Bronx Community Board 5: Traffic Crash Statistics

Recent severe crashes

1. Southbound driver kills Bronx pedestrian 2025-11-23T22:40:00+00:00
   GRAND CONC
   On Grand Concourse a southbound driver went straight and hit a man in the roadway. Center front blow. Night in the Bronx. Crush injuries. He died there. Police marked every cause Unspecified.
   A driver traveling south on Grand Concourse near East 181st Street hit a male pedestrian in the roadway, away from an intersection. The center front of the vehicle crushed his body and he died at the scene. According to the police report, contributing factors were recorded as “Unspecified” for the pedestrian, the driver, and the vehicle. Police did not record driver errors such as Failure to Yield, Unsafe Speed, or Driver Inattention/Distraction in this case. The vehicle was listed only as an unspecified type with undercarriage damage. Another listed person was recorded as a vehicle occupant and notified party with no injury noted.
2. Jerome Avenue crash kills driver, speed cited 2025-10-19T04:27:00+00:00
   JEROME AVE
   Before dawn at Jerome Ave and Cameron Pl, the driver of a BMW sedan going north crashed. The 46-year-old man died. Police recorded unsafe speed. Another man, 46, was listed with unspecified injuries.
   At 4:27 a.m. on Jerome Avenue at Cameron Place in the Bronx, the driver of a 2021 BMW sedan traveling north crashed. The 46-year-old male driver died. Another 46-year-old male occupant was listed with an unspecified injury. A third person appears in the file with unspecified status. According to the police report, "Unsafe Speed" was recorded as a contributing factor. Police recorded unsafe speed by the driver. The vehicle was going straight ahead before the crash, and damage was to the center front end. No pedestrians, cyclists, or other vehicles were listed in the report.
3. Distracted Driver Kills Pedestrian on Macombs Road 2025-08-06T23:47:00+00:00
   W 174 ST
   Distracted driver hit a 44-year-old woman on Macombs Road near W 174th Street. Center-front impact. Crush injuries. She was killed. She was not in the roadway. Police recorded driver inattention by the driver.
   A driver traveling north on Macombs Road hit a 44-year-old woman near W 174th Street in the Bronx. The driver hit her with the center front end. The impact crushed her body. She was killed. She was not in the roadway. According to the police report, the pedestrian was off the roadway when the driver struck her with the center front end. According to the police report, police recorded Driver Inattention/Distraction by the driver. No other contributing factors were listed. The vehicle type was not specified.
4. E-Bike Riders Collide at E 183 and Ryer 2025-10-16T21:39:00+00:00
   E 183 ST
   Two e-bike riders crashed at East 183 Street and Ryer Avenue in the Bronx. Both were hurt. One suffered severe facial cuts. Police listed contributing factors as unspecified.
   Two men riding e-bikes collided at East 183 Street and Ryer Avenue in the Bronx. One rider traveled south; the other headed west. Both were going straight when they made contact. Each was hurt; both had facial injuries. The 34-year-old suffered severe lacerations. According to the police report, contributing factors for both riders were recorded as “Unspecified.” It also lists their points of impact as the center front of one e-bike and the right front quarter of the other. No other road users were documented. With driver errors left unspecified, the report offers no clarity on yielding or signals, only the harm to the riders and the geometry of the crash.
5. SUV driver pulls out, injures Bronx cyclist 2025-09-26T22:20:00+00:00
   92 W TREMONT AVE
   A driver in an SUV pulled from parking on West Tremont Avenue near 92 in the Bronx and hit a 33-year-old cyclist. He suffered severe lacerations but stayed conscious. Police recorded failure to yield by the driver.
   A driver in a 2015 Toyota SUV pulled from a parking space into the eastbound lane on West Tremont Avenue near 92 in the Bronx. A 33-year-old man on a bike was traveling east. The driver moved into his path and hit him. The cyclist suffered severe lacerations, was ejected, and stayed conscious. Damage records note the SUV’s left-side doors and the bicycle’s front end. "According to the police report, police recorded Failure to Yield Right-of-Way by the driver." The report lists the SUV as starting from parking and the bicyclist going straight ahead.