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Hackensack truck accident statistics (2025)

From 2019 to 2025, 252 crashes in Hackensack involved a large truck or bus, injuring 166 people who needed medical care and killing 2. 32% of the trucks and buses belonged to companies based outside New Jersey. Crash reports named NJ Transit Corporation in 32, more than any other company. Counselworthy's count of FMCSA records, updated November 3, 2026.

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Hackensack truck accident statistics by year

  1. 26 crashes in Hackensack involved a large truck or bus in 2025. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2025)

  2. From 2019 to 2025, 252 crashes in Hackensack involved a large truck or bus, about 3 a month. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

Hackensack crashes involving a large truck or bus, by year
YearCrashesCrashes, as a barPeople hurt, taken for carePeople killed
201943250
202030170
202143240
202233290
202337230
202440352
202526130

Hackensack truck accident injuries and deaths

  1. From 2019 to 2025, 166 people hurt in Hackensack truck and bus crashes were taken for medical care. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025) After a truck accident

  2. Hackensack truck and bus crashes killed 2 people from 2019 to 2025. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

  3. 46% of Hackensack truck and bus crashes hurt someone who was taken for medical care. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

Bergen County truck accident statistics by town

  1. Hackensack had the 4th most truck and bus crashes of Bergen County's 70 towns from 2019 to 2025. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

  2. Hackensack had 6% of Bergen County's truck and bus crashes from 2019 to 2025. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

  3. New Jersey had 39,464 crashes involving a large truck or bus from 2019 to 2025. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

Bergen County towns with the most crashes involving a large truck or bus, 2019 to 2025
TownCrashesCrashes, as a barHurt someone
Teaneck343148
Fort Lee327187
Paramus273120
Hackensack252115
Mahwah22774
Ridgefield224103
East Rutherford21280
Englewood17770
Rutherford16973
Ridgefield Park16472

Most first, the 10 of 70 towns with the most. Every crash police placed in a town, highways included, so towns that big highways cross run higher. It isn't a risk score for anyone driving there. 2 of the county's 4,460 crashes name no town we could match, so they count toward no town.

Trucking companies in Hackensack truck accidents

  1. Trucks and buses from at least 152 companies were in Hackensack crashes from 2019 to 2025. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

  2. 32% of trucks and buses in Hackensack crashes belonged to companies based outside New Jersey. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

  3. 74% of them were run by companies that operate across state lines. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

  4. Crash reports named NJ Transit Corporation in 32 Hackensack crashes from 2019 to 2025, more than any other company. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

Types of trucks and buses in Hackensack crashes

  1. About 1 in 5 of the large vehicles in Hackensack truck and bus crashes were buses. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

  2. About 1 in 5 of them were tractor-trailers. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

  3. 64% of them had a weight rating of more than 26,000 pounds. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

Hackensack roads with the most truck accidents

  1. I-80 had more truck and bus crashes than any other Hackensack road from 2019 to 2025. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

Hackensack roads with the most crashes involving a large truck or bus, 2019 to 2025
Road, as police wrote itCrashesCrashes, as a barHurt someone
I-805531
Route 172910
Route 5032915
County Route 55134
County Route 44112

Counts aren't adjusted for traffic or road length. A crash at a corner counts on both roads.

When Hackensack truck accidents happen

  1. 89% of Hackensack truck and bus crashes happened Monday to Friday. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

  2. 56% of Hackensack truck and bus crashes happened between 8 am and 4 pm. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

  3. More Hackensack truck and bus crashes happened from noon to 4 pm than in any other 4 hours. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

  4. About 1 in 5 Hackensack truck and bus crashes happened in the dark. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

  5. 11% of Hackensack truck and bus crashes happened on wet roads. (Counselworthy analysis of FMCSA's Crash File, 2019 to 2025)

Hackensack crashes involving a large truck or bus by hour of the day, 2019 to 2025

251 of 252 crashes had a time on the report. By day, Monday first: Monday 56, Tuesday 42, Wednesday 43, Thursday 37, Friday 47, Saturday 19, Sunday 8.

New Jersey truck 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. For-hire interstate trucks of 10,001 pounds or more hauling general freight need at least $750,000 in liability coverage. (49 CFR 387.9, checked October 14, 2026) How a truck accident lawsuit works

  3. Federal rules let a truck driver hauling property drive 11 hours after 10 hours off duty. (49 CFR 395.3(a), checked October 11, 2026)

  4. A trucking company must keep a register of its accidents for 3 years after each one. (49 CFR 390.15(b), checked October 20, 2026)

  5. New Jersey's lawsuit limit may not apply to a claim against a truck used in a business. (N.J.S.A. 39:6A-8(a), checked October 21, 2026) The lawsuit limit, explained

General information, not legal advice.

Sources and how we counted

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How we counted

  • Every crash FMCSA's Crash File lists for Hackensack from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2025, read November 3, 2026. States send FMCSA each crash that involved a large truck or bus and killed someone, injured someone who was taken for medical treatment, or left a vehicle towed away. 2026 is left out while reports are still coming in.
  • A crash counts once, however many trucks or buses were in it. Companies, vehicle types and home states count each truck or bus.
  • People hurt are FMCSA's count of people injured and taken to a medical facility for immediate medical attention. People killed are its count of deaths, as police recorded them.
  • The town and road are the ones police wrote on the report. Spellings of one road count together, and a crash at a corner counts on both roads. Road counts aren't adjusted for traffic or road length.
  • A company is the one the crash report names, by its USDOT number. That says whose truck or bus was there, not who caused the crash. Big fleets drive more miles, so a higher count isn't a safety score. 75 of the 268 trucks and buses had no USDOT number on the report and count toward no company. A company is named only with 5 or more crashes, under a business name.
  • New Jersey's reports to FMCSA rarely say what a truck or bus hit, so this page doesn't count crashes with people on foot or on bikes.
  • Percents are rounded to whole numbers. A share of fewer than 20 crashes or vehicles isn't given. A time or road is called the most only when it leads the next by at least 10%.
  • General information, not legal advice. Crash numbers never change a law firm's score.

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