Allegation category

Preventable MV accident

Administrative tier

Grouped into that tier by this site, not by the reporting agency.

New Jersey law enforcement agencies recorded 2,310 allegations in this category between 2022 and 2025, the 10th-most most reported of the 31 categories and 2.9% of all allegations statewide.

These are complaints, not findings. A complaint is recorded when somebody makes it, whether or not an investigation later sustained it, so nothing on this page establishes that any officer did anything.

Allegations

2,310

2022 to 2025

Agencies reporting

200

At least one in the period

Reported in 2025

612

553 in 2022

By year

counts

Preventable MV accident allegations reported, 2022 to 2025
Category	counts
2022	553
2023	563
2024	582
2025	612

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Where it is reported most

Agencies reporting the most Preventable MV accident allegations
Agency	County	Allegations	Share of its own
Camden Police Department	Camden	311	4.6%
Newark Police Department	Essex	195	3.5%
New Jersey Transit Police	State	108	12.3%
Essex County Sheriff's Office	Essex	82	10.7%
East Orange Police Department	Essex	75	4.0%
Linden Police Department	Union	75	17.2%
Passaic Police Department	Passaic	62	15.0%
Kearny Police Department	Hudson	57	21.7%
Woodbridge Township Police Department	Middlesex	56	14.4%
Paterson Police Department	Passaic	48	3.6%
Evesham Township Police Department	Burlington	44	15.6%
Jersey City Police Department	Hudson	43	1.9%
Elizabeth Police Department	Union	38	4.8%
Vineland Police Department	Cumberland	36	11.8%
Department Of Corrections	State	34	0.4%
Neptune Township Police Department	Monmouth	32	16.0%
West New York Police Department	Hudson	32	13.2%
Hillsborough Township Police Department	Somerset	29	15.3%
Irvington Police Department	Essex	28	2.4%
Union City Police Department	Hudson	27	7.2%
Millville Police Department	Cumberland	26	7.2%
Essex County Prosecutor's Office	Essex	25	23.6%
Marlboro Township Police Department	Monmouth	22	23.4%
Middle Township Police Department	Cape May	22	13.8%
Hamilton Township Police Department	Mercer	20	13.7%

AnalysisThis site's calculation: each agency's count in this category divided by its own total allegations.

A high share means this category is unusually prominent in what that agency records.

Agencies where Preventable MV accident is the largest share of allegations
Agency	Share	This category	All allegations
Essex County Prosecutor's Office	23.6%	25	106
Marlboro Township Police Department	23.4%	22	94
Matawan Police Department	22.2%	12	54
Kearny Police Department	21.7%	57	263
Westampton Township Police Department	19.0%	11	58
Lower Township Police Department	18.9%	14	74
Warren Township Police Department	18.1%	13	72
Linden Police Department	17.2%	75	436
Neptune Township Police Department	16.0%	32	200
Washington Township Police Department	15.8%	19	120
Evesham Township Police Department	15.6%	44	282
Hillsborough Township Police Department	15.3%	29	189
Passaic Police Department	15.0%	62	412
West Milford Police Department	14.9%	11	74
Woodbridge Township Police Department	14.4%	56	388

By county

Preventable MV accident allegations by county
County	Allegations
Essex	471
Camden	355
Hudson	188
Union	169
Passaic	133
Burlington	116
Monmouth	107
Bergen	107
Middlesex	89
Cumberland	83
Mercer	64
Cape May	61
Gloucester	52
Somerset	49
Morris	32
Ocean	29
Atlantic	27
Sussex	10
Hunterdon	3
Warren	3
Salem	1

By year

Where it is reported most

Where it makes up the largest share

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