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New Web Tool Draws Attention to NYC’s Traffic Violence Crisis Under Eric Adams
"The Cost of Cars" tracks the daily carnage on New York City streets amid an unprecedented rise in cyclist fatalities.
August 8, 2023
DOT Report Shows Ongoing Driver Recklessness — And the Agency’s Slow Response to It
There were 15,947 reported vehicle crashes in the first quarter of 2022. The Department of Transportation examined 521 of those crash locations and took immediate action to improve safety at just three.
July 15, 2022
CARNAGE CONTINUES: Bloody Year on NYC Streets on Pace for Worst Ever Under ‘Vision Zero’ De Blasio
The summer fireworks aren't only in the air.
June 22, 2021
Around and a Roundy: See No Evil, Report No Evil
Our cartoonist gets right to the heart of the problem with the NYPD's new policy to ignore minor car crashes.
April 6, 2020
UPDATED: NYPD Will No Longer Respond to Minor Car Crashes
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.
March 30, 2020
City Workers Involved in More Injury-Causing Crashes: Report
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.
September 30, 2019
Brooklyn DA Investigating Crash That Killed 10-Year-Old
Cops blame the victim and make excuses for the driver after an SUV runs amok in Midwood.
September 12, 2019
BLOOD IN THE STREETS: Three More Pedestrians are Dead [UPDATED]
Three more pedestrians have been killed by reckless drivers — bringing the total death count this bloody year to 106, or 14 percent more than this time last year.
July 8, 2019
![BLOOD IN THE STREETS: Three More Pedestrians are Dead [UPDATED]](https://nyc.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2019/07/intersection.jpeg?w=1024)
UPDATE: NYPD Arrests Driver Who Hit and Killed a Woman in the Crosswalk
Updated: Cops cuffed the driver who struck and killed a woman in a crosswalk of a Brooklyn intersection, the NYPD said on July 8.
July 1, 2019
Road Fatalities Are Way Up* (Yes, That’s an Asterisk)
Pay no attention to those statistics on that seemingly official NYPD website — traffic fatalities are not up 26.2 percent so far this year. They're "only" up 22.4 percent.
June 5, 2019
