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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· 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | 69 ROAD | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-03 | AVENUE M | 3 | 0 | View Obstructed/Limited |
| 2026-06-03 | — | 0 | 0 | Other Vehicular |
| 2026-06-03 | 59 AVE | 1 | 0 | Failure to Yield Right-of-Way |
| 2026-06-03 | — | 0 | 0 | Driver Inexperience |
| 2026-06-03 | MAC DONOUGH ST | 0 | 0 | Driver Inexperience |
| 2026-06-03 | JAMAICA AVE | 2 | 0 | Cell Phone (hand-Held) |
| 2026-06-03 | 102 ST | 0 | 0 | Alcohol Involvement |
| 2026-06-03 | E 50 ST | 2 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-03 | SEAVIEW AVE | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-03 | THROOP AVE | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-03 | GREENPOINT AVE | 1 | 0 | Aggressive Driving/Road Rage |
| 2026-06-03 | — | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-03 | E 149 ST | 1 | 0 | Traffic Control Disregarded |
| 2026-06-03 | — | 0 | 0 | Backing Unsafely |
| 2026-06-03 | NAVY STREET | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-03 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-03 | BROOKVILLE BOULEVARD | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| 2026-06-03 | MANOR RD | 1 | 0 | Driver Inexperience |
| 2026-06-03 | OCEAN PKWY | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-06-03 | — | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-03 | BRONX RIVER PARKWAY RAMP | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-03 | PIKE ST | 0 | 0 | Passing Too Closely |
| 2026-06-03 | 36 AVE | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-03 | E 51 ST | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-03 | NEW JERSEY AVE | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-03 | LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-03 | E 1 ST | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-03 | — | 1 | 0 | Turning Improperly |
| 2026-06-03 | CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY | 0 | 0 | Brakes Defective |
| 2026-06-03 | LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-03 | HENRY HUDSON PARKWAY | 3 | 0 | Tire Failure/Inadequate |
| 2026-06-03 | E 236 ST | 0 | 0 | Steering Failure |
| 2026-06-03 | OCEAN PKWY | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-03 | — | 0 | 0 | Passing Too Closely |
| 2026-06-03 | GRAND CONC | 1 | 0 | Traffic Control Disregarded |
| 2026-06-03 | GRAND CENTRAL PKWY | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-06-03 | — | 2 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-03 | — | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-03 | — | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-03 | 135 AVE | 0 | 0 | Backing Unsafely |
| 2026-06-03 | — | 1 | 0 | Backing Unsafely |
| 2026-06-03 | E 16 ST | 1 | 0 | Driver Inexperience |
| 2026-06-03 | ODELL ST | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-06-03 | — | 0 | 0 | Passing or Lane Usage Improper |
| 2026-06-03 | W 44 ST | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-03 | RANDALL AVE | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-03 | PROSPECT AVE | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-06-03 | 264 ST | 0 | 0 | Backing Unsafely |
| 2026-06-03 | ASTORIA BLVD | 1 | 0 | Turning Improperly |
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.