Crotona Park East: Traffic Crash Statistics

Recent severe crashes

1. E-Scooter Rider Struck From Behind, Bleeding 2025-02-02T06:00:00+00:00
   E 174 ST
   A man on a southbound e-scooter was hit from behind at E 174 St and Boston Rd. Blood streaked his face. Deep cuts marked his skin. He stayed upright, awake, while the cold morning and the street moved on.
   According to the police report, a 44-year-old man operating a HUEB e-scooter southbound at the corner of E 174 St and Boston Rd was struck from behind. The report describes 'blood on his face' and 'deep cuts,' with the rider remaining conscious and upright after the collision. The point of impact and vehicle damage are both listed as 'center back end,' indicating a rear-end strike. The report lists the contributing factors as 'unspecified,' providing no further detail on the actions of the striking vehicle or its operator. No evidence in the report suggests any error or unsafe behavior by the e-scooter rider. The collision left the rider with severe lacerations to the face. The police narrative and injury data point to a systemic danger for vulnerable road users on city streets.
2. Taxi With Failing Brakes Crushes Pedestrian’s Neck 2025-01-19T19:54:00+00:00
   1829 BOONE AVE
   A taxi slides down Boone Avenue, brakes useless on slick pavement. The left bumper slams a man, crushing his neck. He lies broken and conscious in the harsh glare, blood pooling on cold asphalt. Systemic failures leave flesh shattered.
   According to the police report, a taxi traveling south on Boone Avenue near 1829 struck a 48-year-old man who was in the roadway. The report states the taxi 'slides on wet asphalt' and that 'brakes fail,' resulting in the vehicle’s left front bumper striking the pedestrian. The man suffered severe crush injuries to his neck and was found conscious but gravely hurt in the street. The police report lists 'Pavement Slippery' and 'Brakes Defective' as contributing factors to the crash. No driver error beyond these mechanical and environmental failures is cited, but the systemic danger is clear: a vehicle unable to stop, a vulnerable pedestrian left exposed, and a city street transformed into a site of trauma. The report does not attribute any contributing factors to the pedestrian’s behavior.
3. Distracted driver floors Bronx pedestrian 2025-11-25T22:29:00+00:00
   PROSPECT AVE
   A distracted driver going straight on Boston Road hit a man crossing with the signal at Prospect. He went down hard, out cold, leg ruined. Police recorded driver inattention and distraction.
   A driver traveling east on Boston Road, going straight, hit a 33-year-old man crossing at Prospect Avenue with the signal in the intersection. According to the police report, the pedestrian was knocked unconscious and suffered injuries to his knee and lower leg. The report notes right-front bumper impact and center-front damage to the vehicle, consistent with a direct hit by the driver. According to the police report, officers recorded “Driver Inattention/Distraction” as the contributing factor for the driver and listed “Driver Inattention/Distraction” twice on the pedestrian’s record. No other contributing factors appear in the data.
4. Unlicensed Bronx rider shatters leg 2025-11-06T12:36:00+00:00
   WHITLOCK AVE
   On Whitlock at Longfellow a young man drove a new motorcycle straight. The front took the hit. His leg came apart. Police wrote every cause as unspecified. No one else was listed hurt.
   According to the police report, a 27-year-old man driving a 2024 motorcycle south on Whitlock Avenue at Longfellow Avenue in the Bronx went straight and crashed, taking a center-front impact that crushed the front of the bike. The driver’s lower leg was fractured and dislocated, and police recorded him as injured. According to the police report, contributing factors for the driver and the registrant were both listed as “Unspecified.” Police recorded the driver as unlicensed and noted that he used no safety equipment. No other people were reported hurt in the crash, which the report places in the 41st Precinct and Community District 202.
5. Driver inattention in Boston Road SUV crash 2025-10-19T05:30:00+00:00
   BOSTON RD
   Two SUVs collided at Boston Road and Louis Nine Boulevard. One was stopped in traffic. A 71-year-old driver was injured, conscious, with a leg bruise. Police recorded driver inattention/distraction by the driver.
   Two SUVs collided at about 5:30 a.m. at Boston Road and Louis Nine Boulevard in the Bronx. One SUV was stopped in traffic. The other was traveling straight. A 71-year-old male driver was injured, conscious, with a contusion to the knee and lower leg. He was not ejected. According to the police report, police recorded driver inattention/distraction by the driver. Two other occupants were listed with unspecified injury status. One vehicle was headed north; the other south. Damage was recorded to the right front bumper of the stopped vehicle and the center front of the moving vehicle. No pedestrians or cyclists were reported injured in the data.