The Weekly Carnage
A slight change of format this week as Streetsblog adds a completely unscientific tally of the metropolitan area's weekly motor vehicle death count, and divides crash coverage between fatal crashes, crashes that cause injuries and those that result merely in property damage. (I expect most coverage to relate to fatal crashes as the nonfatal ones, while more numerous, will less frequently be deemed newsworthy.) As always, your comments are welcome. For the reasons we publish this column, see About the Weekly Carnage.
8:44 AM EST on December 8, 2006
A slight change of format this week as Streetsblog adds a completely unscientific tally of the metropolitan area’s weekly motor vehicle death count, and divides crash coverage between fatal crashes, crashes that cause injuries and those that result merely in property damage. (I expect most coverage to relate to fatal crashes as the nonfatal ones, while more numerous, will less frequently be deemed newsworthy.) As always, your comments are welcome. For the reasons we publish this column, see About the Weekly Carnage.
Fatal Crashes (At Least 13 Dead This Week)
- Islip Terrace, L.I.: Unlicensed Drunk SUV Driver Kills Young Couple (Newsday)
- Related: DWI Suspect Could Face Felony Charges (Newsday)
- Related: Intersection Said to Be Dangerous (Newsday)
- Related: Two Loves Taken Away (Newsday)
- Manhattan: Drunk Driver on Bike Path Kills Cyclist (Villager)
- Related: Memorial Ride for Eric Ng (Gothamist)
- Related: Driver Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter (NY Post)
- Brooklyn: Boy, 6, Killed by Casket Truck (Daily News)
- Brooklyn: Man Killed Over Parking Spot (Gothamist)
- Related: 28-Year-Old Faces Murder Charge (1010 WINS)
- Queens: Pedestrian Killed, Another Injured in Far Rockaway (Newsday)
- Melville, L.I.: Off-Duty Firefighter Killed Crossing Street (AP via Newsday)
- Albany, N.Y.: Shelton, Conn., Zoning Commissioner Killed (Conn. Post)
- Elizabeth, N.J.: Grandmother Killed as Car Strikes Tree (Star-Ledger)
- S. Brunswick, N.J.: Mom Killed by SUV Driver With Suspended License (S-L)
- Commack, L.I.: Man, 22, Killed, 3 Girls Injured as Car Hits Pole (Newsday)
- Blauvelt, N.Y.: Man, 38, Killed in Crash (Journal News)
- East Setauket, L.I.: Man Dies as Motorcycle and Van Collide (Newsday)
- Redding, Conn.: Pickup Truck Crash Victim Identified (Conn. Post)
- Greenwich, Conn.: Teen Will Serve 4 Years for Fatal Crash (Stamford Advocate)
- White Plains: I-95 Crash Victim Mourned (Journal News)
Injuries
- Queens: 2 Injured as Taxi and Box Truck Collide (WABC 7)
- Albany: Wedding Held in Hospital After Truck Runs Over Man (AP via Newsday)
- Bridgeport, Conn.: 2 Injured as Crash Closes I-95 (Conn. Post)
Property Damage
- Stamford, Conn.: Man Steals Car and 2 Crashes Follow (Stamford Advocate)
- Monsey, N.Y.: Woman, 77, Uninjured in Rollover at Her House (Journal News)
- Yorktown, N.Y.: No Injuries in 9-Car Pileup (Journal News)
- Port Chester, N.Y.: Shop Wrecks I-Banker’s $440K Porche (NY Post)
(Photo: James Carbone / Newsday)
Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.
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