Over the course of 3 years, almost 1,600 crashes on New Jersey’s roadways led to a minimum of one death.
Using information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, MoneyGeek has actually created a list of the deadliest stretches of road in the Garden State from 2018 through 2020, ranked by their count of deadly crashes.
A number of highways appear on the top-10 list more than when.
According to MoneyGeek, more than 40% of New Jersey’s deadly mishaps in between 2018 and 2020 included speeding or driving under the influence. Distracted driving added to 20% of the state’s deadly crashes over that three-year duration.
“Those are crashes, those are not mishaps,” stated Tracy Noble, representative for AAA Mid-Atlantic, responding to the report. “We likewise require to bear in mind, when a few of our highways were created, they were not created for the kinds of automobiles and the speeds that we have today.”
Below is MoneyGeek’s list of the 10 most dangerous stretches of roadway inNew Jersey The green dots show the area of the deadly crashes; a few of the crashes happened in the very same locations/intersections.
Close to 800 roadways in New Jersey were thought about for the research study.
10.
- 3.4 miles of roadway
- 7 deadly mishaps, leading to 7 deaths
Responding to New Jersey 101.5’s ask for remark, the New Jersey Department of Transportation kept in mind that a task in the works is suggested to enhance security for all modes of transport along this stretch.
Proposed enhancements consist of minimizing the highway from 4 lanes, to 2 travel lanes with a center left-turn lane and bike lanes.
9.
- 4.1 miles of roadway
- 7 deadly mishaps, leading to 8 deaths
8.
- 4.9 miles of roadway
- 7 deadly mishaps, leading to 8 deaths
7.
- 3.3 miles of roadway
- 8 deadly mishaps, leading to 8 deaths
6.
- 3.4 miles of roadway
- 8 deadly mishaps, leading to 9 deaths
5.
- 2.9 miles of roadway
- 9 deadly mishaps, leading to 10 deaths
The Department of Transportation stated it has actually 2 tasks focused on enhancing Route 21. One will resurface a part of the highway, and the other will consist of updated traffic signals and walkways.
4.
- 4.1 miles of roadway
- 10 deadly mishaps, leading to 10 deaths
3.
- 4.2 miles of roadway
- 10 deadly mishaps, leading to 11 deaths
2.
- 4.6 miles of roadway
- 10 deadly mishaps, leading to 12 deaths
1.
- 3.9 miles of roadway
- 11 deadly mishaps, lead to 11 deaths
Steve Schapiro, a representative for the state Department of Transportation, stated DOT is devoted to discovering ingenious services to boost security for all roadway users.
“We take a look at crash information regularly to search for locations where pedestrian security enhancements might be required, and we deal with our engineers and designers to integrate these enhancements into continuous tasks,” Schapiro included. “Those security functions might consist of the setup of pedestrian signal heads, and enhancements to walkways and crosswalks.”
Dino Flammia is a press reporter for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach him at dino.flammia@townsquaremedia.com
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