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Truck Crashes on the NJ Turnpike, Exits 8A to 9

If a truck hit you on the Turnpike between Exit 8A and Exit 9, the State Police handled it: 630 of 638 reportable Turnpike truck crashes in Middlesex were NJSP reports (2021–2025, FMCSA). The report costs $5 on the NJSP portal; fatal crashes go through a Turnpike Authority records request.

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638

reportable truck and bus crashes on the Turnpike in Middlesex County

2021–2025, FMCSA crash file

630 of 638

of those crashes were reported by the State Police, not a town department

2021–2025, FMCSA crash file

9

fatal crashes involving a large truck on the Turnpike in Middlesex, 9 people killed

2019–2024, NHTSA FARS

Below: what runs on this stretch, what the crash data shows, who 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 8A

Milepost 73.9. Serves NJ 32 and CR 535, the connectors to US 130 and the Cranbury, Monroe, Jamesburg and South Brunswick warehouse belt.

Source: New Jersey Turnpike Authority

Exit 9

Milepost 83.4. Serves NJ 18 toward US 1 and New Brunswick.

Source: New Jersey Turnpike Authority

Raritan River crossing

The Basilone Bridge, at Milepost 84.2, just north of Exit 9.

Source: New Jersey Turnpike Authority

Roadway design

Separate car and truck roadways (the dual-dual layout) run north from 8A. A widening completed in 2014 added a third truck lane between 8A and 9.

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Interchange 6–9 Widening Program (completed 2014)

Freight volume

Turnpike Segment 5, which begins at NJ 18 at Exit 9, carries 119 million tons of freight a year, the most of any segment on the I-95/Turnpike corridor.

NJDOT 2023 Statewide Freight Plan, 2019-era data

Where trucks stop

Molly Pitcher Service Area, southbound at Milepost 71.7 in Cranbury, has 80 truck parking spaces. Joyce Kilmer Service Area, northbound in East Brunswick, has 50.

NJDOT 2023 Statewide Freight Plan

Why the trucks are here

The NJTPA freight study of southern Middlesex found that “the highest share of trucks was found at Interchange 8A.” Fifteen warehouses were planned, pending or approved around it in 2020–2022.

Southern Middlesex County Freight Movement Study, NJTPA, 2023

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.

Reportable truck and bus crashes on the Turnpike in 2021–2025 were coded to East Brunswick 109 times, South Brunswick 54, Cranbury 42 and Monroe 26 (FMCSA crash file). Town coding on a limited-access highway is approximate.

Fatal crashes involving a large truck on this part of the Turnpike (2019–2024, NHTSA FARS; 2024 preliminary) include:

  • January 10, 2019, after dark, coded to New Brunswick: an angle collision between a flatbed straight truck and another vehicle. One person in the other vehicle died.
  • March 4, 2019, midday, Cranbury: a rear-end collision involving a straight truck and a tractor-trailer. A truck occupant died.
  • October 8, 2019, overnight in rain, coded to Milltown: a tractor pulling a cargo tank, flagged as carrying hazardous material, jackknifed and struck a guardrail. The truck's occupant died.
  • June 26, 2020, late evening, Cranbury: a rear-end collision with a tractor-trailer on an unlit section. One person in the other vehicle died.
  • August 23, 2024, before dawn, East Brunswick: a pedestrian was struck by a tractor-trailer on an unlit section and died.

The FMCSA file adds a fatal crash on April 24, 2025, in East Brunswick involving a box truck and a tractor-trailer hauling an intermodal container.

Across the whole Turnpike in Middlesex, 10 of the 638 reportable crashes in 2021–2025 were fatal and 227 involved an injury, with 317 people hurt (FMCSA crash file). Countywide, 28 of the 49 fatal large-truck crashes happened in the dark and 16 were front-to-rear collisions (2019–2024, NHTSA FARS).

Who patrols it and where the report comes from

Patrol

New Jersey State Police, Troop D (the Turnpike and Parkway troop). Troop D headquarters and the Cranbury Station sit at Milepost 71.5, between Interchanges 8 and 8A. NJSP has not published which station covers crashes between 8A and 9; Cranbury is the likely one.

NJSP Troop D

Cranbury Station

278 Prospect Plains Road, Cranbury, NJ 08512. Phone (609) 409-1609.

NJSP Troop D, current page

Your report

NJSP crash-report portal, njportal.com/njsp/crashreports, under “New Jersey Turnpike.” Toll-road reports cost $5. Reports can take up to 14 business days to appear, and once released stay downloadable for 14 days. NJSP keeps crash reports for six years.

NJSP/NJTA crash report portal, as of September 2026

If someone died

The police report for a fatal Turnpike crash is released only through the New Jersey Turnpike Authority's OPRA request form. Photographs, statements and the reconstruction file are a separate $20 “Serious/Fatal” records request that requires a subpoena or court order.

NJSP/NJTA crash report portal

Contacts

NJSP records: 609-882-2000 ext. 2234. NJTA crash hotline: 732-442-8600 ext. 2431.

NJSP/NJTA crash report portal

Crashes on the ramps and local roads

A crash on NJ 32, CR 535 or NJ 18 just off the interchange is typically handled by South Brunswick, Monroe, Cranbury or East Brunswick police, not NJSP. See the Exit 8A roads page and the crash-report guide.

FMCSA crash file, reporting agency field, 2021–2025

What's hard to do alone

  • Turnpike camera footage has no published request process. NJDOT's cameras require a request received within seven calendar days; the Turnpike Authority has published no rule at all. The safe course is an OPRA request plus a preservation letter to the NJTA right away.
  • The Turnpike Authority is a public authority. A claim about the road itself, such as a work zone or a disabled-vehicle response, carries a 90-day notice-of-claim deadline (N.J.S.A. 59:8-8).
  • The serious or fatal file needs legal process. Photos, statements and the reconstruction come only with a subpoena or court order, and the prosecutor controls the file while charges are pending.
  • The trucking company's clocks run regardless. Electronic logs have to be kept only six months (49 CFR 395.8).

“The sooner you contact us, the sooner we can preserve evidence, review driver logs, and protect your rights.”

Garces, Grabler & LeBrocq, P.C.

Related pages

Exit 8A warehouse and delivery trucks

Who is responsible when a shipper, a warehouse, a broker and a carrier all touch one load.

589 crashes coded to the 8A towns Read more →

Tractor-trailers and Turnpike freight

How crashes with big rigs happen and how fault is proven.

411 of 638 Turnpike crashes involved a semi Read more →

CR 535, Route 32 and the Exit 8A roads

The local roads around the interchange, where town police take the report.

94 reportable crashes on CR 535 Read more →

Route 18

The road Exit 9 feeds, with no shoulders and a long construction zone.

178 reportable crashes Read more →
Garces, Grabler & LeBrocq, P.C.

What GGL does for you here

  • Orders the NJSP report and, once suit is filed, subpoenas the serious/fatal file, including the post-crash truck inspection
  • Sends the Turnpike Authority an OPRA request and a preservation letter for camera, incident and dispatch records
  • Sends the trucking company a preservation letter for electronic logs, engine data, dashcam and driver files within days
  • Identifies the responsible carrier and insurer from the report's carrier boxes, not the name on the door
  • Files the 90-day public-entity notice if the Turnpike Authority is a party

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