Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD Crash Investigations

Deputy Chief Chuck Scholl tells Pix11 that the driver "may or may not know this happened." Video: Pix11

NYPD Blames Two Victims For Their Own Deaths, Tells Pedestrians to Be Careful

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 16, 2020 | No Comments

Why is Brooklyn South Chief Charles Scholl blaming victims and exonerating drivers? Is he a law enforcement officer or just a schoolhouse scold?

This was the scene on Third Street at Prospect Park West at around 4:15 p.m. on Monday — an injured cyclist who is long gone by the time cops show up. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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CYCLE OF RAGE: Crash Response Reveals that Cops Are Just So Badly Trained

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 15, 2020 | No Comments

More evidence that police officers are poorly trained and disinclined to see drivers as a culprit in the criminal or civil offense of injuring or killing someone with a motor vehicle.

Cops Blame ‘Medical Episode’ For Chain Reaction Crash That Injures 3 Pedestrians

By Dave Colon | Dec 8, 2019 | No Comments

Like the magic words "I didn't see him," claiming some kind of "medical episode" is often times a way for drivers to get off scot-free.

Police are looking for this guy who they say jumped out of a vehicle that hit and killed a woman on Nov. 5. Source: NYPD

Police Searching For Killer Car Thief

By Julianne Cuba | Nov 22, 2019 | No Comments

Early reports were wrong: the bad guy who stole a car in Queens and then left it to run over a woman remains at large.

Cyclist: I Was Nearly Murdered by a Driver — Then Cops Traumatized Me All Over Again

By Streetsblog | Nov 7, 2019 | No Comments

A cautionary (and all-too-common) tale...

Vision Zero Blind Spot: ‘Georgia’ Driver Who Killed Man on Flatbush is a Serial Speeder

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 31, 2019 | No Comments

Getting to see an official police report reveals the essential shoddiness of crash investigations — and how assumptions need to be challenged.

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