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Two More Deaths Bring a Bloody End to a Bad Year for NYC Pedestrians
Two more pedestrians were killed by drivers in the waning hours of 2018 — a year that saw an increase in pedestrian deaths despite declining fatalities for cyclists and motorists overall.
January 1, 2019
In Memoriam: The Lives We Lost to Road Violence in 2018 [UPDATED]
To honor the dead, even if local prosecutors do not bring their killers to justice, we present our annual tribute to the people lost this year to violent drivers.
December 31, 2018
![In Memoriam: The Lives We Lost to Road Violence in 2018 [UPDATED]](https://nyc.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2018/12/lyden-ghost-bike.jpg?w=1024)
Another Pedestrian is Dead in Very Bad Year for City Walkers
Ebenzer Edwards is the 112th pedestrian to be killed by drivers through December 30 — six more than last year.
December 30, 2018
Streetsies 2018: The Biggest Piece of Unfinished Business of the Year
There was plenty of good news this year. Here's the bad news.
December 27, 2018
[Updated] Driver Arrested after Killing Senior Citizen in The Bronx
A driver ran over and killed a senior citizen a few steps from her home on Miles Avenue in the dangerous Throgs Neck section of the Bronx, the NYPD said late Saturday night.
December 24, 2018
Cops Hunt Hit-and-Run Madman in Bay Ridge While a Driver Kills on the Upper East Side
Police are seeking the public's help in identifying the driver who ran down a Bay Ridge pedestrian earlier this month and kept on driving
December 22, 2018
Cops Arrest Driver Months After He Killed a Brooklyn Pedestrian
Police on Thursday arrested the Staten Island driver who ran down and killed a Brooklyn pedestrian back in October — an interesting development because cops initially had said the victim was outside the crosswalk.
December 21, 2018
[UPDATED] Courthouse Clerk Killed by Bus Driver Near City Hall
A pedestrian was run down and killed by a private bus driver in Lower Manhattan on Thursday night — and the driver was charged.
December 21, 2018
![[UPDATED] Courthouse Clerk Killed by Bus Driver Near City Hall](https://nyc.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2018/12/NYPD-1.jpg?w=1024)
Second Queens Pedestrian Killed in as Many Days
Police have charged the driver who they say ran over and killed a 74-year-old woman on dangerous Cross Bay Boulevard on Tuesday.
December 19, 2018
First Death on Queens Boulevard Since 2015 Vision Zero Fix
A pedestrian was run down and killed by an SUV driver on Queens Boulevard on Monday — the first traffic fatality on the former "Boulevard of Death" since the de Blasio administration transformed the roadway with a complete redesign in 2016.
December 17, 2018