Sayreville NJ car accident: which office has your report, and where crashes happen
After a Sayreville car accident, the borough police Records Bureau at 1000 Main Street has your report, unless a State Trooper handled it. Parkway reports come from the State Police portal for $5.00, trooper reports on Route 9 or Route 35 for $13.
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Who has my Sayreville accident report, borough police or the Parkway portal?
The uniform at the scene decides it: a Sayreville officer means the Records Bureau on Main Street, a trooper means the state portal.
- Borough streets, county roads, Route 9 and Route 35 with a Sayreville officer: the Records Bureau, which "processes requests for police and motor vehicle accident reports." Call (732) 727-4444 or send the borough OPRA form to the Municipal Clerk, 167 Main Street. The department's pages offer no download and publish no fee or wait.
- Parkway: the NJSP and Turnpike Authority portal, $5.00 as a toll road report, kept six years.
- Route 9 or Route 35 with a trooper: the same portal, $13 as a non-toll report, and it can take 14 business days to appear.
- A fatal Parkway crash: only through the NJ Turnpike Authority OPRA form, not the portal. Questions go to (732) 442-8600 ext. 2431.
The basic crash report is a public record, the state portal says; serious and fatal investigation reports are not. Reading it and fixing errors are covered in our guide to reading a New Jersey crash report, other agencies in the New Jersey car accident report guide.1
Which Sayreville roads have the most injury accidents?
Route 9, with 158 accidents where someone was hurt or killed in 2023 and 2024, then the Parkway with 137. Those two and Route 35 hold under half the injury accidents but two thirds of the deaths.
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| Route (street name in the records) | Road type | Hurt or killed | All accidents | People hurt | Killed | Pedestrians killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route 9 | NJDOT state highway | 158 | 713 | 195 | 5 | 3 |
| Garden State Parkway | State authority (toll road) | 137 | 604 | 208 | 3 | 2 |
| Streets with no route number | Mostly borough streets | 117 | 615 | 154 | 2 | 1 |
| Route 535 (Washington Avenue) | County | 85 | 304 | 114 | 1 | 1 |
| County Route 615 (Bordentown Avenue) | County | 76 | 284 | 105 | 3 | 0 |
| County Route 670 (Main Street) | County | 61 | 202 | 79 | 0 | 0 |
| Route 35 | NJDOT state highway | 59 | 200 | 70 | 3 | 2 |
| County Route 673 (Ernston Road) | County | 40 | 142 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
The Parkway hurts more people per crash: 208 people hurt against 195 on Route 9. Route 35 had 3 deaths in 59 injury accidents. County roads carry 277 of the 748, or 37%.
This table counts every record with route number 9. Our Route 9 Sayreville crash guide counts only records named US 9: 126 injury crashes, 75 of them rear-end.
Rear-end hits lead on Route 9, and the first steps are in what to do after a rear-end crash in New Jersey. Across the Edison Bridge, Route 9 continues in our Woodbridge car accident records; the whole roads are on the Garden State Parkway accidents page and the Route 35 accidents page.
How many pedestrians die in Sayreville crashes?
Nine of the 17 people killed in 2023 and 2024 were on foot, a 53% share. Yet only 32 crashes, about 1 in 98, involved a pedestrian.
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| Area | People killed | Pedestrians killed | Pedestrian share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sayreville | 17 | 9 | 53% |
| Middlesex County | 120 | 40 | 33% |
| New Jersey | 1,294 | 409 | 32% |
Seven of the 9 died after dark. Five were on Route 9 or Route 35, 2 on the Parkway, 1 on a county road and 1 on a borough street.
Does PIP cover you as a pedestrian? Usually yes: PIP on your own or a household member's auto policy pays, even though no car of yours was involved. Our guide for pedestrians hit by a car in New Jersey covers the rest.
Which Sayreville intersections have the most injury accidents?
Bordentown Avenue at Kenneth Avenue, with 8 injury accidents in 2024 and 2025. Washington Avenue is one half of 5 of the 12 busiest pairs, Ernston Road of 4.
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| Crossing | Hurt or killed | Of which 2025 (preliminary) | People hurt | All accidents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordentown Avenue at Kenneth Avenue | 8 | 7 | 12 | 16 |
| Ernston Road at Westminster Boulevard | 7 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| Main Street (County Route 670) at Washington Avenue (Route 535) | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| Jernee Mill Road at Main Street (County Route 615) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| Ernston Road at Scheider Drive | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
Seven more pairs tie at 3, including Route 35 at Route 9 and four Washington Avenue corners. Corners with far higher counts are on our list of New Jersey intersections with the most injury accidents.
Are Sayreville car accidents going down?
Slightly: 1,605 police-reported crashes in 2023, 1,527 in 2024, and 1,444 so far in the preliminary 2025 file. Deaths fell from 10 to 7 to 2.
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| Year | All accidents | Hurt or killed | People hurt | People killed | Pedestrian crashes | Bicycle crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,605 | 389 | 497 | 10 | 18 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1,527 | 359 | 504 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| 2025 (preliminary) | 1,444 | 328 | 474 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
The police department's own count for 2025 is 1,458 traffic crashes investigated, 1 of them fatal.
Over 2023 and 2024 the borough averaged about 1 injury accident a day. The busiest three hours, 3 pm to 6 pm, held 184 of the 748.
Sayreville ranks 8th in the county and 34th of New Jersey's 564 municipalities by injury accidents, with 5.7% of the county total. Compare car accidents in Old Bridge and the Middlesex County car accident hub.5
How do I get my car back after a serious Sayreville crash?
After a crash with a death or serious bodily injury, the police Traffic Safety Bureau must clear a towed vehicle before it is released.
The bureau investigates serious crashes and lists three numbers: (732) 525-5431, 525-5429 and 525-5430.6
Quick answers about Sayreville
Was there an accident on Route 9 or the Parkway in Sayreville today?
This page holds police records, not news. For a crash happening now on Route 9 or a borough street, call the non-emergency line, (732) 727-4444; Parkway crashes are State Police cases.
What if no officer came to my Sayreville crash?
Without a police report, New Jersey's SR-1 self-report form takes its place; the steps are in the New Jersey accident report guide.
How long do I have to tell my insurer about a Sayreville crash?
Our sources verify no fixed deadline, so report promptly. What the adjuster needs is in what to expect from an insurance adjuster.7
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. 8
- 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. 9
- 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. 10
- 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. 11
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
- Sayreville Police Department 2025 Annual Report, "Records Bureau Function"; Sayreville Police Department; Borough of Sayreville OPRA request form; NJSP and NJ Turnpike Authority crash report portal.
- NJDOT crash records via hudcostreets/nj-crashes and the NJSP fatal supplement, 2023 and 2024; our count by route number.
- NJDOT crash records via hudcostreets/nj-crashes and the NJSP fatal supplement, 2023 and 2024; our count, person by person.
- NJDOT crash records via hudcostreets/nj-crashes, 2024 and 2025; our count by crossing.
- Sayreville profile, NJDOT crash records via hudcostreets/nj-crashes and the NJSP fatal supplement, with rank fields for 2023 and 2024; SPD 2025 Annual Report, Patrol Division "2025 Statistics"; NJ.gov Fast Facts.
- Sayreville Police Department, Traffic Safety and towing.
- NJDOT Police Resources.
- 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
- Every NJDOT crash record placed in Sayreville Borough, 2023 to 2025, whichever agency wrote it, normalized by nj-crashes, deaths supplemented from State Police fatal statistics. 2025 is preliminary.
- Roads and deaths use 2023 and 2024; crossings use 2024 and 2025. Route 444 is the Parkway; one more Parkway record has no route number, so by road type the Parkway has 138.
- Crossing spellings are not merged, so those counts are a floor. One pedestrian died in a Parkway crash coded rear end.
- The police department's yearly count and the state file are built differently; we do not add them.
- Counts, not risk rates: the file has no traffic volumes and shows no fault.