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Truck Crashes on Route 440 and the Outerbridge Crossing

Route 440 runs from the Turnpike and I-287 in Edison to the Outerbridge Crossing, and a crash on it can land with any of three agencies: State Police, Port Authority Police near the bridge, or Perth Amboy and Woodbridge police on the local streets.

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72

reportable truck and bus crashes on Route 440 in Middlesex; 2 fatal, 43 people injured

2021–2025, FMCSA crash file

64 · 3

of those reports were filed by the State Police and by the Port Authority Police

2021–2025, FMCSA crash file

2

fatal crashes involving a large truck on Route 440, both in Edison, 2020 and 2021

2019–2024, NHTSA FARS

This page covers the trucks that use Route 440 and why, the bridge's size limits, what the crash data shows, which agency holds your report, and what has to happen in the first weeks. Garces, Grabler & LeBrocq, P.C. handles those steps from offices in Edison, New Brunswick and Perth Amboy. The Perth Amboy office is at 502 Amboy Avenue, on the corridor the county studied as a cut-through to the bridge.

The road and its trucks

The road

Route 440 in Middlesex is a 5.15-mile freeway from the I-287/Turnpike interchange in Edison to the Outerbridge Crossing.

Source: NJDOT straight line diagrams

Freight role

NJDOT says the Middlesex segment “carries substantial truck volumes destined for points east of the Hudson River via Staten Island.” Tonnage peaks on the segment entering the Outerbridge, at 43 million tons. Parts of Route 440 are on the National Network for 102-inch-wide trucks and doubles.

NJDOT 2023 Statewide Freight Plan; N.J.A.C. 16:32

Size limits at the bridge

Both Route 440 crossings into Staten Island prohibit vehicles taller than 14 feet or wider than 8 feet 6 inches.

NJDOT 2023 Statewide Freight Plan

The Outerbridge Crossing

Operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; opened in 1928; four lanes. The Port Authority is a public entity.

Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Amboy Avenue (CR 653)

The county's 2025 road safety audit found Amboy Avenue in Perth Amboy “is also used as a cut-through route for traffic destined for the Outerbridge Crossing when NJ 440 becomes congested,” and studied the Amboy Avenue / Route 440 off-ramp as a conflict point.

Middlesex County Road Safety Audits Final Report, June 30, 2025

Crashes by town

Reportable truck and bus crashes on Route 440, 2021–2025: Woodbridge 38, Perth Amboy 18, Edison 16.

FMCSA crash file, town names merged

Recent crashes on Route 440

Crashes are described by date, road, town and vehicle type only. Involving a truck does not mean the truck caused the crash.

  • July 18, 2026, Route 440, Woodbridge: a fatal crash involving a dump truck, reported by the State Police (FMCSA crash file; 2026 data is incomplete).
  • July 26, 2021, dawn, Edison: a rear-end collision involving a tractor pulling a dump trailer and two other vehicles. One person in another vehicle died (NHTSA FARS).
  • October 13, 2020, late afternoon, on a Route 440 ramp in Edison: a head-on collision involving two tractor-trailers and a third vehicle. One person in the other vehicle died (NHTSA FARS).

Across 2021–2025, 2 of the 72 reportable truck and bus crashes on Route 440 were fatal and 32 involved an injury, with 43 people hurt (FMCSA crash file). Both fatal large-truck crashes in the 2019–2024 federal file were at the Edison end, where Route 440 meets the Turnpike and I-287, not at the bridge.

Seriously injured patients may be treated first at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, which is “just off NJ-440” but is not a designated trauma center, and then moved to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, the county's only state-designated trauma center (Level I, NJ Department of Health list dated June 6, 2024). Records requests follow the patient.

Who patrols it and where the report comes from

Route 440 mainline

New Jersey State Police in most cases: 64 of 72 reports in 2021–2025. Report: NJSP portal, njportal.com/njsp/crashreports, under “Non-Toll,” $13. Up to 14 business days. Serious or fatal files are a $20 request requiring a subpoena or court order.

FMCSA crash file; NJSP/NJTA crash report portal, as of September 2026

On or at the Outerbridge

Port Authority Police, if they investigated. Reports are online only, through LexisNexis BuyCrash, for $17; mail requests are not accepted. The Port Authority Police's exact jurisdiction on the bridge approaches is unconfirmed; the FMCSA file shows 3 Port Authority reports on Route 440.

Port Authority Police, police-reports page; FMCSA crash file

Amboy Avenue and Perth Amboy streets

Perth Amboy Police, 365 New Brunswick Avenue. Pick up at the Records window, 732-324-3840; ID required. Non-emergency 732-442-4400.

Perth Amboy PD, verified September 2026

Woodbridge streets (Keasbey, Sewaren)

Woodbridge Police Records Bureau, 1 Main Street; crash reports $0.50 per page. Records 732-602-7390.

Woodbridge Township, verified September 2026

Turnpike or I-287 end

Troop D on the Turnpike ($5 report); NJSP on I-287 ($13). See Turnpike Exits 10–12 and I-287.

NJSP/NJTA crash report portal

Fatal crashes

The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office co-investigates with the responding agency. Fatal Crash Unit 732-745-4328.

MCPO, verified September 2026

What's hard to do alone

  • Three agencies within a mile. The State Police, the Port Authority Police and the Perth Amboy or Woodbridge police each keep their own reports, on different systems, at $13, $17 and a per-page fee. The officer's card or the report number tells you which one, and the wrong request costs weeks.
  • An over-height or over-width truck raises routing and permit questions. With a 14-foot height limit and an 8-foot-6 width limit at the bridge, a truck that did not fit either had an NJDOT permit with a specified route or did not. Those records have to be requested.
  • The Port Authority is a public entity. Any claim involving the bridge authority carries a 90-day notice-of-claim deadline (N.J.S.A. 59:8-8), with damage limits and no punitive damages.
  • State-highway cameras. Route 440 is an NJDOT road; camera video must be requested electronically and received within seven calendar days.

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Related pages

Our Middlesex County truck accident team

Three offices, including 502 Amboy Avenue in Perth Amboy.

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Route 9 and the Edison Bridge

The corridor south of here, with a fatal truck crash every year 2019–2024.

8 fatal crashes Read more →

Get your crash report

The town-by-town guide, including the Port Authority Police.

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What GGL does for you here

  • Pins down which agency wrote the report and orders it from the right system
  • Files the 90-day public-entity notice if the Port Authority or another public body is involved
  • Requests the oversize-permit and routing records when the truck's height or width is in question
  • Files the NJDOT camera request within seven calendar days and sends the carrier a preservation letter for logs, engine data and dashcam
  • Handles the insurers and coordinates your medical bills under your own auto policy's PIP

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If you were hurt on Route 440 or near the Outerbridge, call (201) 252-7848. Our Perth Amboy office is at 502 Amboy Avenue, and our attorneys can come to you. No Fee Unless GGL Wins.

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