Traffic fatalities in Lakewood spiked sharply in 2025, with 10 people killed on township roads, up from just four fatalities in 2024, according to state data.
Of the 10 Lakewood fatalities, just two were pedestrians while the rest were drivers or passengers.
The 10 fatalities were a result of nine accidents, two of which occurred on the Garden State Parkway, four on or near State Route 70 and one on ramp leading to the Garden State Parkway. Just two were on local streets – one at the intersection of County Line Road and Hope Chapel Road, and the other at the intersection of Cross Street and Hearthstone Drive.
Statewide, there have been 575 fatalities, a 15% decrease from the 684 deaths in 2024.
Countywide, there were a total of 62 fatalities, a large increase over the 46 fatalities in 2024, with 21 in Toms River, five in Manchester, and seven in Jackson.
Ocean County had the highest number of fatalities in the state with 62 people killed in 53 crashes, followed by Middlesex County with 48 death in 48 crashes. Ocean County also had the second-most pedestrians killed, with 17.
Curious what street in Lakewood has the most accidents.
my guess is Cedarbridge and New Hampshire.
@tls: can we get a pole?
It’s just that it has a camera so they post about those more than elsewhere, if only drivers wouldn’t be such complete morons there would be less accidents.
TLS- the word “just” should never be used when describing a number of fatalities even if lower than another year or in comparison to another location. every person lost is a whole world.