Interstate 78 crashes in Jersey City
Interstate 78 had 23 crashes that killed or seriously hurt someone from January 1, 2019 to September 30, 2026, tied for fourth among Jersey City roads, NJDOT's public records show as of October 7, 2026. 2 of them killed someone. 6 involved someone on foot.
- 2
- killed someone
- 21
- seriously hurt someone
- 2,433
- crashes of every kind
26% involved someone on foot (6 of 23). Citywide, it was 31%.
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Where on Interstate 78
The most crashes of every kind were where it meets Grove Street, Erie Street and Jersey Avenue. Crashes that killed or seriously hurt someone were most often where it meets Erie Street: 3.
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Gray bars count every crash on Interstate 78 with a map location, from its south end to its north end. Dots are the 23 that killed or seriously hurt someone. Bigger dots killed someone. Cross streets are the ones police wrote most often, placed at the middle of their crashes.
Cross streets with the most crashes that killed or seriously hurt someone
- Interstate 78 at Erie Street3
- Interstate 78 at Grove Street2
- Interstate 78 at Jersey Avenue2
- Interstate 78 at 14th Street1
- Interstate 78 at Chapel Avenue1
Who gets hurt on Interstate 78
12 of the 23 crashes involved only people in vehicles. That is 52%, against 42% for the whole city.
Crashes that killed or seriously hurt someone, January 2019 to September 2026. Each crash counts once: someone on foot, then on a bike, then a motorcycle.
Interstate 78, year by year
The worst years were 2020 and 2022, with 5 each. Counts jump around from year to year, so read single years with care.
* 2026 runs through September 2026. NJDOT calls these records preliminary.
Other dangerous roads in Jersey City
Ranked by crashes that killed or seriously hurt someone, January 2019 to September 2026.
All Jersey City crash data- Kennedy Boulevard, rank 1, 9 killed someone65
- Route 440, rank 2, 7 killed someone36
- Truck Routes 1 and 9, rank 3, 6 killed someone24
- Ocean Avenue, tied for rank 4, 2 killed someone23
- Communipaw Avenue, rank 6, 3 killed someone22
- Grand Street, rank 7, none killed anyone17
- Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, rank 8, none killed anyone16
- Tonnelle Avenue, tied for rank 9, 2 killed someone15
- West Side Avenue, tied for rank 9, 1 killed someone15
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How we counted
- Every crash NJDOT's public crash dashboard lists for Jersey City from January 1, 2019 to September 30, 2026, saved October 7, 2026. NJDOT calls these records preliminary. New crashes can take weeks to appear, and older ones can change.
- 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. We count crashes, not people.
- A crash counts toward Interstate 78 when the police report puts it there. Spellings of one road count as one, and the far side of a divided road counts as the same road.
- Cross streets are the ones police wrote on the reports. Places on the chart and the map are where NJDOT put each crash.
- The chart runs along the line that best fits the crash points, from the south end to the north end. On a road that bends, places along it are close, not exact.
- Counts are not adjusted for traffic or road length. A long, busy road will have more crashes.
- Crash numbers never change a law firm's score.
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