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Accident and collision towing in Paterson, NJ: your car goes to the shop you choose, 40 minutes from Linden
The minutes after an accident in Paterson are when the most expensive decision gets made for you unless you make it. Call your own tow, tell the officer it is coming, and keep control of the car and the bill. We arrive from Linden in about 40 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour.
Accident towing near you in Paterson: what you get when you call our Linden dispatch
Accident towing in Paterson means calling your own tow before the police rotation truck so the car goes to your body shop instead of a storage yard; The NJ Towing Service recovers it, clears the lane, photographs it for your insurer and arrives from Linden in about 40 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour.
When police respond to a crash in Paterson and nobody has called a tow, they call the town's rotation company and the car goes to that company's yard. From that moment you pay daily storage plus a release fee, and getting the car out means a trip in person during business hours. It is not a scam; it is the default. Calling us at (908) 444-0129 while the officer is still writing keeps the car yours: we reach Paterson from Linden in about 40 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour, load it, and deliver it to the shop you name.
The third-largest city in the state: dense apartment and row-house blocks, the Great Falls and the old mill district, and a downtown around Main and Market Streets. I-80 and Route 20 run through it, street parking is everywhere, and the call volume is high day and night. Crashes here rarely leave a car that rolls, so the truck that comes is a flatbed with the winch already set up.
Call your own accident tow in Paterson before the rotation truck
Before the police decide for you, decide for yourself. As long as no one is injured and traffic can get by, a call to (908) 444-0129 puts a truck on the road to Paterson from Linden, 40 minutes out, and telling the officer so is normally enough to keep the rotation company off the scene. When the car is blocking a lane near I-80 Exit 56 (Squirrelwood Road) the officer's hands may be tied; say so on the call and the dispatcher sends the closest truck we have.
Wreck recovery on I-80, not just a hook
Runs through the southern part of the city with exits 56 through 58; the ramps and the Route 20 interchange are the busiest breakdown spots. That kind of crash leaves a car that will not roll, and the recovery is winch work: deck down, cable out, boards under a corner that would dig in, a dolly under a folded wheel. Nothing is dragged. After the load the driver sweeps glass and plastic off the pavement so the officer can reopen I-80 the moment the truck pulls away.
Documentation that gets a Paterson accident tow reimbursed
The driver shoots the car from all four corners before it goes on the deck and again when it comes off, and the receipt lists the pickup on I-80 or wherever in Paterson the crash was, the shop it went to and the miles between. That is what an adjuster asks for. Collision coverage pays for the tow to a repair shop as a rule, and an at-fault driver's liability carrier usually pays it back when the claim settles.
Already at a rotation yard? We get it out the same day
Sometimes the rotation truck wins the race. That does not mean the car has to stay there. You sign a release, we go to the yard, pay the storage and release fee for you, put it on the receipt, and bring the car to your body shop that afternoon. The daily rate stops the moment it leaves. Shops near Downtown Main and Market Streets and along Route 20 in Paterson know our trucks from exactly these pickups.
Waiting for accident towing in Paterson right now? The rest of this page can wait. Dispatch picks up 24/7 and quotes the job before the truck leaves Linden.
Call (908) 444-0129All towing in PatersonThe five steps from a crash in Paterson to the car at your body shop
Move away from traffic, dial 911 for injuries or a blocked lane, then call us with the exact spot in Paterson; tell the officer a private tow is minutes out and name the destination; photograph both cars; empty the glovebox and trunk; the flatbed winches the car and delivers it.
Step one: people first, then the phone
Injuries and blocked lanes are for 911 first. Once people are safe, the next call is (908) 444-0129 with the road, the direction and the nearest cross street or exit in Paterson.
Step two: call us and say exactly where
The dispatcher needs four things. Where: the road and direction plus the exit, or the two cross streets in Paterson. What state the car is in: rolling or not, a wheel folded, anything leaking. What it is: year, make, model. Where it goes: your body shop, a dealer along Route 20, your driveway, or undecided. You hear the price, and the truck leaves Linden.
Step three: keep the rotation truck off the scene
Tell the officer, before he radios for the rotation company, that your own truck is 40 minutes out and where the car is going. In Paterson that is usually the end of the conversation. When a lane must be cleared immediately, ask whether the car can go directly to our truck rather than through the yard; it often can.
Step four: document everything, then empty the car
Shoot everything: each car from all sides, both plates, the intersection or the shoulder, tire marks, the other driver's documents. Then clear the car out. Registration, insurance card, garage opener, the bags in the trunk. The driver is not going to go through your glovebox at a Paterson scene, so do it while the truck is on its way.
Step five: winch, sweep, drop-off, paperwork
The car is winched onto the flatbed, the lane is swept, and the car goes to the destination you named. If the body shop near Great Falls National Historical Park is closed, we can hold the car overnight and deliver in the morning rather than leaving it on a Paterson street. You get an itemized receipt and the photos on request.
Have the road, the cross street and the make and model ready. That is all the dispatcher needs to quote accident towing in Paterson.
Call dispatch nowWhat to have readyFrom your call to the car being unloaded: how accident towing in Paterson actually unfolds
Count on about three minutes on the phone with the dispatcher, about 40 minutes for the truck to reach Paterson from Linden, and fifteen to twenty minutes of loading before the car is strapped down and headed to the address you gave.
The fastest way to take the stress out of accident towing in Paterson is to know the order of events. This is it, start to finish.
The first minute: what the dispatcher asks when you call from Paterson
Someone picks up (908) 444-0129 around the clock: no menu, no callback queue, no hold music. You are asked the same four things every caller is asked: where the car is (road, direction, nearest cross street or exit, such as I-80 Exit 56 (Squirrelwood Road), or the lot name), what it is, what went wrong, and where you want it taken. If you are on the shoulder of I-80, say so first; shoulder calls are moved to the front of the line.
Minutes one to three: the price and the dispatch
Three facts (where the car is in Paterson, what it is and where it is going) are enough for one exact number. For a tow that number is the hook fee plus mileage to your address, and it does not move when the driver arrives. Say yes and a truck is assigned while you are on the line, with an arrival window built from its real position rather than a promise. No card is charged until the work is done.
The drive from Linden to Paterson: about 40 minutes
The truck comes in on I-80 and Route 20 and uses I-80 Exit 56 (Squirrelwood Road). Off-peak it is about 40 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour; in a storm the dispatcher tells you the honest number. The driver calls when he is a few minutes out so you know which truck is yours and can point out the car. Stay belted in the car if you are on a shoulder, hazards on, unless the car itself is in danger.
At the car in Paterson: photos, straps and the load
The driver confirms your name and the destination first, then photographs the car before anything is touched. He positions the truck for the street rather than for the car: a shoulder on I-80, a driveway, a lot or a deck each call for a different setup. Loading, strapping and a second set of photos take fifteen to twenty minutes. If the shop is closed when the car arrives, the key is left as the shop instructed. Most of the time you can ride in the cab; say so when you call.
Once the job is done in Paterson: paperwork and next steps
An itemized receipt arrives by text or email showing the hook fee, the mileage and both addresses: exactly what an insurer, a warranty company or a roadside plan wants to see. Keep the receipt with the car's paperwork; roadside plans and some insurers reimburse it. For the full picture of towing in Paterson, see all towing in Paterson.
Three minutes on the phone, about 40 minutes on the road. Start the clock: call (908) 444-0129.
Call dispatch nowWhat to have readyI-80, Route 20, Route 19 and Main Street / Market Street: how our trucks reach Paterson for accident towing, road by road
I-80, Route 20 and Route 19 carry our trucks from Linden into Paterson, with I-80 Exit 56 (Squirrelwood Road), I-80 Exit 57 (Route 19 / Downtown), I-80 Exit 58 (Madison Avenue) and Route 20 at Broadway / 5th Avenue as the ramps we use, and we answer accident towing calls on all of them.
Every road below is one our drivers run to and through Paterson. The notes are what they actually know about each one. When you call for accident towing, say the road, the direction and the nearest cross street or exit.
I-80: accident towing response in Paterson
Runs through the southern part of the city with exits 56 through 58; the ramps and the Route 20 interchange are the busiest breakdown spots. After a collision on I-80, tell the officer a private tow is coming and where the car is going; most will release it to us if we arrive in a reasonable time.
Accident towing on Route 20 in Paterson
The riverside highway along the eastern edge toward Fair Lawn and Elmwood Park; fast with narrow shoulders. On Route 20 we sweep the lane for glass and plastic before we leave so the road reopens clean.
Route 19 through Paterson: accident towing on the road and off it
The short spur from I-80 into downtown; stalled cars at the light at the end. A wreck on Route 19 is quoted the same flat way as any Paterson tow: hook plus mileage to the shop you choose, never to a storage yard.
Accident towing on Main Street / Market Street in Paterson
Downtown's commercial grid with buses, double parking and one-way blocks. After a collision on Main Street / Market Street, tell the officer a private tow is coming and where the car is going; most will release it to us if we arrive in a reasonable time.
McBride Avenue / Union Avenue through Paterson: accident towing on the road and off it
Connectors toward the Great Falls, Totowa and Woodland Park. On McBride Avenue / Union Avenue we sweep the lane for glass and plastic before we leave so the road reopens clean.
Accident towing on Broadway / 21st Avenue in Paterson
Long east–west commercial streets through the Eastside and the Riverside sections. After a collision on Broadway / 21st Avenue, tell the officer a private tow is coming and where the car is going; most will release it to us if we arrive in a reasonable time.
The exits our trucks take for Paterson
Our drivers reach Paterson by I-80 Exit 56 (Squirrelwood Road), I-80 Exit 57 (Route 19 / Downtown), I-80 Exit 58 (Madison Avenue) and Route 20 at Broadway / 5th Avenue. A driver on the highway who can give an exit number and a direction gets the accident towing truck on the right side of the road the first time. For the Turnpike and Parkway express lanes with no exit, the Authority's garage handles the shoulder and we meet the car at the exit.
Stopped on a shoulder near Paterson? Stay belted, hazards on, and call with the road, your direction and the nearest exit.
Call from the shoulderTowing in PatersonWhere we provide accident towing in Paterson: Downtown Main and Market Streets, St. Joseph's University Medical Center and Eastside Park and the lots at Paterson station (NJ Transit Main Line)
Downtown Main and Market Streets, St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Eastside Park, Passaic County Community College and Hinchliffe Stadium and Paterson station (NJ Transit Main Line) and Paterson Broadway bus terminal are where Paterson drivers most often need accident towing, and each is about 40 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour from a Linden truck or technician.
Downtown Main and Market Streets: accident towing response
Parking-lot collisions at Downtown Main and Market Streets are low speed and high damage: bumpers, fenders, a wheel knocked out of line. If the car pulls or scrapes, do not drive it. We reach Downtown Main and Market Streets in about 40 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour and take it to your shop with photos for the claim.
St. Joseph's University Medical Center: accident towing response
Backing-out collisions and cut-through crashes at St. Joseph's University Medical Center rarely need police, which means there is no rotation truck to race. Photograph both cars, swap details, and a flatbed from Linden carries yours to the shop in about 40 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour.
Accident towing at Eastside Park
Parking-lot collisions at Eastside Park are low speed and high damage: bumpers, fenders, a wheel knocked out of line. If the car pulls or scrapes, do not drive it. We reach Eastside Park in about 40 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour and take it to your shop with photos for the claim.
Passaic County Community College: accident towing response
Backing-out collisions and cut-through crashes at Passaic County Community College rarely need police, which means there is no rotation truck to race. Photograph both cars, swap details, and a flatbed from Linden carries yours to the shop in about 40 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour.
Hinchliffe Stadium: accident towing response
A crash at the entrance or in the lot at Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson is a private tow, not a rotation tow, if you call first. Say the lot and the row; the driver knows where the truck can stop.
Accident towing at Center City Mall
A crash at the entrance or in the lot at Center City Mall in Paterson is a private tow, not a rotation tow, if you call first. Say the lot and the row; the driver knows where the truck can stop.
Accident towing at Paterson station (NJ Transit Main Line) and Paterson Broadway bus terminal
Collisions in the lots at Paterson station (NJ Transit Main Line) and Paterson Broadway bus terminal happen at commuter speed, backing out and cutting through rows. If the car is damaged enough that it pulls, leaks or will not roll, it rides the flatbed to your shop; if it just needs a jump after sitting, that is a jump start instead.
If you are at one of these Paterson spots now, say which one and where in the lot; accident towing is dispatched on the call.
Call (908) 444-0129Every service in PatersonAccident towing situations we handle in Paterson
Paterson accident towing covers the whole range: a bumper pushed into the radiator on I-80, a wheel folded under at an intersection, a single car off the road near I-80 Exit 56 (Squirrelwood Road), a parking-lot collision at Great Falls National Historical Park, a rollover after the police release it, and a car already impounded.
Pushed-in bumpers and radiators after a rear-end hit on I-80
Stop-and-go on I-80 produces more rear-end tows in Paterson than anything else. The damage hides: a radiator pushed a couple of inches, a condenser cracked, a bumper beam bent. If it leaks or rubs, driving it turns a bumper job into an engine job. Photos first, flatbed second.
T-bones and left-turn crashes at Paterson intersections
A side impact at a Paterson intersection folds a wheel under the fender and jams the steering. That car is not rolling anywhere: the driver winches it up the lowered deck at an angle with a dolly under the damaged corner. Say which corner took the hit and he arrives rigged for it.
Off the pavement on Route 20: guardrails, poles and embankments
Single-car accidents into a guardrail or a pole often leave the car off the pavement. It is winched back first, then loaded. If the car is on its side or roof, police clear the scene before we recover it. See winch out in Paterson for cars that are stuck but not wrecked.
Lot crashes at Great Falls National Historical Park in Paterson
Lot collisions at Great Falls National Historical Park look minor and cost real money. The tell is a car that drifts, scrapes or clunks over the speed bumps on the way out. Tow it the short distance to the shop rather than finding out on Route 20; the price is flat and the receipt has the photos your adjuster wants.
Cars already impounded after a crash
Sign a release, we pick it up, pay the yard on your behalf and add it to your receipt, and deliver it to your shop in Paterson or near Great Falls National Historical Park the same day. Every day it sits is another day of storage.
It still runs, but should it leave Paterson on its own?
A bumper tap can push a radiator into a fan or bend a tie rod. If anything is leaking, rubbing or pulling after a Paterson crash, do not test it on the highway. The tow is usually covered; the repair from driving it is not.
Whatever stopped the car in Paterson, one number sends the right truck or technician.
Call (908) 444-0129Accident towing explainedHow much accident towing costs in Paterson, NJ, and why the number is quoted before the truck leaves Linden
An accident tow in Paterson costs a flat hook fee plus a per-mile rate to your body shop or driveway, quoted on the call, usually reimbursed by collision coverage or the at-fault driver's insurer, with no storage fees because the car never goes to our yard.
Two numbers: hook and mileage from the Paterson scene
Two numbers: the hook fee, which includes the winch work a wreck needs, and the mileage from the Paterson scene to your shop. Short runs stay inside the base mileage. The dispatcher gives you the total before you commit.
Why a private accident tow costs less than a rotation tow
Count the line items on a rotation tow: hook, daily storage, release fee, and then a second tow from the yard to your shop. Our bill has two: hook and mileage, because the car goes straight from I-80 to the shop. Three days in a yard typically costs several hundred dollars more than calling us from the scene.
Getting the Paterson tow paid back by insurance
A tow to a repair shop is a covered expense under collision coverage nearly everywhere, and an at-fault driver's insurer typically reimburses it as part of the claim. We make the paperwork easy: the receipt names the spot in Paterson, the shop, the mileage and the service. Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or cash at the drop-off.
The reason this page has no accident towing price table for Paterson
A printed price would have to be wrong for someone: the car at Great Falls National Historical Park and the car on the shoulder of Route 20 are different jobs, and so are a compact and a full-size SUV, and so are a drop across town and one across Passaic County. The dispatcher settles all of that in half a minute and gives you one exact number; if you do not like it, you owe nothing.
Thirty seconds on the phone gets you the exact price of accident towing in Paterson. There is no charge for asking.
Call for a quoteSchedule insteadAccident towing in every Paterson neighborhood: Lakeview, People's Park, Stoney Road and Wrigley Park and more
Lakeview, People's Park, Stoney Road, Wrigley Park, Sandy Hill, Northside, Downtown, Eastside, Riverside, South Paterson, Totowa section and Hillcrest: every section of Paterson gets accident towing at the same flat quoted price.
Curbside parking on both sides of narrow streets in almost every neighborhood, small alley driveways, and a few decks downtown and at the hospital. Boxed-in cars and double-parked blocks shape how a truck approaches. The driver's first question is where the car is sitting, because the approach differs by street.
Accident towing in Lakeview
Calls from Lakeview are quoted the same flat way as anywhere in Paterson. Tell the dispatcher the nearest cross street in Lakeview and where the car is sitting, and the truck arrives set up for it.
People's Park, Paterson: accident towing response
In People's Park the approach depends on the street: a People's Park driveway, a curb, a lot or a garage each get different rigging, and knowing before the truck leaves Linden means no second trip to People's Park. Flat price, real window, itemized receipt, in People's Park as everywhere in Paterson.
Stoney Road, Paterson: accident towing response
In Stoney Road the approach depends on the street: a Stoney Road driveway, a curb, a lot or a garage each get different rigging, and knowing before the truck leaves Linden means no second trip to Stoney Road. Flat price, real window, itemized receipt, in Stoney Road as everywhere in Paterson.
Wrigley Park: what accident towing looks like here
Wrigley Park gets the same response as the rest of Paterson: a dispatcher who quotes accident towing on the call, a truck from Linden in about 40 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour, and a driver who calls when he is minutes out. Give the cross streets in Wrigley Park and whether the car is in a driveway, on the street or in a lot.
Accident towing in Sandy Hill
In Sandy Hill the approach depends on the street: a Sandy Hill driveway, a curb, a lot or a garage each get different rigging, and knowing before the truck leaves Linden means no second trip to Sandy Hill. Flat price, real window, itemized receipt, in Sandy Hill as everywhere in Paterson.
Accident towing in Northside
Northside gets the same response as the rest of Paterson: a dispatcher who quotes accident towing on the call, a truck from Linden in about 40 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour, and a driver who calls when he is minutes out. Give the cross streets in Northside and whether the car is in a driveway, on the street or in a lot.
No neighborhood in Paterson is priced differently or answered slower for accident towing; the number and the dispatch are the same everywhere.
Call (908) 444-0129Contact dispatchWho calls for accident towing in Paterson: commuters, families, small businesses and visitors passing through on I-80
Accident towing in Paterson serves roughly 160,000 residents and everyone driving through: commuters at Paterson station (NJ Transit Main Line), families in the residential streets, businesses near Great Falls National Historical Park, and drivers who only know Paterson as an exit on I-80.
The third-largest city in the state: dense apartment and row-house blocks, the Great Falls and the old mill district, and a downtown around Main and Market Streets. I-80 and Route 20 run through it, street parking is everywhere, and the call volume is high day and night. That mix shapes the accident towing calls we get from Paterson.
Paterson commuters, from the platform at Paterson station (NJ Transit Main Line) to the driveway
Commuters make up most of the accident towing calls we get from Paterson, and Paterson station (NJ Transit Main Line) is where many of them start: the car sat all day and will not turn over at 6 p.m. The dispatcher quotes the tow to your shop or your driveway on the call, and says so if a jump or a tire would be the cheaper fix. What a commuter needs is an honest arrival window, and that is what the dispatcher gives.
Families in the residential streets of Paterson
The city has a lot of two- and three-car households, and the spare car is the one that fails. A local tow to the shop or the dealer is priced as hook plus mileage, quoted on the call. If you are locked out with a child inside, call 911 first and then us; that call goes to the front of the line.
Paterson businesses: the vehicles that earn money by moving
Vans, pickups and delivery cars around Great Falls National Historical Park cannot sit for a day. A small business in Paterson gets the same dispatcher and the same flat quote, plus an itemized receipt that works for the books. Larger trucks are a heavy-duty job in Paterson, and the dispatcher knows the difference from the make and model.
Drivers passing through Paterson on I-80
Plenty of the drivers who break down in Paterson have never heard of it; they were on I-80 heading somewhere else. Tell the dispatcher the road, your direction and the last exit you passed, such as I-80 Exit 56 (Squirrelwood Road), and the truck finds you. The car can go to a shop here, to your home town or anywhere in the 45-minute area, quoted as one number.
Whoever you are and whatever you drive in Paterson, the call is the same: (908) 444-0129, 24 hours a day.
Call (908) 444-0129Accident towing explainedHow the season changes accident towing in Paterson: what breaks on I-80 and Route 20 in January, April, July and October
Winter, spring, summer and fall each send a different kind of accident towing call from Paterson: ice and weak batteries, then potholes, then heat and tires, then wet leaves and deer at dusk; the 24-hour dispatch is the same all year. The Passaic River floods the Riverside, Northside and Stoney Road blocks in major storms; I-80 ramps ice first.
The same trucks serve Paterson in every month, but I-80 in January is a different road from I-80 in July. This is how the season changes the accident towing calls we get from Paterson, and how we prepare for each.
Winter in Paterson: what freezes, what slides and what will not start
Winter collisions cluster on the first icy morning of the year; the truck clears the lane first and sorts the paperwork second. The lot at Paterson station (NJ Transit Main Line) empties late on winter evenings, and the cars left behind are ours to jump or tow. Say whether the car is behind a plow ridge, on a sloped driveway or on the shoulder of I-80; each is rigged differently, and the dispatcher plans it before the truck leaves Linden.
Spring accident towing in Paterson after the thaw
Spring rain after a dry week makes the ramps greasy and rear-end crashes common at the lights. Route 20 and the side streets off it break up every March; a car that hit a hole and now vibrates or pulls should not be driven to the shop.
Accident towing in Paterson in July and August
Summer accident calls come with heat, traffic and holiday volume; the crew works fast to get the car and the people off the shoulder. Summer storms flood the low spots in Paterson in minutes; a car that stalled in water is towed to the shop, never restarted on the spot.
Fall accident towing in Paterson: wet leaves, early dark and deer
Fall means deer season and early darkness; a deer strike is an accident tow with a body-shop destination and an insurance claim. The first cold night of the fall exposes every weak battery in Paterson; a jump start gets you moving and the tech tells you if the battery will hold. See jump starts in Paterson.
January or July, the number does not change and neither does the way the job is priced in Paterson. Call (908) 444-0129, say what happened, and the season is our problem.
Call (908) 444-0129Roadside assistance in PatersonClifton, Haledon, Prospect Park and Totowa and more: accident towing in the towns next to Paterson
Beyond Paterson, accident towing runs to Clifton, Haledon, Prospect Park, Totowa, Woodland Park, Little Falls, Elmwood Park and Wayne with the same trucks and pricing; every one of those towns has its own page.
- Accident towing in Clifton
- Accident towing in Haledon
- Accident towing in Prospect Park
- Accident towing in Totowa
- Accident towing in Woodland Park
- Accident towing in Little Falls
- Accident towing in Elmwood Park
- Accident towing in Wayne
- Accident towing in Passaic County
- Accident towing everywhere we go
Next door in Clifton: 35–45 minutes from Linden
A job that starts in Paterson and ends in Clifton, or the reverse, usually stays inside the base mileage. Details for that town: accident towing in Clifton.
Haledon: 35–45 minutes from the Linden yard
A job that starts in Paterson and ends in Haledon, or the reverse, usually stays inside the base mileage. Details for that town: accident towing in Haledon.
Prospect Park: 35–45 minutes from the Linden yard
Prospect Park is next to Paterson and in the outer ring of our 45-minute area. If the car is on the Prospect Park side of the line, say so; the dispatcher may route a truck from a different direction. See accident towing in Prospect Park.
Totowa, 35–45 minutes from Linden
We send the same trucks and quote the same way for accident towing in Totowa as in Paterson; drivers who move between the two call us from both. That town's page: accident towing in Totowa.
The town line does not matter to the dispatcher; accident towing is priced the same in every town within 45 minutes of Linden.
Call (908) 444-0129Service area mapThe short version of accident towing in Paterson: drive time, roads, exits, lots, price
Paterson is a city in Passaic County, 40 minutes from our Linden dispatch in zone 3, reached by I-80, Route 20 and Route 19; accident towing runs there 24/7 at a flat quoted price.
| Service | Accident & Collision Towing in Paterson, Passaic County, NJ |
|---|---|
| Drive from Linden | 40 minutes off-peak · Zone 3 (35–45 minutes) |
| Roads we come in on | I-80, Route 20, Route 19, Main Street / Market Street, McBride Avenue / Union Avenue and Broadway / 21st Avenue |
| Exits | I-80 Exit 56 (Squirrelwood Road), I-80 Exit 57 (Route 19 / Downtown), I-80 Exit 58 (Madison Avenue) and Route 20 at Broadway / 5th Avenue |
| Station lots | Paterson station (NJ Transit Main Line) and Paterson Broadway bus terminal |
| Common pickup spots | Great Falls National Historical Park, Downtown Main and Market Streets, St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Eastside Park, Passaic County Community College and Hinchliffe Stadium |
| Neighborhoods | Downtown, Eastside, Riverside, South Paterson, Totowa section, Hillcrest, Lakeview, People's Park, Stoney Road, Wrigley Park, Sandy Hill and Northside |
| Pricing | Flat hook fee + mileage, quoted before dispatch; no surcharges |
| Hours | 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every holiday |
| Phone | Tap to call |
That is accident towing in Paterson at a glance. The only thing left to do is call.
Call nowPassaic County towingAccident towing in Paterson: the questions drivers ask before calling
How long accident towing takes to reach Paterson, what it costs, which truck comes, where the car can go, garages, insurance and what to do while you wait; anything not covered, a dispatcher answers live.
How fast can an accident tow truck get to Paterson?
About 40 minutes on a normal day, longer at rush hour, which is usually short enough that the officer waits. The dispatcher confirms the window once you say where on I-80 or which corner of Paterson you are.
The police in Paterson are already on scene. Can I still use my own tow?
In most cases, yes. Say to the officer that your tow is 40 minutes away and the car is going to your shop. The only time it fails is a car blocking traffic on I-80; then ask whether our truck can take it straight from the scene.
Does my policy reimburse accident towing in Paterson?
Nearly always. A tow to a repair shop is part of collision coverage, and an at-fault driver's liability carrier usually pays it back. The itemized receipt lists the Paterson pickup, the destination and the mileage for the claim.
Do I have to send the car to a shop, or can it come home to Paterson?
Yes, anywhere you choose, including a driveway in Downtown. Make sure the car can be off the street; Paterson and most towns ticket wrecked vehicles parked at the curb.
Can you pick up my car from the impound yard and bring it to my shop?
Yes. You sign a release, we pick it up, pay the yard on your behalf and add it to your receipt, and deliver it to your shop in Paterson or wherever you choose the same day.
A wheel is bent under after a crash on I-80. Can you still tow it?
Yes. It is winched onto the flatbed on the I-80 shoulder with a dolly under a wheel that will not turn. Bent frames, folded wheels and torn tires are routine for a Paterson crash.
Do you take photos for my claim?
Yes. The driver photographs the car before it goes on the deck and again at the shop, and the receipt lists the Paterson pickup, destination and miles. Ask and the photos are yours.
My car drives but pulls after a fender-bender at Great Falls National Historical Park. Should I tow it?
Yes. Pulling, scraping or a new noise after a lot collision at Great Falls National Historical Park is the car telling you something is bent. The short tow to the shop is a covered expense; the engine that overheats on Route 20 is not.
Is there room in the truck for me after a crash in Paterson?
In most cases one passenger can ride in the cab from the Paterson scene. Tell the dispatcher how many people are with the car so we plan for it.
The body shop is closed tonight. What happens to the car?
Most shops around Great Falls National Historical Park have a drop box, and the car can go in their lot with the key in it. If not, we hold the car overnight and deliver it in the morning.
Something not answered here? Ask the dispatcher; the answer takes a sentence and the quote takes another.
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