Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Crash Data

The Brooklyn intersection where a reckless driver killed an infant and injured three others earlier this month. Photo: Liam Quigley

ANALYSIS: Out-Of-State Cars Causing Mayhem

By Jesse Coburn | Sep 21, 2021 | No Comments

More than 10,000 people a year are injured in crashes in the city involving vehicles registered to other U.S. states and Washington, D.C., a Streetsblog analysis of NYPD collision data found.

CARNAGE CONTINUES: Bloody Year on NYC Streets on Pace for Worst Ever Under ‘Vision Zero’ De Blasio

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 22, 2021 | No Comments

The summer fireworks aren't only in the air.

Around and a Roundy: See No Evil, Report No Evil

By Streetsblog | Apr 6, 2020 | No Comments

Our cartoonist gets right to the heart of the problem with the NYPD's new policy to ignore minor car crashes.

UPDATED: NYPD Will No Longer Respond to Minor Car Crashes

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 30, 2020 | No Comments

The NYPD has made thousands of crashes on Staten Island simply disappear — and now is poised to do the same thing for the entire city.

A city-owned vehicle blocking sight lines at a crosswalk in Inwood in 2017. Photo: Brad Aaron

City Workers Involved in More Injury-Causing Crashes: Report

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 30, 2019 | 8 Comments

The increase in crashes that caused injuries or deaths is odd, considering that overall collisions decreased slightly, from 6,304 in 2018 to 6,061 in 2019.

The bus stop where 10-year-old Enzo Farachio was killed by an out-of-control driver.

Brooklyn DA Investigating Crash That Killed 10-Year-Old

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 12, 2019 | 23 Comments

Cops blame the victim and make excuses for the driver after an SUV runs amok in Midwood.

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