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 124 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 46
4,886 records from 2026-05-20 to 2026-06-11, newest first. Last successful import 2026-10-13T23:01 UTC.
| Date | Location | Injured | Killed | Collision type or factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | — | 2 | 0 | Passing Too Closely |
| 2026-06-01 | — | 0 | 0 | View Obstructed/Limited |
| 2026-06-01 | E 183 ST | 0 | 0 | Unsafe Lane Changing |
| 2026-05-31 | 197 ST | 2 | 0 | Failure to Yield Right-of-Way |
| 2026-05-31 | HARLEM RIVER DRIVE | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-31 | W 181 ST | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| 2026-05-31 | FULTON ST | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-31 | ROCKAWAY FWY | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-31 | E 39 ST | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-31 | MYRTLE AVE | 2 | 0 | Failure to Yield Right-of-Way |
| 2026-05-31 | E 39 ST | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-31 | 47 AVE | 0 | 0 | Backing Unsafely |
| 2026-05-31 | 130 ST | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-31 | PARK AVE | 0 | 0 | Passing or Lane Usage Improper |
| 2026-05-31 | — | 2 | 0 | Failure to Yield Right-of-Way |
| 2026-05-31 | — | 0 | 0 | Unsafe Speed |
| 2026-05-31 | — | 0 | 0 | Passing or Lane Usage Improper |
| 2026-05-31 | W 202 ST | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-31 | PHELAN PL | 0 | 0 | Passing or Lane Usage Improper |
| 2026-05-31 | — | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-31 | RANDALL AVE | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-31 | BELT PARKWAY | 1 | 0 | Other Vehicular |
| 2026-05-31 | ST JOHNS PL | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-31 | 131 ST | 0 | 0 | Passing or Lane Usage Improper |
| 2026-05-31 | — | 0 | 0 | Other Vehicular |
| 2026-05-31 | W 207 ST | 0 | 0 | Passing Too Closely |
| 2026-05-31 | — | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-31 | E 138 ST | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-31 | HANCOCK ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-05-31 | — | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-31 | 111 ST | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-31 | 128 ST | 0 | 0 | Passenger Distraction |
| 2026-05-31 | MEEKER AVE | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-31 | 49 ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-05-31 | 155 ST | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-05-31 | — | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-31 | 164 ST | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-31 | 31 ST | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-05-31 | ATLANTIC AVE | 1 | 0 | View Obstructed/Limited |
| 2026-05-31 | — | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-31 | — | 1 | 0 | Backing Unsafely |
| 2026-05-31 | W 41 ST | 0 | 0 | Unsafe Lane Changing |
| 2026-05-31 | AMSTERDAM AVE | 0 | 0 | Unsafe Speed |
| 2026-05-31 | DRUMGOOLE RD W | 1 | 0 | Traffic Control Disregarded |
| 2026-05-31 | BLAKE AVE | 1 | 0 | Failure to Yield Right-of-Way |
| 2026-05-31 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-31 | ATLANTIC AVE | 1 | 0 | Turning Improperly |
| 2026-05-31 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-31 | FDR DRIVE | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-31 | — | 0 | 0 | View Obstructed/Limited |
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.