New York City Crash Map and Historical Accident Trends
The most recent police-reported reported collisions in New York City, plotted from official open data — locations, injuries and contributing factors. This is government-published crash data, not news coverage.
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs—Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island—each being coextensive with its respective county.
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4,886 official records from 2026-05-20 to 2026-06-11. Historical data · newest record 123 days old
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· source: NYC Open Data — Motor Vehicle Collisions (NYPD)
Counts are recorded crashes, not risk: without traffic volumes a busy street will always show more crashes, so nothing here ranks places as safe or dangerous. Records are matched by Socrata row id (:id); a record the source edits is revised, never counted twice. How this data is handled.
Recorded Crashes, Page 20
4,886 records from 2026-05-20 to 2026-06-11, newest first. Last successful import 2026-10-12T23:01 UTC.
| Date | Location | Injured | Killed | Collision type or factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-06 | VANDERBILT AVE | 4 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-06-06 | — | 0 | 0 | Backing Unsafely |
| 2026-06-06 | — | 0 | 0 | Passing Too Closely |
| 2026-06-06 | 1 AVE | 2 | 0 | Turning Improperly |
| 2026-06-06 | HANCOCK ST | 1 | 0 | Failure to Yield Right-of-Way |
| 2026-06-06 | — | 0 | 0 | Turning Improperly |
| 2026-06-06 | PROSPECT EXPRESSWAY EAST | 0 | 0 | Passing or Lane Usage Improper |
| 2026-06-06 | SOUTHERN BLVD | 2 | 0 | View Obstructed/Limited |
| 2026-06-06 | — | 0 | 0 | Passing Too Closely |
| 2026-06-06 | — | 0 | 0 | Passing Too Closely |
| 2026-06-06 | — | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-06 | W 42 ST | 1 | 0 | Turning Improperly |
| 2026-06-06 | ELLIS AVE | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-06 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-06 | 217 ST | 1 | 0 | Failure to Yield Right-of-Way |
| 2026-06-06 | JUNCTION BLVD | 0 | 0 | Backing Unsafely |
| 2026-06-06 | GATES AVE | 1 | 0 | Alcohol Involvement |
| 2026-06-06 | E 95 ST | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-06 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-06 | 171 ST | 1 | 0 | Failure to Yield Right-of-Way |
| 2026-06-06 | SPRUCE AVE | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-06 | SAWYER AVE | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-06 | — | 0 | 0 | Unsafe Lane Changing |
| 2026-06-06 | E 17 ST | 1 | 0 | Turning Improperly |
| 2026-06-06 | STATEN ISLAND EXPRESSWAY | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-06 | HENRY HUDSON PARKWAY | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-06 | — | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2026-06-06 | ATKINS AVE | 0 | 0 | Failure to Yield Right-of-Way |
| 2026-06-06 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-06 | SANFORD AVE | 0 | 0 | Unsafe Speed |
| 2026-06-06 | 137 ST | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-06 | — | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-06 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-05 | E 166 ST | 1 | 0 | Turning Improperly |
| 2026-06-05 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-05 | REMSEN AVE | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-05 | — | 0 | 0 | Backing Unsafely |
| 2026-06-05 | — | 0 | 0 | Other Vehicular |
| 2026-06-05 | WILSON AVE | 3 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-06-05 | 68 ST | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-05 | AVENUE A | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-05 | WHITE PLAINS RD | 0 | 0 | Traffic Control Disregarded |
| 2026-06-05 | MAJOR DEEGAN EXPRESSWAY | 2 | 0 | Unsafe Lane Changing |
| 2026-06-05 | FLATBUSH AVE | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-05 | — | 0 | 0 | Passing Too Closely |
| 2026-06-05 | KATAN AVE | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-06-05 | WASHINGTON AVE | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-05 | 86 ST | 0 | 0 | Backing Unsafely |
| 2026-06-05 | — | 2 | 0 | Backing Unsafely |
| 2026-06-05 | DEKALB AVE | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
Live traffic cameras near recent New York City crashes
Public traffic-camera snapshots nearest to the latest geocoded reports on this page, straight from the transport authority. Images refresh on their own schedule (seconds to minutes); a camera is picked by distance and is not necessarily pointed at the incident.
Camera data: 511NY / New York State Department of Transportation (all 1,873 cameras). Snapshots are served by the authority and are not stored by this site. Cameras marked Live video play inline; the rest are still images refreshed by the authority.
Accident news in and near New York City
8 news reports in the last 30 days, placed by city name in the headline — a separate layer from the police records above.
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Data: NYC Open Data — Motor Vehicle Collisions (NYPD), updated 2026-06-11 (public government data). How records are imported, deduplicated and labelled: methodology. See also accidents in United States and US road deaths by year.