-1- NEW JERSEY YOUNG DRIVERS (17 TO 20 YEARS OF AGE) 2006 NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY • 09-07 Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 15 to 20 nationwide. In New Jersey, young drivers are also disproportionately involved in crashes. e term young driver in this report refers to drivers 17-20 years of age. e crash data used for this report was compiled from the crash record system maintained by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT). e population data was obtained from the U.S Bureau of Census, 2006 population estimates. In 2006, there were a total of 555,026 drivers involved in crashes in New Jersey. Of that number, 458,932 or 83 percent were reported with a known age. A total of 55,792 or 12 percent of those represented in a crash were young drivers. During the past five years, the num- ber of young drivers involved in motor vehicle crashes decreased by 5 percent from 58,681 in 2002 to 55,792 in 2006. In 2006, there were 6 million licensed drivers in New Jersey. Young drivers accounted for 343,092 or 5 percent of the driving population. Graph 1 reveals the percent- age of licensed drivers and drivers involved in crashes by age group. In general, drivers under 36 years of age possessed the highest crash incident rate. e largest gap between the percent of involvement in crashes and licensed drivers was found to be drivers between 17-20 years of age. Table 1 depicts the number of drivers involved in crashes by age group and the crash involvement rate per 100 licensed drivers. In 2006, for every 100 licensed drivers there were eight drivers on average involved in crashes. For every 100 young drivers that were licensed, 16 were involved in crashes or more than double the crash in- volvement rate. In addition, one out of six young drivers was involved in an automobile crash. By contrast, elder drivers over 70 years of age were at the lowest risk. For every 100 licensed drivers in this age group, five were involved in crashes. N EW J ERSEY Y OUNG D RIVERS 17 TO 20 YEARS OF AGE 2006
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-1-NEW JERSEY YOUNG DRIVERS (17 TO 20 YEARS OF AGE) 2006 NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY • 09-07
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 15 to 20 nationwide. In New Jersey, young drivers are also disproportionately involved in crashes. The term young driver in this report refers to drivers 17-20 years of age. The crash data used for this report was compiled from the crash record system maintained by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT). The population data was obtained from the U.S Bureau of Census, 2006 population estimates.
In 2006, there were a total of 555,026 drivers involved in crashes in New Jersey. Of that number, 458,932 or 83 percent were reported with a known age. A total of 55,792 or 12 percent of those represented in a crash were young drivers. During the past five years, the num-ber of young drivers involved in motor vehicle crashes decreased by 5 percent from 58,681 in 2002 to 55,792 in 2006.
In 2006, there were 6 million licensed drivers in New Jersey. Young drivers accounted for 343,092 or 5 percent of the driving population. Graph 1 reveals the percent-age of licensed drivers and drivers involved in crashes by age group. In general, drivers under 36 years of age possessed the highest crash incident rate. The largest gap between the percent of involvement in crashes and licensed drivers was found to be drivers between 17-20 years of age.
Table 1 depicts the number of drivers involved in crashes by age group and the crash involvement rate per 100 licensed drivers. In 2006, for every 100 licensed drivers there were eight drivers on average involved in crashes. For every 100 young drivers that were licensed, 16 were involved in crashes or more than double the crash in-volvement rate. In addition, one out of six young drivers was involved in an automobile crash. By contrast, elder drivers over 70 years of age were at the lowest risk. For every 100 licensed drivers in this age group, five were involved in crashes.
NEW JERSEY YOUNG DRIVERS17 TO 20 YEARS OF AGE
2006
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Graph 1: Comparison of Drivers Involved in Crashes by Age Group
AGE GROUPTOTAL NUMBER OF DRIVERS
INVOLVED IN CRASHESTOTAL NUMBER OF LICENSED DRIVERS
DRIVER CRASH INVOLVEMENTRATE PER 100 LICENSED DRIVERS
UNDER 17 1,146 N/A N/A
17-20 55,792 343,092 16.3
21-25 55,816 487,073 11.5
26-30 47,125 490,043 9.6
31-35 44,102 528,095 8.4
36-40 46,716 608,899 7.7
41-45 48,933 666,574 7.3
46-50 43,115 650,791 6.6
51-55 33,938 562,309 6.0
56-60 27,076 492,334 5.5
61-65 18,482 366,085 5.0
66-70 12,187 263,689 4.6
OVER 70 24,504 592,669 4.1
TOTAL KNOWN AGE 458,932 6,051,653 7.6
UNKNOWN 96,094
TOTAL 555,026
Table 1: Number of Drivers Involved in Crashes, Number of Licensed Drivers and Crash Involvement Rate Per 100 Licensed Drivers
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Table 2 shows the involvement of young drivers in crashes by gender. Males were involved in 57 percent of crashes compared to 43 percent for females.
Table 2: Number and Percentage of Young Drivers Involved in Crashes by Gender
Information regarding young drivers by physical condi-tion is shown in Table 3. According to the information available, 15 percent of young drivers were injured in a crash. The injuries ranged from fatal injuries to com-plaint of pain.
GENDER NUMBER PERCENTAGE
FEMALE 22,779 43
MALE 29,604 57
TOTAL KNOWN GENDER 52,383
UNKNOWN 3,409
GRAND TOTAL 55,792
Table 3: Young Drivers Involved in Crashes by Physical Condition
Graph 2 and Table 4 illustrates information regarding young drivers involved in crashes by month. Graph 2 indicates that there was an overrepresentation of crash-es during the month of June. Table 4 reports monthly
PHYSICAL CONDITION DRIVERS
KILLED 44
INCAPACITATED 155
MODERATE INJURY 1,633
COMPLAINT OF PAIN 6,180
UNKNOWN 236
MISSING INFORMATION 43,956
incidence over a five-year period from 2002 to 2006. Once again, there was an overrepresentation in June. The month with the least number of drivers involved in crashes for the five-year period was February.
Graph 2: Percentage of Drivers 17-20 Years of Age Involved in Crashes by Month, 2006
0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12%
DECEMBER
NOVEMBER
OCTOBER
SEPTEMBER
AUGUST
JULY
JUNE
MAY
APRIL
MARCH
FEBRUARY
JANUARY
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Young driver involvement in crashes by day of the week is revealed in Graph 3. The majority of crashes occurred on a Friday. Table 5 presents the data over a five-year period from 2002 to 2006. Over the five-year period,
Friday was consistently the day in which most crashes occurred for young drivers. In contrast, Sunday was the day in which the least number of motor vehicle crashes occurred for this age group.
Table 4: Number and Percentage of Young Drivers Involved in Crashes by Month, 2002-2006
Graph 3: Percentage of Drivers 17-20 Years of Age Involved in Crashes by Day of Week, 2006
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Graph 4 shows young driver involvement in crashes by time of day. The majority of the crashes occurred between the hours of 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Table 6 presents the same information for a five year period. Over the five
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Contributing circumstances is shown in Table 7. Driver inattention at 24.2 percent was the primary reason why young drivers were involved in a crash followed by unsafe
GRAND TOTAL 58,681 100 58,963 100 60,081 100 57,789 100 55,792 100
Table 6: Number and Percentage of Crashes by Time of Day Involving Young Drivers, 2002-2006
speed at 6.7 percent and failure to yield the right of way at 5.3 percent.
Table 7: Contributing CircumstancesCONTRIBUTING CIRCUMSTANCES NUMBER %
DRIVER INATTENTION 15,734 24.2
UNSAFE SPEED 4,376 6.7
FAILED TO YIELD ROW TO VEHICLE/PEDES. 3,441 5.3
FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY 2,926 4.5
ROAD SURFACE CONDITION 1,678 2.6
OTHER DRIVER/PEDALCYCLIST ACTION 1,505 2.3
BACKING UNSAFELY 1,483 2.3
FAILED TO OBEY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE 1,375 2.1
IMPROPER TURNING 1,214 1.9
IMPROPER LANE CHANGE 1,198 1.8
UNKNOWN 1,048 1.6
ANIMALS IN ROADWAY 877 1.3
IMPROPER PASSING 736 1.1
FAILURE TO KEEP RIGHT 385 0.6
OTHER VEHICLE FACTORS 258 0.4
OBSTRUCTION/DEBRIS IN ROAD 219 0.3
BRAKES 211 0.3
PHYSICAL OBSTRUCTIONS (VIEWING, ETC) 208 0.3
TIRES 194 0.3
OTHER 190 0.3
IMPROPER PARKING 177 0.3
NONE 133 0.2
SUNGLARE 121 0.2
CONTRIBUTING CIRCUMSTANCES NUMBER %
IMPROPER USE/FAILED TO USE TURN SIGNAL 114 0.2
OTHER ROADWAY FACTORS 91 0.1
STEERING 68 0.1
WRONG WAY 59 0.1
WHEELS 44 0.1
RUTS, HOLES, BUMPS 43 0.1
WINDOWS/WINDSHIELD 34 0.1
IMPROPER USE/NO LIGHTS 22 0.0
CONTROL DEVICE DEFECTIVE OR MISSING 19 0.0
DEFECTIVE LIGHTS 15 0.0
IMPROPER/INADEQUATE LANE MARKINGS 14 0.0
VEH. COUPLING/HITCH/SAFETY CHAINS 7 0.0
IMPROPER WORK ZONE 4 0.0
OTHER PEDESTRIAN FACTORS 4 0.0
DARK CLOTHING/LOW VISIBILITY TO DRIVER 3 0.0
INATTENTIVE 3 0.0
MIRRORS 2 0.0
WIPERS 2 0.0
FAILURE TO YIELD TO ROW 1 0.0
WALKING ON WRONG SIDE OF ROAD 1 0.0
CROSSING WHERE PROHIBITED 0 0.0
NONE 24,802 38.1
TOTAL 65,039 100
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The New Jersey map depicts young driver injury rates per 100 young populations by county. The statewide young driver injury rate is 14 per 100 population. The counties with the highest rates were: Ocean (20), Somerset (19), Cape May (18), Sussex (18), Monmouth (18), Warren
(16), Atlantic and Hunterdon (16). It should be noted that this rate doesn’t take into account an increased level of summer tourism in shore areas. By contrast, Hudson County had the lowest rate of 6 per 100 population.
Young Driver Motor Vehicle Injury Rate Per 100 Young Population by County, 2006
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18
15
13
1619
14
18
1615
13
8
14
6
14
16
12
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14
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The number and percentage of young drivers involved in motor vehicle crashes by county from 2002-2006 is presented in Table 8. Middlesex and Bergen Counties
had the highest percentage of young drivers involved in crashes during this period.
TOTAL 58,681 100 58,963 60,081 100 57,789 55,792 100
Table 8: Number and Percentage of Young Drivers Involved in Crashes by County, 2002-2006
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The percentage of young drivers involved in crashes has been highest in the Central Region. The percentage of drivers involved in crashes increased from 42 percent in 2005 to 44 percent in 2006. The North Region percentage
range decreased from 37 percent in 2002 to 34 percent in 2006. The lowest percentage of crash involvement was found in the South Region at 21 percent in 2002 and 22 percent for the rest of the period (Graph 5).
Graph 5: Percentage of Young Drivers Involved in Crashes by Region, 2002-2006
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Table 9 reveals the number of young drivers involved in motor vehicle crashes in Region I. The following counties are found in Region I: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Sa-lem. The City of Vineland experienced the most injuries
with 2,929. During the five-year period, 22 percent of all young driver crashes occurred in this region. The first ten municipalities listed in Table 9 accounted for 33 per-cent of all young driver crashes in Region I.
Table 9: Drivers 17-20 Years of Age Involved in Motor Vehicle Crashes by Town, Region I • 2002-2006
REGION I TOWNS 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 TOTAL
VINELAND CITY 559 625 616 577 552 2,929
CHERRY HILL TOWNSHIP 527 561 604 538 578 2,808
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP 511 561 590 529 567 2,758
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP (GLOUCESTER) 447 529 557 481 487 2,501
CAMDEN CITY 454 440 495 467 436 2,292
DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP 367 384 374 344 292 1,761
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP 343 354 342 360 337 1,736
EVESHAM TOWNSHIP 310 351 348 367 344 1,720
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP (ATLANTIC) 269 333 364 275 299 1,540
ATLANTIC CITY 259 303 307 286 261 1,416
MOUNT LAUREL TOWNSHIP 238 293 301 274 291 1,397
PENNSAUKEN TOWNSHIP 243 238 256 307 276 1,320
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP 229 274 241 260 264 1,268
MILLVILLE CITY 242 218 290 191 212 1,153
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP 218 231 210 223 189 1,071
WINSLOW TOWNSHIP 175 239 210 203 210 1,037
MEDFORD TOWNSHIP 186 223 232 187 195 1,023
MONROE TOWNSHIP 201 199 183 194 150 927
MOORESTOWN TOWNSHIP 179 184 164 187 182 896
BELLMAWR BOROUGH 167 174 195 160 186 882
GLASSBORO BOROUGH 180 98 152 163 169 762
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP 145 154 146 157 160 762
OCEAN CITY CITY 176 171 139 137 134 757
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP 157 144 137 154 146 738
PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP 132 177 147 133 130 719
VOORHEES TOWNSHIP 175 181 189 152 3 700
BRIDGETON CITY 140 136 148 113 115 652
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REGION I TOWNS (continued) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 TOTAL
WILLINGBORO TOWNSHIP 119 107 89 155 161 631
GLOUCESTER CITY CITY 122 155 94 86 145 602
HAMMONTON TOWNSHIP 103 113 98 149 134 597
LOWER TOWNSHIP 129 130 112 98 113 582
DELRAN TOWNSHIP 92 119 137 97 132 577
MAPLE SHADE BOROUGH 102 118 130 109 109 568
COLLINGSWOOD BOROUGH 108 98 119 129 107 561
MANTUA TOWNSHIP 92 123 109 119 116 559
UPPER TOWNSHIP 88 118 100 133 116 555
WOODBURY CITY 105 87 125 121 111 549
PLEASANTVILLE CITY 91 113 126 118 101 549
MOUNT HOLLY TOWNSHIP 114 119 108 88 101 530
BURLINGTON CITY 134 119 99 94 83 529
WEST DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP 103 108 94 92 130 527
HARRISON TOWNSHIP 106 96 82 106 104 494
WILDWOOD CITY 118 99 79 101 68 465
WESTAMPTON TOWNSHIP 62 92 94 92 98 438
SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP 76 80 90 94 79 419
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP 76 88 72 83 85 404
RUNNEMEDE BOROUGH 71 79 94 78 78 400
CINNAMINSON TOWNSHIP 82 59 86 93 70 390
DENNIS TOWNSHIP 54 75 86 89 81 385
LINDENWOLD BOROUGH 74 63 67 89 88 381
UPPER DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP 56 81 77 73 91 378
LUMBERTON TOWNSHIP 90 79 47 86 64 366
MANSFIELD TOWNSHIP 56 73 75 80 80 364
PENNSVILLE TOWNSHIP 50 71 71 86 74 352
ABSECON CITY 59 86 51 56 71 323
CARNEYS POINT TOWNSHIP 64 72 80 59 46 321
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 64 80 63 63 46 316
HADDON TOWNSHIP 46 59 64 67 74 310
BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP 48 62 52 52 63 277
PITTSGROVE TOWNSHIP 58 55 70 39 52 274
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REGION I TOWNS (continued) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 TOTAL
CLEMENTON BOROUGH 44 64 63 51 39 261
MEDFORD LAKES BOROUGH 89 58 41 32 39 259
SOMERS POINT CITY 12 16 89 59 66 242
MAGNOLIA BOROUGH 53 45 58 46 37 239
FLORENCE TOWNSHIP 53 43 45 46 51 238
WATERFORD TOWNSHIP 20 67 38 63 50 238
SOMERDALE BOROUGH 47 40 44 58 49 238
HADDON HEIGHTS BOROUGH 48 50 44 42 47 231
NEW HANOVER TOWNSHIP 82 42 42 35 29 230
TABERNACLE TOWNSHIP 46 48 34 60 40 228
PINE HILL BOROUGH 44 53 43 48 38 226
MOUNT EPHRAIM BOROUGH 45 51 49 33 46 224
VENTNOR CITY 33 48 50 41 47 219
MAURICE RIVER TOWNSHIP 50 31 47 42 39 209
NORTH WILDWOOD CITY 50 45 48 35 31 209
PILESGROVE TOWNSHIP 43 40 48 40 34 205
LINWOOD CITY 31 31 54 46 39 201
AUDUBON BOROUGH 42 34 42 45 32 195
NORTHFIELD CITY 20 28 50 35 60 193
UPPER PITTSGROVE TOWNSHIP 37 38 49 28 40 192
HAINESPORT TOWNSHIP 30 36 35 43 44 188
WESTVILLE BOROUGH 38 38 43 37 30 186
STRATFORD BOROUGH 30 35 50 38 32 185
LOGAN TOWNSHIP 29 32 46 32 45 184
BARRINGTON BOROUGH 39 40 39 29 37 184
CLAYTON BOROUGH 25 22 37 32 58 174
BERLIN TOWNSHIP 32 40 32 32 25 161
BUENA BOROUGH 29 35 27 31 35 157
PITMAN BOROUGH 34 31 27 35 26 153
EDGEWATER PARK TOWNSHIP 33 37 37 15 29 151
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP 22 32 36 29 31 150
MULLICA TOWNSHIP 32 32 27 30 28 149
DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP 27 34 38 25 24 148
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REGION I TOWNS (continued) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 TOTAL
EASTAMPTON TOWNSHIP 24 26 33 29 35 147
EAST GREENWICH TOWNSHIP 31 21 30 38 27 147
PALMYRA BOROUGH 38 27 28 30 21 144
BRIGANTINE CITY 25 36 27 28 27 143
EGG HARBOR CITY 37 0 33 32 38 140
BASS RIVER TOWNSHIP 17 22 31 36 31 137
FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP 34 23 39 24 16 136
RIVERSIDE TOWNSHIP 69 14 25 17 9 134
WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP 41 57 22 5 2 127
MARGATE CITY 30 24 14 34 22 124
ELK TOWNSHIP 5 5 30 40 42 122
GIBBSBORO BOROUGH 25 1 8 36 45 115
SEA ISLE CITY 27 24 17 21 25 114
SHAMONG TOWNSHIP 24 18 21 23 27 113
PEMBERTON BOROUGH 16 31 26 17 22 112
BERLIN BOROUGH 19 29 25 24 15 112
PAULSBORO BOROUGH 15 23 32 22 19 111
WOODLAND TOWNSHIP 17 27 17 25 22 108
BROOKLAWN BOROUGH 17 31 22 16 20 106
WILDWOOD CREST BOROUGH 23 19 16 23 23 104
PENNS GROVE BOROUGH 29 18 15 23 18 103
GREENWICH TOWNSHIP 21 19 20 23 19 102
SOUTH HARRISON TOWNSHIP 15 24 21 20 20 100
NORTH HANOVER TOWNSHIP 22 21 22 21 13 99
AVALON BOROUGH 21 20 25 17 14 97
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP 16 17 16 21 26 96
CAPE MAY CITY 19 21 16 19 16 91
MANNINGTON TOWNSHIP 25 12 14 15 13 79
ALLOWAY TOWNSHIP 13 17 17 19 12 78
WOODSTOWN BOROUGH 14 18 22 12 12 78
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP (BURLINGTON) 13 12 8 17 26 76
OLDMANS TOWNSHIP 17 19 10 15 14 75
WOODBURY HEIGHTS BOROUGH 18 7 18 17 12 72
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REGION I TOWNS (continued) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 TOTAL
FOLSOM BOROUGH 14 18 20 9 11 72
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP 15 15 18 8 15 71
BORDENTOWN CITY 17 19 14 9 12 71
MERCHANTVILLE BOROUGH 12 14 16 16 11 69
OAKLYN BOROUGH 5 13 18 12 20 68
QUINTON TOWNSHIP 12 24 13 8 10 67
LAWNSIDE BOROUGH 22 18 6 9 9 64
COMMERCIAL TOWNSHIP 14 15 16 11 7 63
ESTELL MANOR CITY 7 12 16 12 11 58
PORT REPUBLIC CITY 6 19 5 15 12 57
STONE HARBOR BOROUGH 11 9 10 11 8 49
LAUREL SPRINGS BOROUGH 12 3 12 8 11 46
WOODBINE BOROUGH 13 6 9 8 9 45
SWEDESBORO BOROUGH 1 7 14 11 11 44
WEYMOUTH TOWNSHIP 8 14 7 7 7 43
WENONAH BOROUGH 4 4 3 8 19 38
CORBIN CITY 1 25 4 3 2 35
DOWNE TOWNSHIP 7 10 2 7 6 32
SALEM CITY 13 5 14 0 0 32
BEVERLY CITY 8 4 3 10 6 31
CHESILHURST BOROUGH 6 4 6 9 4 29
HADDONFIELD BOROUGH 1 1 3 3 20 28
NATIONAL PARK BOROUGH 9 4 5 4 6 28
DELANCO TOWNSHIP 5 12 10 0 0 27
STOW CREEK TOWNSHIP 5 4 3 5 7 24
LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK TOWNSHIP 4 8 3 1 3 19
WRIGHTSTOWN BOROUGH 4 5 4 2 3 18
WEST CAPE MAY BOROUGH 0 6 7 2 3 18
GREENWICH TOWNSHIP 5 5 2 2 3 17
RIVERTON BOROUGH 6 3 2 1 3 15
ELMER BOROUGH 3 2 5 2 1 13
SHILOH BOROUGH 5 0 3 3 1 12
LONGPORT BOROUGH 2 3 0 3 0 8
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REGION I TOWNS (continued) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 TOTAL
PINE VALLEY BOROUGH 1 6 0 0 0 7
AUDUBON PARK BOROUGH 1 0 3 1 1 6
FIELDSBORO BOROUGH 1 1 1 1 1 5
ELSINBORO TOWNSHIP 1 0 2 2 0 5
WOODLYNNE BOROUGH 0 0 0 0 2 2
WEST WILDWOOD BOROUGH 0 1 0 0 1 2
TAVISTOCK BOROUGH 0 1 1 0 0 2
NEWFIELD BOROUGH 0 0 0 2 0 2
HI-NELLA BOROUGH 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAPE MAY POINT BOROUGH 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL REGION I TOWNS 12,368 13,170 13,329 12,770 12,492 64,129
Table 10 shows the number of young drivers involved in motor vehicle crashes in Region II. The following counties are found in Region II: Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset and Union. Dover Township experienced the most injuries with
6,423. During the five-year period, 42 percent of all young driver crashes occurred in this region. The first ten municipalities listed in Table 10 accounted for 30 percent of all young driver crashes in Region II.
Table 10: Drivers 17-20 Years of Age Involved in Motor Vehicle Crashes by Town, Region II • 2002-2006
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REGION II TOWNS (continued) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 TOTAL
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP 470 468 458 497 457 2,350
SAYREVILLE BOROUGH 439 379 408 408 367 2,001
HOWELL TOWNSHIP 375 394 401 403 366 1,939
PISCATAWAY TOWNSHIP 435 392 391 345 375 1,938
JACKSON TOWNSHIP 334 378 384 356 409 1,861
WALL TOWNSHIP 347 359 340 365 349 1,760
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP 321 356 305 319 349 1,650
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP (SOMERSET) 309 300 320 309 309 1,547
MANALAPAN TOWNSHIP 306 343 280 296 297 1,522
LINDEN CITY 301 282 334 317 261 1,495
MARLBORO TOWNSHIP 298 271 317 276 285 1,447
WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP 285 264 291 259 281 1,380
HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP 210 244 261 315 259 1,289
OCEAN TOWNSHIP 235 242 303 255 241 1,276
SOUTH BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP 237 267 229 236 272 1,241
PERTH AMBOY CITY 244 210 275 251 204 1,184
NORTH BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP 306 228 239 250 151 1,174
STAFFORD TOWNSHIP 240 301 289 208 126 1,164
EWING TOWNSHIP 214 259 237 232 219 1,161
PLAINFIELD CITY 259 239 250 205 207 1,160
LACEY TOWNSHIP 164 235 233 207 228 1,067
RAHWAY CITY 225 214 210 188 191 1,028
NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP 187 187 211 197 204 986
EATONTOWN BOROUGH 176 171 205 223 180 955
HAZLET TOWNSHIP 214 194 157 178 196 939
RARITAN TOWNSHIP 152 181 192 196 204 925
SOUTH PLAINFIELD BOROUGH 192 177 172 184 192 917
HOLMDEL TOWNSHIP 147 181 195 190 201 914
HILLSIDE TOWNSHIP 195 203 176 152 156 882
LONG BRANCH CITY 166 149 170 158 190 833
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 174 174 157 144 181 830
BERKELEY TOWNSHIP 126 193 165 180 162 826
WESTFIELD TOWN 146 167 163 138 172 786
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REGION II TOWNS (continued) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 TOTAL
EAST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP 134 169 158 145 160 766
CLARK TOWNSHIP 149 151 155 116 145 716
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP 143 156 136 129 124 688
MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP 107 134 148 150 146 685
POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH 137 137 127 124 154 679
TINTON FALLS BOROUGH 78 66 143 188 166 641
BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP 107 113 134 151 105 610
ABERDEEN TOWNSHIP 109 135 124 108 129 605
SCOTCH PLAINS TOWNSHIP 118 129 117 112 125 601
WARREN TOWNSHIP 99 122 125 134 117 597
ROSELLE BOROUGH 123 124 110 120 118 595
ASBURY PARK CITY 133 103 139 122 86 583
MONROE TOWNSHIP 90 120 115 135 118 578
SUMMIT CITY 115 105 114 109 109 552
NORTH PLAINFIELD BOROUGH 111 112 122 108 98 551
RED BANK BOROUGH 121 110 89 106 122 548
WEST LONG BRANCH BOROUGH 75 79 158 136 88 536
BERNARDS TOWNSHIP 79 121 112 97 121 530
COLTS NECK TOWNSHIP 65 113 123 97 127 525
CLINTON TOWNSHIP 88 108 106 111 110 523
BRANCHBURG TOWNSHIP 98 106 93 116 107 520
MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP 83 110 115 98 113 519
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP (MERCER) 82 97 104 121 87 491
RARITAN BOROUGH 108 86 105 95 96 490
FREEHOLD BOROUGH 104 105 87 96 87 479
LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP 92 91 111 100 81 475
CARTERET BOROUGH 87 74 95 100 83 439
KEYPORT BOROUGH 84 100 76 79 92 431
READINGTON TOWNSHIP 69 86 89 89 87 420
WATCHUNG BOROUGH 79 80 89 83 86 417
FLEMINGTON BOROUGH 78 76 102 80 77 413
CRANFORD TOWNSHIP 83 93 62 76 81 395
MIDDLESEX BOROUGH 98 63 77 77 77 392
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REGION II TOWNS (continued) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 TOTAL
MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP 56 93 73 93 77 392
PRINCETON TOWNSHIP 73 71 72 79 94 389
BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP 71 84 68 78 85 386
METUCHEN BOROUGH 74 71 76 80 84 385
GREEN BROOK TOWNSHIP 64 66 79 89 87 385
SOMERVILLE BOROUGH 103 64 84 70 59 380
POINT PLEASANT BEACH BOROUGH 82 78 84 72 49 365
BEACHWOOD BOROUGH 75 68 67 81 65 356
KENILWORTH BOROUGH 66 70 67 66 68 337
PRINCETON BOROUGH 66 87 56 58 63 330
SEASIDE HEIGHTS BOROUGH 103 59 52 67 47 328
PLAINSBORO TOWNSHIP 74 73 56 59 63 325
NEW PROVIDENCE BOROUGH 69 59 64 62 71 325
SOUTH RIVER BOROUGH 67 79 70 52 55 323
ROSELLE PARK BOROUGH 54 53 68 60 73 308
SPOTSWOOD BOROUGH 71 61 67 46 58 303
BOUND BROOK BOROUGH 76 45 67 51 46 285
CRANBURY TOWNSHIP 54 71 51 50 56 282
KEANSBURG BOROUGH 64 58 60 43 49 274
LITTLE SILVER BOROUGH 58 49 65 47 52 271
UPPER FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP 53 55 48 55 43 254
SHIP BOTTOM BOROUGH 62 46 50 51 42 251
MILLTOWN BOROUGH 54 40 67 43 41 245
MANVILLE BOROUGH (SOMERSET) 78 77 57 33 0 245
MOUNTAINSIDE BOROUGH 38 44 50 66 47 245
SHREWSBURY BOROUGH 50 46 45 46 52 239
BERKELEY HEIGHTS TOWNSHIP 42 54 49 43 46 234
BELMAR BOROUGH 44 35 60 43 44 226
LEBANON TOWNSHIP 44 53 43 51 34 225
BERNARDSVILLE BOROUGH 46 50 48 43 34 221
SOUTH TOMS RIVER BOROUGH 29 44 54 45 46 218
NEPTUNE CITY BOROUGH 41 37 43 49 38 208
UNION TOWNSHIP 39 37 39 40 41 196
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REGION II TOWNS (continued) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 TOTAL
DUNELLEN BOROUGH 32 26 36 41 52 187
HIGHLAND PARK BOROUGH 46 35 43 32 24 180
MATAWAN BOROUGH 52 51 54 4 15 176
OCEAN TOWNSHIP 21 30 36 42 40 169
PLUMSTED TOWNSHIP 44 52 52 5 1 154
HIGHTSTOWN BOROUGH 29 36 22 35 30 152
UNION BEACH BOROUGH 26 29 34 35 27 151
FANWOOD BOROUGH 11 49 31 29 31 151
TEWKSBURY TOWNSHIP 26 25 32 38 29 150
SOUTH AMBOY CITY 0 1 32 58 54 145
LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP 33 31 31 23 21 139
SEASIDE PARK BOROUGH 33 21 31 23 28 136
GARWOOD BOROUGH 22 28 28 28 28 134
SEA BRIGHT BOROUGH 29 31 30 18 18 126
CLINTON TOWN 20 25 22 30 28 125
EAST AMWELL TOWNSHIP 21 26 29 25 23 124
TUCKERTON BOROUGH 17 17 34 30 24 122
JAMESBURG BOROUGH 22 27 20 21 30 120
ALEXANDRIA TOWNSHIP 18 23 30 22 24 117
OCEANPORT BOROUGH 20 30 19 23 24 116
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP (HUNTERDON) 27 33 20 27 8 115
MANTOLOKING BOROUGH 21 14 30 26 21 112
LAKEHURST BOROUGH 21 16 26 25 21 109
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS BOROUGH 32 24 17 16 17 106
RUMSON BOROUGH 26 20 4 21 32 103
MANASQUAN BOROUGH 21 22 23 22 10 98
PENNINGTON BOROUGH 19 19 17 22 18 95
BRIELLE BOROUGH 7 28 22 25 13 95
BAY HEAD BOROUGH 19 23 17 18 17 94
SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS BOROUGH 32 31 1 28 0 92
KINGWOOD TOWNSHIP 18 13 19 21 20 91
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP 19 17 15 17 20 88
BEACH HAVEN BOROUGH 23 22 13 15 11 84
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REGION II TOWNS (continued) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 TOTAL
BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP 9 16 19 20 16 80
DELAWARE TOWNSHIP 13 11 12 25 13 74
LAVALLETTE BOROUGH 14 15 13 17 13 72
GLEN GARDNER BOROUGH 19 12 12 16 12 71
SPRING LAKE BOROUGH 13 9 18 17 12 69
LAMBERTVILLE CITY 9 17 12 19 11 68
EAGLESWOOD TOWNSHIP 10 21 6 17 12 66
SURF CITY BOROUGH 12 14 21 8 11 66
HIGH BRIDGE BOROUGH 7 17 14 15 11 64
FAIR HAVEN BOROUGH 15 15 13 15 6 64
PINE BEACH BOROUGH 9 12 10 16 15 62
DEAL BOROUGH 16 9 10 14 11 60
FAR HILLS BOROUGH 8 13 14 8 13 56
HIGHLANDS BOROUGH 8 6 8 12 19 53
ALLENTOWN BOROUGH 9 11 7 14 11 52
BRADLEY BEACH BOROUGH 20 10 5 5 5 45
PEAPACK-GLADSTONE BOROUGH 6 3 13 10 11 43
SOUTH BOUND BROOK BOROUGH 8 4 8 11 10 41
LEBANON BOROUGH 6 4 10 9 10 39
AVON-BY-THE-SEA BOROUGH 15 9 7 7 1 39
FARMINGDALE BOROUGH 6 12 4 8 8 38
ALLENHURST BOROUGH 5 5 8 13 6 37
MONMOUTH BEACH BOROUGH 8 9 5 6 8 36
HAMPTON BOROUGH 9 10 7 4 5 35
BLOOMSBURY BOROUGH 5 3 8 3 11 30
HARVEY CEDARS BOROUGH 2 8 11 4 5 30
BARNEGAT LIGHT BOROUGH 5 17 1 4 2 29
HOPEWELL BOROUGH 5 7 7 4 5 28
CALIFON BOROUGH 6 3 12 4 2 27
SEA GIRT BOROUGH 3 3 8 3 10 27
OCEAN GATE BOROUGH 4 2 6 7 4 23
MILFORD BOROUGH 3 2 3 4 5 17
WEST AMWELL TOWNSHIP 1 0 12 2 1 16
-21-NEW JERSEY YOUNG DRIVERS (17 TO 20 YEARS OF AGE) 2006 NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY • 09-07
REGION II TOWNS (continued) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 TOTAL
LAKE COMO BOROUGH 7 2 2 0 4 15
FRENCHTOWN BOROUGH 0 5 1 4 3 13
ROCKY HILL BOROUGH 2 2 2 2 3 11
ROOSEVELT BOROUGH 1 2 1 5 1 10
MILLSTONE BOROUGH 5 2 1 1 1 10
ISLAND HEIGHTS BOROUGH 0 2 5 1 1 9
LOCH ARBOUR VILLAGE 0 3 2 0 3 8
STOCKTON BOROUGH 2 0 3 1 1 7
INTERLAKEN BOROUGH 1 0 2 3 0 6
WINFIELD TOWNSHIP 1 1 1 0 2 5
SHREWSBURY TOWNSHIP 1 2 0 0 0 3
ENGLISHTOWN BOROUGH 0 1 0 0 0 1
HELMETTA BOROUGH 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL REGION II TOWNS 24,572 24,693 25,405 24,435 24,301 123,406
Table 11 reveals the number of young drivers involved in motor vehicle crashes in Region III. The following counties are found in Region III: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Warren. The City of Newark experienced the most injuries with 6,196. During the
five-year period, 36 percent of all young driver crashes occurred in this region. The first ten municipalities listed in Table 11 accounted for 30 percent of all young driver crashes in Region III.