Hollis: Traffic Crash Statistics

Recent severe crashes

1. Motorbike Rider Killed in Queens Head-On Crash 2025-04-14T03:35:00+00:00
   188 ST
   A motorbike and SUV collide on 188th Street. The bike shatters. A 19-year-old is thrown, crushed, killed. The SUV driver, sixty, survives with pain. Sirens echo. The street holds the silence of death.
   A deadly crash unfolded at 188th Street and 90th Avenue in Queens. A 19-year-old motorbike rider was ejected and killed after a head-on collision with an Audi SUV. The SUV driver, a 60-year-old woman, suffered pain but survived. According to the police report, 'Driver Inattention/Distraction' was listed as a contributing factor for both vehicles. The motorbike was demolished. The report notes the rider wore a helmet. No blame is placed on the victims. The crash left one dead and one injured.
2. Distracted Queens drivers collide at 90th 2025-12-04T16:35:00+00:00
   202 ST
   Two sedans met hard at 202nd and 90th in Queens. A young driver took the crush of it. Traffic rolled on while pain set in steel and glass.
   Two sedans crashed at 202nd Street and 90th Avenue in Queens. A 24-year-old man driving one car was injured, with reported crush injuries to his back. Other men listed as drivers and registrants were recorded with unspecified injuries. According to the police report, the contributing factor for both drivers was “Driver Inattention/Distraction.” Police recorded driver inattention and distraction by the drivers as the cause, showing how a moment of lost focus turned a routine trip into a violent hit between cars.
3. Sedan Turns Left, Strikes Elderly Pedestrian 2025-04-18T08:50:00+00:00
   HILLSIDE AVE
   A sedan turned left on Hillside Avenue. Its right front hit a 71-year-old man crossing. Blood ran from his head. He stayed conscious. The driver, 76, walked away. A baby rode in the car. Only the pedestrian was hurt.
   A 71-year-old man was struck and injured by a sedan making a left turn at Hillside Avenue and 202nd Street. According to the police report, 'the right front struck a 71-year-old man crossing. Blood ran from his head. He was conscious.' The driver, age 76, and a baby passenger were not hurt. The report lists 'Driver Inexperience' as a contributing factor. No other errors or factors are cited. The pedestrian suffered severe bleeding to the head but remained conscious at the scene.
4. Driver injures elder in Hollis crosswalk 2025-11-17T17:25:00+00:00
   202-11 HOLLIS AVE
   A driver’s left front quarter caught a 72-year-old in a Hollis crosswalk. He went down hard. Neck burning. Whiplash pounding. Sirens cut the early dark. Another elder on foot, left broken by traffic.
   A driver hit a 72-year-old man walking in a marked crosswalk near 202-11 Hollis Avenue in Queens. The impact came at the driver’s left front quarter panel and knocked him to the pavement. He suffered a neck injury and complained of whiplash but stayed conscious. According to the police report, the pedestrian was “Crossing, No Signal, Marked Crosswalk” and listed as “Pedestrian/Bicyclist/Other Pedestrian Not at Intersection.” Police did not record any driver contributing factors, citations, vehicle direction, or vehicle type, which they marked “Unspecified.” The report lists no pedestrian contributing factors beyond the absence of a signal.
5. Alcohol-fueled chain crash injures driver 2025-11-05T19:20:00+00:00
   FRANCIS LEWIS BLVD
   On Francis Lewis Boulevard, southbound traffic stacked and failed. A 61-year-old woman driving a Honda took the front blow as drivers mixed alcohol and inattention and turned the line of cars into metal and hurt.
   A multi-vehicle crash unfolded on Francis Lewis Blvd at 94 Ave in Queens, involving two sedans, a pickup truck, and a bus. A 61-year-old woman driving a 2008 Honda sedan was injured; the data records a head injury and whiplash. According to the police report, the crash occurred at 7:20 p.m. with all vehicles traveling south. Police recorded Alcohol Involvement and Driver Inattention/Distraction by drivers as contributing factors. The report lists front-end damage to the Honda, rear-end damage to the pickup and Porsche sedan, and right-rear damage to the bus. No pedestrians or cyclists are recorded as injured in the data.