Traffic fatalities continued to surge in first half of 2016
Traffic fatalities were up 9 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year, continuing a surge in deaths that began two years ago as the economy improved and...
View ArticleTraffic deaths rose a whopping 7.2 percent in 2015
Government officials say traffic fatalities rose 7.2 percent in 2015 compared to the previous year. That's the largest single-year increase in a half century. Continue reading…
View ArticleNJ roads getting deadlier: Traffic deaths at highest level in 10 years
Traffic fatalities are up for four straight years, by a combined 16 percent, for the first time since the 1960s. Distracted driving is a chief culprit. Continue reading…
View ArticleTraffic deaths in New Jersey down by biggest rate in a decade
For the first time in five years, the number of people killed in car crashes fell in New Jersey in 2018. Continue reading…
View Article'Don't Drive Intexticated'— AAA likens phones in cars to DWI
AAA Mid-Atlantic on Monday kicked off a multi-year campaign designed to make cell phone use by drivers as socially unacceptable as drinking and driving. Continue reading…
View ArticleTraffic fatalities in New Jersey surged in 2016
Traffic deaths in New Jersey are at highest point since 2011. They're up 3 straight years for first time since 1960s. Technology distractions could be the cause. Continue reading…
View Article'Zack Alerts' to help find hit-and-run drivers coming to N.J.
Statewide Hit and Run Advisory Program, similar to Amber and Silver alerts for missing children and seniors, is signed into law. Continue reading…
View ArticleNJ teen drivers now in '100 Deadliest Days,' according to AAA
From 2010 through 2019 in New Jersey, these "summer" days, equating to just over 25% of the year, accounted for 29% of deaths in crashes involving teen drivers, including 81 drivers themselves....
View ArticleNJ highways are worse than any other state, says report
The Reason Foundation report also finds New Jersey spends twice or three times more than other states, for the same or lower quality pavement. Continue reading…
View ArticleNJ driving deaths went up during 1st COVID wave. Now we know why
Just 1 in 25 people got behind the wheel more often in the early months of COVID, but those drivers tended to skew younger and disproportionately male, a traditionally riskier population. Continue...
View ArticleTraffic Deaths Up in NJ
Traffic deaths nationwide are on a downward trend, hitting the lowest level in six decades. But, in New Jersey, there was a 13 percent increase. Continue reading…
View ArticleNew Year's Day Road Risks
New Year’s Day consistently ranks among the year’s deadliest days for alcohol-related traffic fatalities. Continue reading…
View ArticleTraffic Deaths Surged in 2012
Traffic fatalities rose 5 percent last year, according to an analysis of preliminary state data, reversing a seven-year decline in which the number of annual traffic deaths reached their lowest level...
View ArticleThe Deadly 100 Days
The 100 or so days between Memorial Day and Labor Day are some of the deadliest for teen drivers and their passengers, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic's analysis of federal crash data from 2011. Continue...
View ArticleNJ Holds Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day [AUDIO]
The New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety (DHTS) is participating in "Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day" today, a national awareness campaign to remind the public about traffic...
View ArticleCollision Causes Death on Rt. 78 in Springfield
One man was killed and another was injured when two cars crashed on a northern New Jersey highway. State police say the crash on Route 78 in Union County occurred around 2 p.m. Sunday. Both cars were...
View ArticleTraffic Deaths Drop Again
Motor vehicle fatalities in New Jersey hit an all-time low last year. Continue reading…
View ArticleTwo Men Killed as Car Hits Tree in Plainfield
Two men were killed and another was hospitalized Sunday when their car struck a tree on a central New Jersey roadway. Continue reading…
View ArticleGM Recall Excluded Saturn Crash Deaths
General Motors excluded the Saturn Ion from a Feb. 13 recall for faulty ignition switches after engineers inexplicably failed to look at fatal crashes involving the compact car. Continue reading…
View ArticleSafety Chief Slams GM Over Fatal Defects
The head of the nation's auto safety watchdog is blaming General Motors for a failure to act sooner to warn consumers of a defect in small cars that is linked to 13 deaths. Continue reading…
View ArticleDriver Charged in Easter Death of Howell Woman
The driver of the car involved in the Easter morning accident that took the life of 29-year-old Tiffany Soto of Howell has been charged in her death. Continue reading…
View ArticleTeen Driving Dangers
Summer may be a time for fun in the sun, but for teen drivers it is one of the deadliest and most dangerous times on the roads according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. Continue reading…
View ArticleWoman killed as pickup careens into farmers market
HAWTHORNE, N.J. (AP) -- A pickup truck drove into a farmers market in northern New Jersey near closing time Sunday, killing a woman who was dragged by the truck for blocks and injuring several others,...
View ArticleThree juveniles killed in Pennsylvania SUV crash
LAKE ARIEL, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities say an SUV carrying six young people overturned in northeastern Pennsylvania, killing three and injuring the others. Continue reading…
View ArticleDelaware authorities: Bus overturns, at least 1 dead
BEAR, Del. (AP) -- A bus carrying dozens of people crashed and overturned in Delaware, leaving one woman dead and several other people injured, authorities said. Continue reading…
View ArticleNo charges in death of boy struck by police car in Woodbury
WOODBURY, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey authorities say they won't file charges against a police officer who struck and killed a 10-year-old boy with his squad car. Continue reading…
View ArticleMaryland bishop charged in road death of former NJ resident
BALTIMORE (AP) -- In a spectacular fall from grace, Maryland's second-highest ranking Episcopal leader and the first female bishop in her diocese was charged with drunken driving and manslaughter after...
View ArticleToms River man sentenced for crash that killed friend
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Toms River man to nearly two years in prison for a car crash that killed his friend. Continue reading…
View ArticleMan dies after being ejected, run over by his own truck in NJ
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (AP) — State police say a truck driver died several hours after he was ejected from and run over by his own vehicle during a crash on a northern New Jersey highway. Continue reading…
View ArticleConcrete slab falls from Wash. state overpass, crushing truck, killing 3
BONNEY LAKE, Wash. (AP) -- A concrete slab fell from a construction site on a Washington state highway overpass on Monday, crushing a vehicle driving underneath the span and killing a young couple and...
View ArticleFew deaths on NJ highways this July 4th
The New Jersey State Police report that it was a relatively safe Fourth of July weekend on Garden State highways and other roads. Continue reading…
View ArticleCutting Down Traffic Fatalities in Ocean County
Since 2013, there have been 11 fatalities on County Route 539 in Ocean County, a main corridor motorists use to travel from the Jersey Shore to Trenton. Continue reading…
View ArticleTraffic deaths up sharply in first 6 months of this year
Traffic deaths were up 14 percent nationally in the first six months of this year and injuries were up by a third, according to data gathered by the National Safety Council. Continue reading…
View ArticleIs 65 mph too slow for NJ? This lawmaker says raise the speed limit!
Speed limits increase this spring on most of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and at least one New Jersey lawmaker is eyeing the possibility of the same change here. Continue reading…
View Article‘Put The Brakes On Fatalities Day’ Is October 10th
Tragedies occur nearly every single day on the roads of New Jersey, but they don't have to Continue reading…
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