{"id":1474,"date":"2018-01-04T00:47:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T05:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2018-01-04T02:49:38","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T07:49:38","slug":"5-most-dangerous-roads-ocean-county-leads-state-in-traffic-fatalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2018\/01\/5-most-dangerous-roads-ocean-county-leads-state-in-traffic-fatalities\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Most Dangerous Roads: Ocean County Leads State in Traffic Fatalities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1475\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1475\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1475\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/exit-83.jpg\" alt=\"Parkway exit 83. (Photo: 105.7 The Hawk)\" width=\"574\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/exit-83.jpg 574w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/exit-83-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parkway exit 83. (Photo: 105.7 The Hawk)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As drivers prepared for a harrowing commute during Thursday\u2019s snowstorm, state officials announced sobering news: Ocean County had more traffic fatalities than any other in 2016, with several local roads ranking as some of the state\u2019s most dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>A report from the New Jersey State Police this week, first analyzed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.njspotlight.com\/stories\/18\/01\/01\/the-list-new-jersey-s-deadliest-counties-for-traffic-fatalities-in-past-year\/?utm_content=buffer1d857&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer\">NJ Spotlight<\/a>, said Ocean County ended 2016 with 53 fatal accidents resulting in 54 deaths. The majority of accidents occurred on the same roads.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Route 70: 9 fatal accidents.<\/li>\n<li>Garden State Parkway: 8 fatal accidents.<\/li>\n<li>County Route 528 (Mantoloking Road, Cedar Bridge Avenue): 4 fatal accidents.<\/li>\n<li>Route 9: Multiple Accidents (exact number not available).<\/li>\n<li>Route 88: Multiple Accidents (exact number not available).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, traffic fatalities last year in New Jersey were up 5.6 percent, after already rising more than 7 percent in 2016. There were 603 fatal crashes statewide last year.<\/p>\n<p>County and municipal officials have been actively pleading with the state Department of Transportation to expand the beleaguered Route 9 corridor, which is not only the site of accidents, but adds vehicles to the Garden State Parkway since traffic jams make it a less-than-viable alternative for commuters.<\/p>\n<p>The state agency, each recent year, has told the officials that budget woes have kept the Route 9 project \u2013 which would require land purchases and road reconstruction work \u2013 out of reach.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2018\/01\/5-most-dangerous-roads-ocean-county-leads-state-in-traffic-fatalities\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As drivers prepared for a harrowing commute during Thursday\u2019s snowstorm, state officials announced sobering news: Ocean County had more traffic fatalities than any other in 2016, with several local roads ranking as some of the state\u2019s most dangerous. A report from the New Jersey State Police this week, first analyzed by NJ Spotlight, said Ocean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/exit-83.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}