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SEE NO EVIL? NYPD Inexplicably Removes Bike Injury Data From TrafficStat
The NYPD has mysteriously removed statistics on bike injuries from its online database even as cycling — and cycling injuries from car drivers — are a key side-effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 20, 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
NYPD Arrests Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Woman in Sheepshead Bay
Cops on Monday said they arrested the hit-and-run driver who ran over a 66-year-old woman in Sheepshead Bay last week, leaving her for dead.
October 22, 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
NYC Motorists Injured 971 People Walking and Biking in April, and Killed 10
City Hall reported 37 people killed by motorists while walking or biking through April, and 4,346 injured, compared to 39 deaths and 4,545 injuries in the first four months of 2017.
May 24, 2018
NYC Motorists Injured 1,117 People Walking and Biking in March, and Killed 10
City Hall reported 28 people killed while walking or biking through March, and 3,363 injured, compared to 31 deaths and 3,499 injuries in the first three months of 2017.
April 23, 2018
NYC Motorists Injured 1,065 Pedestrians and Cyclists in February, and Killed 10
City Hall reported 18 people killed by motorists while walking or biking through February, and 2,237 injured, compared to 19 deaths and 2,318 injuries in the first two months of 2017.
March 27, 2018
NYC Motorists Injured 1,166 Pedestrians and Cyclists in January, and Killed Eight
Eleven people died in New York City traffic in January, and 4,330 were injured, according to City Hall. Pedestrian and cyclist injuries and deaths declined compared to January 2017.
March 12, 2018
Greenway Attack Victims Not Included in City Hall’s October Crash Data Report
City Hall reported five pedestrians and one cyclist fatally struck by drivers last month. DOT said the eight people killed deliberately on the greenway are not on the Vision Zero map because deaths resulting from a “likely terrorist attack” are not counted as traffic fatalities.
November 30, 2017
NYC Motorists Injured 1,271 Pedestrians and Cyclists in September, and Killed 13
City Hall reported 97 pedestrians and cyclists killed through September, and 10,345 injured, compared to 113 deaths and 11,223 injuries in the first nine months of 2016.
October 24, 2017
