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Analyze This: NYPD’s Elite Crash Unit Is Investigating Fewer Collisions
This year's shortfall again underscores the Collision Investigation Squad's limited safety role compared to peer cities such as Chicago.
September 24, 2026
Unlicensed Drivers Comprise One-Quarter Of Street Fatalities: Data
Unlicensed drivers are now responsible for one-quarter of road fatalities — and are linked to fatal crashes much more often now than pre-pandemic, a new Streetsblog analysis shows.
January 12, 2026
Van Driver Kills Cyclist on Riverside Drive: Cops
The victim was a philanthropist who was cycling up Riverside Drive in Washington Heights early on Sunday.
December 11, 2025
‘Not Grieving Alone’: A Father’s Artistic Journey After Losing Two Kids to Road Violence
Colin Campbell and his wife Gail Lerner lost both their children in a car crash with impaired driver. Now, it's a show.
September 28, 2023
Tuesday Headlines: Traffic Violence of Multiple Varieties Edition
The transportation chattering classes were focused on Monday on very different — but equally troubling — instances of violence resulting from the mismanagement of our streets in favor of cars and speed over safety. Plus other news.
March 21, 2023
Study: Downtown Congestion is Still Down — And It Could Help Explain Roadway Dangers
Downtown rush hour has still not roared back to pre-pandemic levels even as car travel surges in the suburbs, a new study finds — and it may help explain why traffic deaths have stayed so stubbornly high in U.S. communities.
September 27, 2022
STUDY: Police Stops Don’t Reduce Car Crashes
An explosive new study found that higher rates of state patrol traffic stops do not lessen car-crash rates.
July 15, 2021
OPINION: Treat Traffic Violence as an Epidemic
March 8, 2021
