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Truck Crashes on the NJ Turnpike, Exits 10 to 12

Between Exit 10 in Edison and Exit 12 in Carteret, the Turnpike meets I-287, Route 440, the Parkway and Route 9 within eight miles. The State Police handle the mainline; a crash on a ramp or the road you were joining may belong to a different agency.

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370

reportable truck and bus crashes on the Turnpike coded to Edison (167), Woodbridge (148) and Carteret (55)

2021–2025, FMCSA crash file

630 of 638

Turnpike truck crashes in Middlesex were State Police reports

2021–2025, FMCSA crash file

4

fatal truck crashes on this stretch recorded by FMCSA in 2025 and the first half of 2026

2025–2026 YTD, FMCSA crash file

This page covers the interchanges, what the crash data shows for Edison, Woodbridge and Carteret, which agency holds your file, 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 road and its trucks

Exit 10

Milepost 88.1, Edison. The southern end of I-287 and the start of Route 440 toward the Outerbridge Crossing.

Source: New Jersey Turnpike Authority

Exit 11

Milepost 91.0, Woodbridge. Connects to the Garden State Parkway (Parkway Exit 129) and Route 9.

Source: New Jersey Turnpike Authority

Exit 12

Milepost 95.9, Carteret. The Turnpike's last Middlesex interchange before Union County.

Source: New Jersey Turnpike Authority

Why trucks crowd Exits 10 and 11

Commercial vehicles over 10,000 lb are barred from the Garden State Parkway north of Interchange 105, which covers all of Middlesex County. The one nearby exception is the KT Ramp in Woodbridge, which lets trucks reach the Turnpike from northbound Route 9. Heavy traffic for the Parkway corridor uses the Turnpike, I-287 and Route 9 instead.

N.J.A.C. 19:9-1.9(b), amended effective January 6, 2025

Lane rules

Between Interchanges 11 and 14, the left lanes of the outer roadways are HOV lanes at weekday peaks and otherwise closed to commercial vehicles. Trucks over 10,000 lb are also barred from the far-left lane of three-lane sections and from lanes marked “Cars Only.”

N.J.A.C. 19:9-1.24 and 19:9-1.9(c)

NJDOT high-crash corridor

The 3.4-mile “I-95 Middlesex/Union” segment is on NJDOT's statewide list of 20 high-crash truck corridors: 256 crashes, 134 of them involving trucks, with 1 killed and 74 injured.

NJDOT 2023 Statewide Freight Plan, 2019 data

Service areas

Thomas Edison Service Area (southbound, 43 truck spaces) and Grover Cleveland Service Area (northbound, 50 truck spaces), both in Woodbridge. Their ramps are frequent crash reference points.

NJDOT 2023 Statewide Freight Plan

Recent crashes on this stretch

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

Fatal crashes recorded by FMCSA on the Turnpike at the north end of the county: February 18, 2025 (Woodbridge), July 20, 2025 (Edison), October 22, 2025 (Edison) and June 25, 2026 (Carteret) (FMCSA crash file; 2026 is incomplete).

Fatal crashes involving a large truck, 2019–2024 (NHTSA FARS; 2024 preliminary):

  • September 8, 2019, early evening, Carteret: a tractor-trailer struck a concrete traffic barrier. The truck's occupant died.
  • October 26, 2019, overnight, Edison: a pedestrian was struck in a same-direction sideswipe involving a straight truck on an unlit section and died.
  • December 12, 2022, midday, Edison, on a Turnpike ramp: a rear-end collision involving a flatbed tractor-trailer. One person in the other vehicle died.
  • March 27, 2023, 2:42 a.m., Edison: a rear-end collision with a tractor-trailer in a construction zone on an unlit section. One person in the other vehicle died.

Two other crashes on this stretch have their own pages. On August 9, 2022, a double-decker intercity bus overturned near the Thomas Edison Service Area ramp after colliding with a pickup, killing two people; see bus and motorcoach crashes. On a Monday, March 9, near the Grover Cleveland Service Area, a dump truck struck two tractor-trailers stopped on the shoulder and its driver was killed; an FMCSA record dated March 9, 2026 (Woodbridge, NJSP, one killed) appears to match, but the year is unconfirmed.

Who patrols it and where the report comes from

Turnpike mainline and Turnpike ramps

New Jersey State Police, Troop D. NJSP has not published whether the Cranbury Station or the Newark Station (14 Port Street, Newark, (973) 344-1099) covers Exits 10–12. Report: NJSP portal, njportal.com/njsp/crashreports, “New Jersey Turnpike,” $5. Up to 14 business days; fatal crash reports only by NJTA OPRA form.

NJSP Troop D; NJSP/NJTA crash report portal

I-287 at Exit 10

Also State Police, but a different troop (Troop B) and a different portal category: “Non-Toll,” $13. In 2021–2025 NJSP filed 154 of the 161 reportable truck crashes on I-287 in Middlesex. See I-287.

NJSP Troop B; FMCSA crash file

Route 440 at Exit 10

Mostly State Police (64 of 72 reports), with 3 reports by Port Authority Police near the Outerbridge. See Route 440 and the Outerbridge.

FMCSA crash file, 2021–2025

Route 9 at Exit 11

Town police only. NJSP filed none of the 339 reportable truck crashes on Route 9; Woodbridge, Sayreville and Old Bridge police did. See Route 9.

FMCSA crash file, 2021–2025

Local streets at Exit 12

Carteret Police, 230 Roosevelt Avenue, (732) 541-4181, or Woodbridge Police. See the Carteret and Port Reading page.

Carteret PD

Serious or fatal crashes

Photographs, statements and the NJSP reconstruction file are a $20 records request that requires a subpoena or court order. NJSP records: 609-882-2000 ext. 2234. NJTA crash hotline: 732-442-8600 ext. 2431.

NJSP/NJTA crash report portal, as of September 2026

What's hard to do alone

  • Three agencies within a mile. A crash on the Exit 10 ramp system can be Troop D (Turnpike), Troop B (I-287) or NJSP on Route 440, each with a different portal category and fee. The location written on the report decides where you request it, and a wrong guess costs weeks.
  • Camera and dispatch records. NJDOT cameras on I-287 and Route 440 require a request received within seven calendar days. The Turnpike Authority has no published camera rule, so an OPRA request and preservation letter go out immediately.
  • Shoulder and service-area crashes. The carrier's dispatch, breakdown and maintenance records matter, and they are kept on the carrier's schedule: maintenance records one year, electronic logs six months.
  • Public-entity notice. Claims involving the Turnpike Authority carry a 90-day notice deadline (N.J.S.A. 59:8-8).

“We prepare for trial from the start, which creates leverage with trucking companies and their insurers.”

Garces, Grabler & LeBrocq, P.C.

Related pages

Tractor-trailers and Turnpike freight

Rear-end, jackknife and shoulder crashes with big rigs, and how fault is proven.

411 of 638 Turnpike crashes involved a semi Read more →

Bus and motorcoach crashes

The 2022 Woodbridge bus rollover and how bus cases differ.

Read more →

Get your crash report

Town-by-town guide to who has the report, the fee and the timing.

Read more →
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What GGL does for you here

  • Sorts out which agency owns the crash from the report number and the officer's card, then orders the right report
  • Subpoenas the NJSP serious/fatal file and the post-crash truck inspection once suit is filed
  • Sends the Turnpike Authority an OPRA request and a preservation letter, and files the NJDOT camera request within seven days where I-287 or Route 440 cameras are involved
  • Sends the trucking company a preservation letter for electronic logs, engine data, dashcam, maintenance and driver files
  • Files the 90-day public-entity notice if the Turnpike Authority is a party

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