New York City: Jan 1, 2022 - Sep 28, 2025

On Sep 22, 2025, at 115th Avenue and 227th Street, a driver hit a 36‑year‑old man on an e‑bike. He died at the scene, police records show (NYC Open Data).

This Week

• Sep 20: At Liberty Avenue by the Van Wyck, a driver making a left struck a 51‑year‑old woman at the intersection. She died (NYC Open Data).
• Sep 19: On the Nassau Expressway, a lane‑changing driver at unsafe speed killed a 44‑year‑old woman working in the roadway, then left, prosecutors later said in press coverage (NYC Open Data).
• Sep 19: On Eastern Parkway at Schenectady Avenue, the driver of a dump truck going straight hit a 69‑year‑old woman. She died (NYC Open Data).

The toll does not let up

Since Jan 1, 2022, New York City has recorded 1,135 traffic deaths in police crash reports (NYC Open Data). In the past 12 months alone, 280 people were killed citywide, with 52,503 injured (NYC Open Data).

This year, the city has counted 211 deaths so far, with 38,267 injuries. Serious injuries stand at 586, year to date (NYC Open Data).

On some days the violence is too plain to dress up. “When a German tourist is decapitated in Midtown by a reckless driver with a fake plate, you simply have to scream,” wrote one outlet after the Bryant Park hit‑and‑run (Streetsblog NYC).

We know what slows the carnage

City officials have said the quiet part out loud. “A driver’s speed can mean the difference between life and death,” NYC DOT’s commissioner said when rolling out 20 MPH zones under Sammy’s Law, which lets the city set lower limits (NYC DOT, via policy history notes). Albany renewed 24/7 school‑zone speed cameras through 2030, and leaders have touted falling crashes where enforcement and redesigns land, but the bodies keep coming (NYC Open Data).

The worst repeat speeders do outsized harm. The proposed Stop Super Speeders Act (S4045C/A2299C) would force drivers with documented records to use speed limiters so their cars cannot blow past the limit by more than 5 MPH. That bill sits ready. So does the power to make 20 MPH the default on our neighborhood streets. Both are spelled out here.

Do the simple, hard thing

Lower the speeds. Stop the repeat offenders. Use the tools already on the table. Then the next man on a bike at 115th and 227th gets to ride home.

Take one step now. Tell City Hall and Albany to act here.