Far Rockaway-Bayswater: Traffic Crash Statistics

Recent severe crashes

1. Beach 32 left turn crash injures children 2025-12-04T13:57:00+00:00
   BEACH 32 ST
   Two sedans met at Beach 32 Street in Queens. One driver turned left. Another came straight. Metal met metal. Kids in the back seats took the hit and bled in the daylight.
   Two sedans collided at Beach 32 Street and Seagirt Avenue in Queens. One driver headed south and made a left turn. Another driver traveled north, going straight. Several occupants were hurt, including a 12-year-old boy with facial injuries, a 10-year-old girl with a neck injury, and a 2-year-old boy with arm injuries. Both drivers, a 30-year-old woman and a 47-year-old man, were also injured. According to the police report, contributing factors for both drivers were listed as “Unspecified.” The records do not assign fault but show a dangerous turn across oncoming traffic with children in both cars.
2. Driver hits woman in Far Rockaway crosswalk 2025-11-29T12:40:00+00:00
   GRASSMERE TER
   On Grassmere Terrace in Far Rockaway, a driver swung a U-turn and hit a woman in a marked crosswalk, left her bruised while the SUV sat clean in the noon light.
   A 47-year-old driver in a 2008 Honda SUV made a U-turn at Grassmere Terrace and Ocean Crest Boulevard in Queens and hit a 33-year-old woman walking in a marked crosswalk. The pedestrian suffered a hip and upper leg contusion and was listed as injured but conscious. According to the police report, the contributing factor was “Failure to Yield Right-of-Way.” Police recorded failure to yield by the driver, who was traveling east and reported no vehicle damage. The report notes the woman was crossing in a marked crosswalk with no signal and lists no contributing factor for her beyond the driver’s failure to yield.
3. Queens driver hurt in steering failure 2025-11-27T02:33:00+00:00
   BEACH 14 ST
   On Seagirt Boulevard a woman drove west. The steering failed. The sedan lurched and hit hard. The left front crumpled. Airbag burst in the dark. One driver alone. One woman hurt and in shock.
   A 27-year-old woman driving a westbound sedan on Seagirt Boulevard at Beach 14 Street in Queens crashed and suffered a head injury. According to the police report, the contributing factor was listed as “Steering Failure,” and police recorded mechanical failure by the vehicle as the cause of the crash. The report identifies her as the only person hurt, an injured driver with head trauma and shock. No pedestrians, cyclists, or passengers were recorded as harmed. The driver was going straight when the crash happened, and officers documented impact damage to the left front bumper, where they recorded the strike.
4. Left-turning SUV driver ejects man 2025-11-24T22:09:00+00:00
   MOTT AVE
   On Mott Avenue a left-turning SUV driver cut across and hit a standing car by Beach 22nd, hurling a 63-year-old driver onto the street and injuring a 19-year-old passenger beside him.
   A driver in a 2006 SUV turned left on Mott Avenue at Beach 22 Street in Queens and hit a standing vehicle. The crash ejected the 63-year-old man driving the standing vehicle and left him with lower leg injuries and bruising. A 19-year-old front-seat passenger in the SUV was also recorded as injured. According to the police report, the listed contributing factor was “Passing or Lane Usage Improper.” Police recorded improper passing or lane usage by the SUV driver as the only contributing factor in the crash. The police report listed no other contributing factors in the data.
5. Left-turning SUV driver injures woman 2025-11-18T17:10:00+00:00
   BEACH CHANNEL DR
   A left-turning SUV driver hit a 35-year-old woman in a Queens intersection and left her bruised and hurting on the leg as traffic pushed through the Rockaways dusk.
   A driver in a Kia SUV turned left from Beach Channel Drive toward Mott Avenue in Queens and hit a 35-year-old woman in the intersection. According to the police report, the pedestrian was “Crossing, No Signal, or Crosswalk” at the time of impact. Police recorded the driver’s pre-crash action as Making Left Turn and documented a center-front impact with front-end damage to the SUV. The report listed the woman as a Pedestrian, conscious, with a contusion and lower leg injury. According to the police report, contributing factors for both the driver and the pedestrian were listed only as “Unspecified,” and officers did not note any charges or citations against the driver.