Highbridge: Traffic Crash Statistics

Recent severe crashes

1. SUV Driver Crashes Into Parked Garbage Truck 2025-07-28T04:10:00+00:00
   MAJOR DEEGAN EXPRESSWAY
   The driver of an SUV hit a parked garbage truck on the Major Deegan Expressway. A 38-year-old man suffered crush injuries to his lower leg and foot. Police listed driver inexperience as a contributing factor.
   The driver of an SUV was changing lanes on the Major Deegan Expressway when he struck a parked garbage truck. One driver, a 38-year-old man, suffered crush injuries to his lower leg and foot. According to the police report, "Driver Inexperience" was listed as a contributing factor. Police recorded the SUV’s point of impact as the left front bumper and the truck’s right rear bumper. Airbag deployment and a lap belt were recorded for the injured driver. No pedestrians or cyclists were involved. The crash report cites driver inexperience as the listed error by police.
2. Unlicensed moped driver wrecks parked sedans 2025-11-30T19:15:00+00:00
   972 WOODYCREST AVE
   An unlicensed moped driver tore up Woodycrest and smashed two parked sedans. Metal buckled. Plastic flew. The rider went down hard, clutching his leg in the Bronx dark.
   A 25-year-old man driving a 2024 moped north on Woodycrest Avenue hit a parked 2021 Audi sedan, then a parked 2024 Kia sedan. The moped driver was injured with a bruised lower leg and was partially ejected from the moped. According to the police report, officers listed contributing factors as “Unspecified” and recorded the moped driver’s license status as “Unlicensed.” Both sedans were parked when the driver hit and crushed their rear and front quarter panels. No injuries were reported for the registered owner noted in the report. The police record listed the rider’s safety equipment as “Helmet Only (In-Line Skater/Bicyclist).”
3. Speeding driver slams into sedan 2025-11-29T07:55:00+00:00
   W 167 ST
   On West 167th a fast driver plowed into a sedan’s rear. Steel buckled. A 40-year-old driver clutched his back, in shock on a Bronx hill at morning rush.
   A southbound driver rear-ended another southbound sedan on West 167th Street at Anderson Avenue in the Bronx, injuring a 40-year-old man driving the front car. According to the police report, both vehicles were going straight when the following driver hit the center back end of the 2023 sedan, crushing its left rear bumper and the center front of the trailing car. According to the police report, police recorded “Unsafe Speed” by a driver as the contributing factor in the crash. The injured 40-year-old driver suffered back injuries and was documented in shock. According to the police report, a registrant riding in the rear vehicle was listed with unspecified injuries.
4. Distracted driver hits Bronx elder 2025-11-27T20:00:00+00:00
   JEROME AVE
   A westbound driver on Jerome hit a 71-year-old man in a marked crosswalk at Anderson. Night street. Center-front crush. Old leg bruised. Police recorded driver inattention and left the rest blank.
   A driver going west on Jerome Avenue hit a 71-year-old man who was crossing in a marked crosswalk at Anderson Avenue. According to the police report, the pedestrian was conscious and reported a contusion to his knee, lower leg, or foot. The driver was going straight, and the vehicle showed center-front damage from the impact. Police recorded Driver Inattention/Distraction by the driver as a contributing factor, and listed a second factor only as “Unspecified.” The report places the man in the intersection, crossing in a marked crosswalk with no signal noted. The data does not name the driver or identify the vehicle’s type, make, model, or registration.
5. Pickup driver injures man on 165th 2025-11-17T18:00:00+00:00
   W 165 ST
   A pickup driver rolled west on 165th and hit a 59-year-old man crossing near Ogden. Steel met flesh. His shoulder broke and shock took him as sirens cut the Bronx dusk.
   A pickup driver heading west on W 165 St in the Bronx hit a 59-year-old man who was crossing near Ogden Ave. According to the police report, the vehicle was a 2016 Chevrolet pickup, with impact at the right front quarter panel and “No Damage” recorded to the truck. The pedestrian suffered a shoulder and upper arm injury and went into shock. According to the police report, the man was listed as “Pedestrian/Bicyclist/Other Pedestrian Not at Intersection” and “Crossing, No Signal, or Crosswalk.” Police recorded contributing factors as “Unspecified” for both the driver and the injured man, leaving an injured pedestrian and no stated cause in the official file.