Woodland Park NJ car accident help: where crashes happen and what to do next
Most Woodland Park injury crashes happen on I-80 and the county roads, not Route 46. Police reported 733 crashes in 2023 and 2024, and 152 hurt or killed someone. I-80 carried 43 of those, Route 46 just 6.1
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How many car accidents happen in Woodland Park each year?
About 350 to 380 a year, with someone hurt or killed in roughly one in five.
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| Year | All crashes | Someone hurt or killed | People hurt | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 378 | 74 | 117 | 2 |
| 2024 | 355 | 78 | 113 | 0 |
| 2025 (preliminary) | 332 | 59 | 77 | 1 |
That puts Woodland Park 7th of Passaic County's 16 towns by injury crashes in 2023 and 2024. Neighbors Totowa (283) and Little Falls (190) had more; Paterson had 2,785.
Where do most car accidents happen in Woodland Park?
On I-80, then McBride Avenue. Together they held 69 of the borough's 152 injury crashes in 2023 and 2024.
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| Road | All crashes | Someone hurt or killed | Share of injury crashes | People killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I-80 | 179 | 43 | 28.3% | 0 |
| McBride Avenue (County 639) | 129 | 26 | 17.1% | 1 |
| Squirrelwood Road (County 636) | 50 | 16 | 10.5% | 0 |
| Rifle Camp Road (County 633) | 34 | 12 | 7.9% | 0 |
| Lackawanna Avenue (County 632) | 58 | 10 | 6.6% | 0 |
| Route 46 | 12 | 6 | 3.9% | 1 |
Squirrelwood Road stands out for severity: 16 of its 50 crashes hurt someone, nearly a third. Woodland Park's stretch holds 2.3 percent of all I-80 injury crashes in the state. See I-80 accident data across New Jersey.
What if your crash was at a Route 46 entry?
Route 46 is a small share here, but entries are where accounts differ. Name your direction and the access you had just passed.
| Direction | Listed access |
|---|---|
| Route 46 east | Paterson Avenue to McBride; Rose Street to Browertown; Lower Notch; Notch |
| Route 46 west | Notch; Lower Notch; Browertown; McBride |
| Other highway access | I-80 at Squirrelwood; Route 3 west at Notch |
The list locates an entry; it is not a lane diagram. Say whether the other car was still entering or already in the lane beside you. The Little Falls, Woodland Park and Clifton interchange guide and Route 46 accident data cover the wider road.
Which Woodland Park intersections have the most injury crashes?
I-80 at Squirrelwood Road, with 14 crashes that hurt someone in 2024 and 2025. Five of the top seven involve I-80 or McBride Avenue.
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| Road and cross street | Someone hurt or killed | All crashes |
|---|---|---|
| I-80 at Squirrelwood Road | 14 | 47 |
| I-80 (secondary record) at McBride Avenue | 9 | 25 |
| Jackson Avenue at Squirrelwood Road | 9 | 19 |
| I-80 (secondary record) at Squirrelwood Road | 6 | 29 |
| Browertown Road at Lackawanna Avenue | 6 | 18 |
| Lackawanna Avenue at McBride Avenue | 5 | 32 |
| Glover Avenue at McBride Avenue | 5 | 19 |
Squirrelwood Road appears three times: 29 injury crashes across its I-80 and Jackson Avenue records. The statewide list is on New Jersey intersections with the most injury crashes.
What kinds of crashes hurt people in Woodland Park?
Rear-end and right-angle crashes tie at 33 each, but fixed-object crashes are the local standout at 30, or 19.7 percent.
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| Crash type | Woodland Park count | Woodland Park share | Passaic County share | Statewide share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rear end | 33 | 21.7% | 27.4% | 30.7% |
| Right angle | 33 | 21.7% | 24.5% | 22.4% |
| Fixed object | 30 | 19.7% | 9.2% | 11.6% |
| Pedestrian | 10 | 6.6% | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| Struck parked vehicle | 9 | 5.9% | 4.1% | 3.4% |
| Sideswipe, same direction | 8 | 5.3% | 9.4% | 8.5% |
On I-80 alone, 18 of 43 injury crashes were rear-end and 13 hit a fixed object. A fixed-object crash may have no other driver to claim against, so how New Jersey no-fault insurance pays matters most there.
When do Woodland Park crashes happen?
Most often from 3 pm to 6 pm, with 28.3 percent of injury crashes, against 23.7 percent statewide.
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| Time window | Count | Woodland Park share | Statewide share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight to 6 am | 19 | 12.5% | 7.6% |
| 6 am to noon | 31 | 20.4% | 26.3% |
| Noon to 3 pm | 21 | 13.8% | 18.2% |
| 3 pm to 6 pm | 43 | 28.3% | 23.7% |
| 6 pm to 9 pm | 17 | 11.2% | 15.4% |
| 9 pm to midnight | 21 | 13.8% | 8.8% |
Nights run high too: 40 injury crashes, a quarter of the total, fell between 9 pm and 6 am. Both 2023 deaths, a pedestrian on McBride Avenue and a fixed-object crash on Route 46, were recorded as dark.
How do I get a police report after a Woodland Park crash?
Ask the agency that investigated. On I-80 that is usually the State Police, whose reports are online; on local roads it is the police department that responded.
| Road | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-80 | 27 of 85 | 92 of 94 | 81 of 82 |
| Route 46 | 0 of 6 | 0 of 6 | 0 of 5 |
| All other roads | 0 of 287 | 0 of 255 | 2 of 245 |
State Police reports come from the NJSP crash reports portal: $13 for a non-toll road report, available for six years. More detail is in how to get your New Jersey accident report.
What should you do after a crash in Woodland Park?
Call 911 if anyone is hurt or the scene is unsafe, then follow up on care, the report and coverage.
- Get medical care and keep every record: medical records for a New Jersey injury claim.
- Note the road, direction and cross street, the details the records above use.
- Check who pays treatment first: PIP or health insurance.
- If you are blamed in part, read how partial fault works in New Jersey.
Nearby: Wayne crash data, Clifton crash data, Paterson crash data and the New Jersey car accident help guide.
What else do people ask about Woodland Park crashes?
Is Woodland Park a dangerous place to drive?
Our counts cannot measure risk, since we have no traffic volumes. They do show fixed-object crashes at 1.7 times the statewide share, 13 of them on I-80.
How long do you have to report a crash in NJ?
Tell the police right away if someone is hurt or damage tops $500. If no officer files a report, send one to the Motor Vehicle Commission within 10 days.
How long do I have to file an injury lawsuit?
Generally two years, and a claim against a public body needs written notice within 90 days. See the New Jersey statute of limitations.9
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Sources
- NJDOT crash records 2023 to 2025 as normalized by the open-source hudcostreets/nj-crashes project, fatal accidents supplemented from NJ State Police fatal crash statistics, retrieved 2026-11-10; our analysis.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, NJSP fatal supplement; our count.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, 2023 and 2024; our count. I-80 and Route 46 by route number, county roads by name.
- Woodland Park municipal highway-access list, checked 2026-10-13.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, 2024 and 2025 (2025 preliminary); our count by road and cross street as written.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, NJSP fatal supplement, 2023 and 2024; our count.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, NJSP fatal supplement, 2023 and 2024; our count by recorded crash time.
- NJDOT crash records via nj-crashes, 2023 to 2025; our count of records with a State Police station filled in. Every named station is Totowa. Report fees and availability: NJSP and NJ Turnpike Authority crash reports portal, retrieved 2026-11-10.
- N.J.S.A. 39:4-130; N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2; N.J.S.A. 59:8-8.
How we counted
- Records: every NJDOT crash record assigned to Woodland Park Borough, Passaic County, 2023 to 2025, normalized by nj-crashes, deaths supplemented from State Police fatal statistics.
- 2023 and 2024 are complete; 2025 is preliminary.
- I-80 and Route 46 are selected by route number or road name; county roads combine every recorded spelling. Road pairs are counted as written, so totals are floors.
- The State Police station field shows which agency records tend to name, not who handled any one crash.
- These are counts, not risk rates, and say nothing about fault or claim value.