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 125 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 60
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | ALLEN ST | 0 | 0 | Driver Inexperience |
| 2026-05-28 | BRUCKNER BLVD | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-28 | HINSDALE ST | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-28 | ELIOT AVE | 0 | 0 | Passing or Lane Usage Improper |
| 2026-05-28 | 184 ST | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-28 | — | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-05-28 | HENRY HUDSON PARKWAY | 0 | 0 | Passenger Distraction |
| 2026-05-28 | CORNAGA AVE | 0 | 0 | Passing or Lane Usage Improper |
| 2026-05-28 | BALTIC ST | 0 | 0 | Passing Too Closely |
| 2026-05-28 | — | 1 | 0 | View Obstructed/Limited |
| 2026-05-28 | GRAND CONC | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-28 | MAJOR DEEGAN EXPRESSWAY | 0 | 0 | Reaction to Uninvolved Vehicle |
| 2026-05-28 | — | 0 | 0 | Backing Unsafely |
| 2026-05-28 | CANAL ST | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-28 | CLOVE RD | 3 | 0 | Driverless/Runaway Vehicle |
| 2026-05-28 | BELL BOULEVARD | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-05-28 | — | 2 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-28 | NORTHERN BLVD | 1 | 0 | View Obstructed/Limited |
| 2026-05-28 | W 179 ST | 0 | 0 | View Obstructed/Limited |
| 2026-05-28 | LIE OUTER ROADWAY (CDR) | 0 | 0 | Unsafe Lane Changing |
| 2026-05-28 | EASTERN PKWY | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-28 | 102 ST | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-28 | WOODBINE ST | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-28 | QUEENSBORO BRIDGE UPPER ROADWAY | 0 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-05-28 | — | 1 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-28 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-28 | JEROME AVE | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-28 | EASTERN PKWY | 1 | 0 | Unsafe Speed |
| 2026-05-28 | BRONXWOOD AVE | 2 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-28 | LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-05-28 | NORTHERN BLVD | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-28 | BRONXDALE AVE | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-28 | — | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-28 | RUST ST | 0 | 0 | Tire Failure/Inadequate |
| 2026-05-28 | UTICA AVE | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-28 | E TREMONT AVE | 3 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-28 | GATES AVE | 0 | 0 | Reaction to Uninvolved Vehicle |
| 2026-05-28 | LIBERTY AVE | 1 | 0 | View Obstructed/Limited |
| 2026-05-28 | — | 0 | 0 | Driver Inexperience |
| 2026-05-28 | E 65 ST | 0 | 0 | Other Vehicular |
| 2026-05-28 | IRVING AVE | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-28 | BRONXWOOD AVE | 1 | 0 | Following Too Closely |
| 2026-05-28 | VAN WYCK EXPWY | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2026-05-28 | VAN WYCK EP NB EN ROCKAWAY BL | 0 | 0 | Failure to Yield Right-of-Way |
| 2026-05-28 | — | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-28 | — | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-28 | 35 AVENUE | 0 | 0 | Driver Inattention/Distraction |
| 2026-05-28 | — | 0 | 0 | Passing or Lane Usage Improper |
| 2026-05-28 | 9 AVE | 1 | 0 | Turning Improperly |
| 2026-05-28 | DRAKE ST | 1 | 0 | — |
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.