and 2024, and 265 of the road's 830 crashes in which someone was hurt or killed. Lakewood and Manchester come next for injury crashes.
In Medford and Manchester about one crash in three hurt someone; in Brick, about one in ten.
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| Town | County | Median milepost | All crashes | Someone hurt or killed | People killed | Crashes naming a State Police station, 2023 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Hill Twp | Camden | 4.3 | 1,042 | 265 | 2 | 18 of 1,580 |
| Evesham Twp | Burlington | 8.9 | 248 | 57 | 0 | 1 of 384 |
| Medford Twp | Burlington | 13.9 | 274 | 97 | 3 | 2 of 403 |
| Southampton Twp | Burlington | 18.8 | 146 | 31 | 2 | 215 of 253 |
| Lakehurst Boro | Ocean | 44.4 | 140 | 21 | 0 | 0 of 218 |
| Manchester Twp | Ocean | 44.8 | 305 | 103 | 1 | 2 of 501 |
| Toms River Twp | Ocean | 48.7 | 187 | 44 | 0 | 0 of 289 |
| Lakewood Twp | Ocean | 51.8 | 394 | 107 | 3 | 2 of 596 |
| Brick Twp | Ocean | 55.0 | 465 | 46 | 2 | 1 of 768 |
The five smaller Route 70 towns
| Town | County | Median milepost | All crashes | Someone hurt or killed | People killed | Crashes naming a State Police station, 2023 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsauken Twp | Camden | 0.3 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 of 61 |
| Woodland Twp | Burlington | 26.4 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 29 of 45 |
| Pemberton Twp | Burlington | 28.4 | 71 | 25 | 3 | 9 of 112 |
| Brielle Boro | Monmouth | 58.7 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 of 36 |
| Wall Twp | Monmouth | 59.2 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 0 of 66 |
By county, Ocean had 321 of the 830 injury crashes, Camden 270, Burlington 220 and Monmouth 19. Route 70 alone was 5.4 percent of all Ocean County injury crashes.
Town detail is on our pages for Cherry Hill car accident records, the Camden County car accident hub and the Ocean County car accident hub.2
Which Route 70 cross streets, from Airport Road to Branin Road, see the most injuries?
Airport Road in Lakewood leads, with 23 injury crashes in 2024 and 2025. Medford has three of the top nine junctions: Route 541, Branin Road and Oliphants Mill-Hartford Road.
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| Cross street as recorded | Town, county | Someone hurt or killed | All crashes | People hurt | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Road | Lakewood Twp, Ocean | 23 | 79 | 38 | 0 |
| Route 571 (Ridgeway Road) | Manchester Twp, Ocean | 19 | 49 | 34 | 0 |
| Route 541 (North Main Street) | Medford Twp, Burlington | 18 | 44 | 34 | 1 |
| Branin Road | Medford Twp, Burlington | 16 | 33 | 24 | 0 |
| New Hampshire Road (Ocean County 623) | Lakewood Twp, Ocean | 14 | 57 | 17 | 0 |
| Route 549 (Chambers Bridge Road) | Brick Twp, Ocean | 13 | 60 | 17 | 0 |
| Vermont Avenue (Ocean County 86) | Lakewood Twp, Ocean | 12 | 25 | 19 | 1 |
| Oliphants Mill-Hartford Road | Medford Twp, Burlington | 11 | 37 | 18 | 0 |
| North Locust Avenue | Evesham Twp, Burlington | 11 | 20 | 19 | 0 |
Three more cross streets outside Cherry Hill, tied at 10 injury crashes
| Cross street as recorded | Town, county | Someone hurt or killed | All crashes | People hurt | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route 527 (Whitesville Road) | Toms River Twp, Ocean | 10 | 56 | 11 | 0 |
| Delpine Road | Manchester Twp, Ocean | 10 | 28 | 17 | 0 |
| New Road | Southampton Twp, Burlington | 10 | 17 | 19 | 0 |
Cherry Hill's Route 70 corners, with spellings merged, are ranked on our Route 70 in Cherry Hill guide.
Six state roads meet Route 70 in the records: Route 38 accident records (Pennsauken), Route 73 accident records (Evesham) and Route 37 crash help in Toms River. The others are Route 9 accident records, Garden State Parkway accident records (Lakewood) and Route 35 accident records (Wall).3
Is the Burlington County stretch of Route 70 the deadliest?
Yes, by deaths: 8 of the 16 people killed on Route 70 in 2023 and 2024 died in Burlington County, which had 220 of the 830 injury crashes. Camden County, with 270, had 2.
Southampton, Woodland and Pemberton Township had only 66 injury crashes in those two years, 8 percent of the road's total, but 5 of the 16 deaths. The 8 Burlington deaths were about one in ten of the county's 81 road deaths. For the drive on toward the shore, see Route 72 crashes toward Long Beach Island.
People killed on Route 70 by town, 2023 to 2025
| Town, county | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 (preliminary) | Collision types recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Twp, Ocean | 2 | 1 | 3 | pedestrian (2), fixed object (2), head on, overturned |
| Southampton Twp, Burlington | 0 | 2 | 1 | side swipe, head on, right angle |
| Medford Twp, Burlington | 2 | 1 | 0 | right angle, left turn (2), all at Route 541 (Main Street) |
| Pemberton Twp, Burlington | 3 | 0 | 0 | head on, fixed object (2) |
| Brick Twp, Ocean | 0 | 2 | 0 | rear end, head on |
| Cherry Hill Twp, Camden | 2 | 0 | 0 | head on, bicyclist |
| Manchester Twp, Ocean | 0 | 1 | 1 | pedestrian, side swipe |
| Toms River Twp, Ocean | 0 | 0 | 1 | pedestrian |
| All Route 70 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 22 deaths in 22 fatal crashes |
Head-on crashes were rare but deadly: 40 in 2023 and 2024, with 4 deaths. Fixed-object crashes also killed 4; rear-end crashes killed 1.
All four people killed walking on Route 70 from 2023 to 2025 were in Ocean County, after dark: two in Lakewood, one in Manchester, one in Toms River. Our guide for pedestrians hit by a car in New Jersey covers what comes next.
Is Route 70 the deadliest road in New Jersey? We rank junctions, not whole roads: Route 70 had 16 deaths in two years and 5.4 percent of Ocean County's injury crashes. Our most dangerous intersections in New Jersey list compares corners statewide.4
Are rear-end and deer crashes more common on Route 70 than elsewhere in NJ?
Yes, both. Rear-end collisions were 416 of Route 70's 830 injury crashes (50 percent), against 31 percent on all New Jersey roads.
Who is at fault when you are rear-ended is not automatic: New Jersey splits fault by each driver's share, as our rear-end crash guide for New Jersey explains.
- Rush hour: 3 pm to 6 pm held 203 injury crashes, the busiest three-hour window. Saturdays (91) and Sundays (80) had fewer than any weekday (126 to 136).
- Deer: a deer was the first thing struck in 182 of 3,411 crashes (5.3 percent, against 3.6 percent statewide), led by Southampton (27 of 146) and Manchester (45 of 305). Only 3 of the 182 hurt someone.
Statewide, 41 percent of animal crashes come in October and November, as our page on what to do after hitting a deer in NJ shows.5
Is 2025 worse on Route 70 than 2024?
So far, yes: the preliminary 2025 file already holds 1,901 Route 70 crashes, 10 percent more than all of 2024.
See the full table
| Year | All crashes | Someone hurt or killed | People hurt | People killed | Pedestrian crashes | Bicycle crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,685 | 445 | 678 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| 2024 | 1,726 | 385 | 584 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| 2025 (preliminary) | 1,901 | 496 | 716 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
What else do people ask about a Route 70 accident?
Was there an accident on Route 70 in New Jersey today?
We do not track live incidents. Route 70 averaged more than 1,700 police-reported crashes a year in 2023 and 2024, so the responding agency in the table above is the place to confirm one.
Can I file an accident report online, and how is it different from the police report?
Only police write the NJTR-1 crash report. If no officer investigated, drivers use the SR-1 self-report instead; our guide to getting a New Jersey accident report covers both.
How do I read the codes on a Route 70 police report?
The counts on this page come from the report's coded fields, such as collision type and first harmful event. Our guide on how to read an NJ crash report, box by box explains each code.6
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 on Route 70. 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. 7
- 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. 8
- 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. 9
- 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. 10
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
- NJSP and NJTA Crash Report Requests portal; NJSP Criminal Justice Records Bureau; Red Lion Station (1722 US-206, Vincentown) on the New Jersey State Police Troop C page; Cherry Hill Township, Police Records; Lakewood Police Department, Central Records; Toms River Police Department, Police Reports (all read 2026-11-10). Station counts: NJDOT crash records via hudcostreets/nj-crashes, our analysis.
- NJDOT crash records 2023 to 2025 via the open-source hudcostreets/nj-crashes project, fatal crashes supplemented from NJ State Police fatal crash statistics (read 2026-11-10), our analysis. County totals: Ocean 5,927, Camden 6,318, Burlington 5,239 injury crashes.
- NJDOT crash records via hudcostreets/nj-crashes (read 2026-11-10), our analysis of the cross-street field.
- NJDOT crash records via hudcostreets/nj-crashes, fatal crashes supplemented from NJ State Police fatal crash statistics (read 2026-11-10), our analysis.
- NJDOT crash records via hudcostreets/nj-crashes (read 2026-11-10), our analysis of the collision type and "first harmful event" fields, 2023 and 2024; comparative fault: N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.1.
- NJDOT police resources page (read 2026-11-10).
- 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 NJDOT crash records for 2023 to 2025, normalized by hudcostreets/nj-crashes, with State Police fatal data added: 5,312 Route 70 crashes in all. 2025 is preliminary, so its counts are a floor. Counts show where crashes happened, not who was at fault.
A filled station field means a State Police investigation; that column covers 2023 to 2025. In 2023, 37 records coded to Maple Shade, Shamong and Pemberton Borough are counted in Medford, Southampton and Pemberton Township, where cross streets and mileposts place them.
Pennsauken has 1 Route 70 record in 2023, so its row is in effect 2024. Cross streets use 2024 and 2025 only, after a street-naming change, with spelling variants not merged.