Car crashes
Top Categories
OPINION: What is ‘Traffic Violence’ and Why Do We Need To Talk About It?
We were all raised in car culture — which normalizes the idea that 40,000 people will die in car crashes every year. But it's not normal. And it needs to be called what it is.
May 4, 2021
Why Motorcycle Companies Are Betting on E-Bikes
America's best-known motorcycle brand is now selling e-bikes — reigniting a conversation about the changing role of automotive options beyond cars on U.S. roadways.
April 13, 2021
REPORT: City Spent More to Settle Crash Suits Last Year
Injuries caused by city employees behind the wheel of their taxpayer-funded government cars cost the city close to $150 million in settlements last year — 33 percent more than they did just one year earlier, a new report shows.
April 12, 2021
REPORT: Increase in Death Rate in 2020 Highest One-Year Spike in Almost a Century
The total annual mileage dropped about 13 percent during the pandemic, meaning that the increase in the death rate was actually the highest since 1924.
March 4, 2021
Hit-and-Runs Against Cyclists Surge During Quarantine
Drivers aren't just killing cyclists on quarantine-emptied roads — they're also leaving them to die there.
February 10, 2021
Trump, Being Trump, Blames Everyone But Himself For the 2020 Crash Spike
The Trump administration's top roadway safety agency offered a final kiss-off to America by blaming drivers for killing each other so much last year — with zero acknowledgement of the administration's own failures to implement life-saving policies.
January 14, 2021
Poll: Too Many New Yorkers are Injured in Crashes — And Too Few Even Know About Vision Zero
January 13, 2021
OPINION: The Manhattan DA Must Put Muscle Into Traffic Safety
The office must establish a 'Vehicular Crimes Task Force' to investigate every death or serious injury, argues candidate Diana Florence, a former ADA.
January 4, 2021
OPINION: The Manhattan DA Must Seek Justice for Traffic-Violence Victims
That means using all available laws to prosecute drivers for dangerous driving behaviors, argues candidate Dan Quart.
December 23, 2020
DECISION 2021: Mayoral Candidates Tout Their Records on Reckless Drivers
What have our would-be leaders done to make streets safer? Streetsblog asked the field.
December 17, 2020
