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Hackensack car accident statistics (2026)

Police reported 1,936 crashes in Hackensack in 2025. From 2019 to 2023, 76% of drivers in Hackensack injury crashes lived outside the city. Essex Street had 13% of crashes that killed or seriously hurt someone since 2019. Counselworthy's count of NJDOT records through September 30, 2026.

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Hackensack car accident statistics by year

  1. Police reported 1,936 crashes in Hackensack in 2025, about 5 a day. (NJDOT crash data dashboard, 2025, preliminary)

  2. Crashes in Hackensack hurt 541 people and killed 1 in 2025. (NJDOT crash data dashboard, 2025, preliminary)

  3. Hackensack crashes fell 18% from 2024 to 2025: 2,366 to 1,936. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash data dashboard, 2024 to 2025, preliminary)

  4. Police reported 1,549 Hackensack crashes in 2026 through September 30. (NJDOT crash data dashboard, 2026 through September 30, preliminary)

  5. Police reported 15,192 crashes in Hackensack from January 2019 to September 2026. (NJDOT crash data dashboard, January 2019 to September 2026, preliminary) See every crash on the map

Hackensack crashes by year
YearCrashesPeople hurtPeople killedKilled or seriously hurt
20192,292682828
20201,460431320
20211,848469420
20222,021557319
20231,720495113
20242,366629218
20251,936541117
2026 through September 301,549454217

Source: NJDOT crash data dashboard, preliminary, saved November 3, 2026.

Hackensack traffic deaths and serious injuries

  1. 22 people were killed in Hackensack crashes from 2019 to 2025. (NJDOT crash data dashboard, 2019 to 2025, preliminary)

  2. Hackensack had 17 crashes that killed or seriously hurt someone in 2025. (NJDOT crash data dashboard, 2025, preliminary)

  3. Neck injuries were the most common injury police wrote down in Hackensack crashes: 442 of 2,541. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash tables, 2019 to 2023)

Bergen County car accident statistics by town

  1. Hackensack had 36.9 crashes per 1,000 residents in 2023, against 29.8 across 54 Bergen County towns. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash tables and Census Bureau population estimates, 2023)

  2. Crashes in Hackensack hurt 10.5 people per 1,000 residents in 2023, against 7.8 across 54 Bergen County towns. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash tables and Census Bureau population estimates, 2023)

  3. Paramus had the most crashes per 1,000 residents of any Bergen County town in 2023: 77.4. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash tables and Census Bureau population estimates, 2023)

Crashes per 1,000 residents in Bergen County towns, 2023: the 10 highest, and Hackensack
TownCrashesResidentsCrashes per 1,000People hurt per 1,000
Paramus2,05726,57677.422.8
Ridgefield80611,48270.218.7
East Rutherford69310,49166.18.3
Rochelle Park3735,86763.613.3
Fort Lee2,37339,96459.414.5
Carlstadt3346,37452.49.6
South Hackensack1422,71152.417.3
Hasbrouck Heights62612,10951.714.8
Rutherford78318,97441.39.8
Saddle River1393,38941.012.4
Hackensack1,69846,04936.910.5
The other 43 Bergen County towns
Crashes per 1,000 residents in the other Bergen County towns, 2023
TownCrashesResidentsCrashes per 1,000People hurt per 1,000
Ridgefield Park49413,27137.210.9
Englewood1,03529,82034.79.6
Fairview50215,02633.47.2
Englewood Cliffs1755,34132.812.2
Teaneck1,29841,98430.97.9
Palisades Park62520,24430.99.5
Moonachie963,13030.78.6
Little Ferry33210,98730.29.6
Washington2779,33529.78.5
River Edge32512,07626.97.4
Ramsey38114,80525.74.3
Westwood29011,28125.76.2
Oradell2038,23724.67.8
Montvale2269,42524.07.4
Edgewater35014,77723.76.4
Mahwah59925,49523.55.2
Woodcliff Lake1426,13923.12.9
Oakland28412,74322.34.3
Maywood22210,09022.07.7
North Arlington35616,47621.65.3
Fair Lawn76835,77021.58.4
Lyndhurst47222,42921.05.1
Wallington25011,90421.05.0
Northvale914,85518.71.9
Bogota1769,66418.24.1
Cliffside Park46625,76218.13.5
Upper Saddle River1518,54017.74.3
Garfield54032,68816.52.4
Ridgewood43526,35616.54.5
Haworth553,34416.44.5
Emerson1127,29815.33.2
Norwood865,76414.92.4
Hillsdale15110,13414.94.2
Glen Rock17712,15714.65.7
Tenafly20815,28413.65.2
Allendale916,86113.32.5
Closter948,61310.98.9
Harrington Park545,02010.82.0
Demarest524,87710.74.3
Dumont18418,34910.03.1
River Vale9310,1819.12.3
Midland Park576,9878.23.0
Old Tappan386,1226.21.5

Highest rate first. Every crash police reported on a town's roads, highways included, divided by the people who live there on July 1, so towns that busy highways and through roads cross run higher. It isn't a risk score for anyone driving or walking there. Sources: NJDOT crash tables, checked November 8, 2026; Census Bureau population estimates, checked November 8, 2026.

16 towns left out, and why
  • Alpine is left out: NJDOT's records list 121 crashes there in 2023, against 217 in 2019, so they look incomplete.
  • Bergenfield is left out: NJDOT's records list 197 crashes there in 2023, against about 332 a year in the 3 years before, so they look incomplete.
  • Cresskill is left out: NJDOT's records list 23 crashes there in 2023, against 73 in 2020, so they look incomplete.
  • Elmwood Park is left out: NJDOT's records list 383 crashes there in 2023, against about 655 a year in the 3 years before, so they look incomplete.
  • Franklin Lakes is left out: NJDOT's records list 137 crashes there in 2023, against about 235 a year in the 3 years before, so they look incomplete.
  • Ho-Ho-Kus is left out: NJDOT's tables list no crashes there from 2019 to 2023, so its records look incomplete.
  • Leonia is left out: NJDOT's records list 106 crashes there in 2023, against about 211 a year in the 3 years before, so they look incomplete.
  • Lodi is left out: NJDOT's records list 427 crashes there in 2023, against 788 in 2019, so they look incomplete.
  • New Milford is left out: NJDOT's records list 98 crashes there in 2023, against 200 in 2019, so they look incomplete.
  • Park Ridge is left out: NJDOT's records list 15 crashes there in 2023, against about 41 a year in the 3 years before, so they look incomplete.
  • Rockleigh is left out: 387 residents, too few for a rate.
  • Saddle Brook is left out: NJDOT's records list 326 crashes there in 2023, against 799 in 2019, so they look incomplete.
  • Teterboro is left out: 70 residents, too few for a rate.
  • Waldwick is left out: NJDOT's records list 11 crashes there in 2023, against about 82 a year in the 3 years before, so they look incomplete.
  • Wood-Ridge is left out: NJDOT's records list 10 crashes there in 2023, against about 53 a year in the 3 years before, so they look incomplete.
  • Wyckoff is left out: NJDOT's records list 187 crashes there in 2023, against 360 in 2019, so they look incomplete.

Hackensack bike and motorcycle accident statistics

  1. Police reported 148 Hackensack crashes involving someone on a bike from January 2019 to September 2026. (NJDOT crash data dashboard, January 2019 to September 2026, preliminary)

  2. 14% of Hackensack crashes that hurt someone on a bike were hit-and-runs: 10 of 74. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash tables, 2019 to 2023)

Most dangerous roads and intersections in Hackensack

  1. Essex Street had 13% of Hackensack crashes that killed or seriously hurt someone, the most of any road: 19 of 152. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash data dashboard, January 2019 to September 2026, preliminary) Essex Street crash data

  2. 3 crashes on Essex Street killed someone from January 2019 to September 2026. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash data dashboard, January 2019 to September 2026, preliminary)

  3. Hackensack Ave at Route 4 was the Hackensack intersection where crashes hurt the most people in 2025: 25 in 111 crashes. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash data dashboard, 2025, preliminary)

Hackensack roads with the most crashes that killed or seriously hurt someone, January 2019 to September 2026
RoadKilled or seriously hurt someoneKilled someoneSomeone on foot
Essex Street1937
Prospect Avenue1104
Interstate 80920
Route 4801
Polifly Road732

Counts aren't adjusted for traffic or road length. See every road and corner on the crash map.

Hackensack roads with the most crashes per mile driven

  1. Of 8 Hackensack roads with traffic counts, Atlantic Street had the most crashes that hurt someone per mile driven: 6.7 per million miles. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash data dashboard and FHWA traffic counts, 2020 to 2025, preliminary) Atlantic Street crash data

  2. Atlantic Street's rate was 10 times New Jersey's rate on every road in 2022: 6.7 against 0.7 per million miles. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT statewide crash rates and FHWA traffic counts, 2020 to 2025, against 2022)

Hackensack roads by crashes that hurt someone per million miles driven, 2020 to 2025
RoadPer million milesRange chance alone could giveCrashes that hurt someoneCars a day, 2025
Atlantic Street6.74.9 to 9.0453,500
Polifly Road2.92.4 to 3.59921,400
Prospect Avenue2.41.8 to 3.1517,400
Essex Street2.21.8 to 2.513823,600
Summit Avenue1.51.2 to 1.99214,800
River Street1.51.2 to 1.97827,000
East Passaic Street0.90.6 to 1.32713,000
Route 40.40.3 to 0.560110,600

Highest first. Each road's crashes that hurt someone beside a traffic count, over the miles driven there. Traffic counts are estimates, so a rate is too. No rate yet: Interstate 80 (most of it has no traffic count); South River Street (most of its crashes sit off the stretch with a traffic count). See the chart on the crash data page.

Hackensack car accidents by time of day and season

  1. Hackensack had the most crashes that killed or seriously hurt someone in fall: 2.0 per 30 days, against 1.4 in summer. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash data dashboard, 2019 to 2025, preliminary)

  2. More Hackensack crashes that killed or seriously hurt someone happened on Fridays than any other day: 34 of 152. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash data dashboard, January 2019 to September 2026, preliminary)

  3. A crash after dark was 2.7 times as likely to kill or seriously hurt someone as one in daylight: 1 in 52, against 1 in 139. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash data dashboard, January 2019 to September 2026, preliminary)

  4. From November to January, 58% of Hackensack crashes that killed or seriously hurt someone happened after dark: 22 of 38, while sunset to sunrise was 60% of those months' hours. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash data dashboard, January 2019 to September 2026, preliminary)

  5. From May to July, 35% of Hackensack crashes that killed or seriously hurt someone happened after dark: 15 of 43, while sunset to sunrise was 39% of those months' hours. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash data dashboard, January 2019 to September 2026, preliminary)

Causes of car accidents in Hackensack

  1. Police listed "not paying attention" in 39% of Hackensack crashes that hurt someone and had a cause written: 684 of 1,768. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash tables, 2019 to 2023)

What police listed in Hackensack crashes that hurt someone, 2019 to 2023
What police listedCrashes
Not paying attention684
Didn't yield470
Following too close319
Ran a traffic signal136
Unsafe turn122
Unsafe lane change79

A crash can list more than one. 1,768 of 1,955 crashes that hurt someone had a cause written.

Hackensack hit-and-run statistics

  1. 14% of Hackensack crashes in 2023 were hit-and-runs, where a driver left: 238 of 1,698. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash tables, 2023) After a hit-and-run: what to do

  2. Hit-and-run crashes in Hackensack hurt 27 people and killed no one in 2023. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash tables, 2023)

  3. Police reported 1,287 hit-and-run crashes in Hackensack from 2019 to 2023, 14% of all crashes. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash tables, 2019 to 2023)

Where drivers in Hackensack crashes live

  1. Of drivers in Hackensack crashes that hurt someone, 76% lived outside the city: 2,722 of 3,586 with a home on the report. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash tables, 2019 to 2023)

  2. Of drivers in Hackensack crashes that hurt someone, 9% lived in New York: 306 of 3,586 with a home on the report. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash tables, 2019 to 2023)

  3. Of drivers in Hackensack crashes that hurt someone, 24% lived in Hackensack: 864 of 3,586 with a home on the report. (Counselworthy analysis of NJDOT crash tables, 2019 to 2023)

New Jersey car accident laws, in numbers

  1. In New Jersey, an injury lawsuit generally must be filed within 2 years. (N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2(a), checked October 7, 2026) The deadline to sue, explained

  2. New or renewed standard New Jersey auto policies must cover $35,000 per person for injuries, from January 1, 2026. (P.L.2022, c.87 (N.J.S.A. 39:6A-3), checked October 7, 2026)

  3. New or renewed standard New Jersey auto policies must cover $70,000 per accident for injuries, from January 1, 2026. (P.L.2022, c.87 (N.J.S.A. 39:6A-3), checked October 7, 2026)

  4. Standard New Jersey auto policies include PIP, which pays medical bills up to $250,000 per person per accident. (N.J.S.A. 39:6A-4, checked October 11, 2026) How PIP works

  5. Standard New Jersey auto policies need at least $35,000 per person of uninsured motorist coverage, from January 1, 2026. (N.J.S.A. 17:28-1.1(a), (b), (e), checked October 11, 2026) Hit by an uninsured driver

  6. New Jersey caps an injury lawyer's contingent fee at 33⅓% of the first $750,000 recovered, after costs. (R. 1:21-7(c), (d), checked October 14, 2026) Injury lawyer fees, explained

  7. New Jersey's fund for hit-and-run and uninsured crashes requires notice of a claim within 180 days of the crash. (New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association, Unsatisfied Claim & Judgment Fund, checked October 16, 2026) After a hit-and-run: what to do

General information, not legal advice.

Sources and how we counted

Sources

How we counted

  • Crash counts come from NJDOT's public crash data dashboard: every crash it lists for Hackensack from January 1, 2019 to September 30, 2026, saved November 3, 2026. NJDOT calls these records preliminary. New crashes can take weeks to appear, and older ones can change.
  • What police wrote (causes, hit-and-runs, where drivers live, injuries) comes from NJDOT's final crash tables for 2019 to 2023, checked November 8, 2026. NJDOT publishes them about 2 years behind.
  • Killed or seriously hurt means the worst injury in the crash was a death or a suspected serious injury, the top two of the five levels police use. Hurt means any injury: a death, or a suspected serious, minor or possible injury.
  • Someone on foot, on a bike, on a motorcycle: each crash counts once, in the first group that fits, in that order.
  • Crashes per 1,000 residents divide a town's crashes in NJDOT's final tables by the Census Bureau's estimate of the people living there on July 1 of that year. A town is left out when its newest year has under 60% of its yearly average in the 3 years before or of its busiest earlier year, or NJDOT's tables list no crashes there, since its records look incomplete. So is a town with under 1,000 residents, where a few highway crashes swamp so few people.
  • Percents are rounded to whole numbers. A share of fewer than 20 crashes or people isn't given. A season or time of day is called the worst only when it leads the next by at least 10%.
  • These are police reports. A crash nobody reported isn't here.
  • The law numbers come from the statute or court rule named beside each one. General information, not legal advice.
  • Crash numbers never change a law firm's score.

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