Traffic & Transit
Union County Among Most Speeding Tickets In New Jersey
Union County ranked at number 9 out of all 21 counties in New Jersey for the most speeding tickets issued.
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Do you live in Union County and have a leadfoot? Well you're not alone. Union County had some of the highest numbers of tickets issued to drivers last year.
In 2017, Union County police officers issued 8,148 tickets, the ninth highest of all the New Jersey counties, according to New Jersey State Police data reported by nj.com.
Summonses went up slightly from 2016, when 8,125 were issued. 2013 saw the most summons issued in the past five years with 8,627 tickets issued.
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Middlesex County ranked the highest in the state, issuing 13,841 summonses to drivers. Sussex County ranked the lowest, with just 1,373 tickets in 2017.
The county has a number of busy highways running through it, including Routes 22, 24, the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike and Interstates 78 and 278.
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