Recent severe crashes

1. Sedan Strikes Pedestrian Crossing With Signal 2025-05-27T16:35:00+00:00
   RICHMOND VALLEY RD
   A sedan hit a young woman crossing Richmond Valley Road. She walked with the signal. The car’s front end struck her face. Blood pooled on the street. Police cite failure to yield. The driver and a child were unhurt.
   A 19-year-old woman was injured when a sedan struck her as she crossed Richmond Valley Road at Page Avenue. According to the police report, she was crossing with the signal at the intersection when the vehicle’s center front end hit her, causing severe bleeding to her face. The driver, a 19-year-old man, and a child passenger were not injured. The police report lists 'Failure to Yield Right-of-Way' as the contributing factor for the crash. The pedestrian’s actions—crossing with the signal—are noted, but the report attributes the cause to the driver’s failure to yield. No other contributing factors are listed.
2. Distracted SUV Driver Crushed in Parked Car Collision 2025-01-17T00:26:00+00:00
   390 SLEIGHT AVE
   A GMC SUV plowed into a parked Maserati on Sleight Avenue. The driver, 65, was trapped and crushed, conscious beneath twisted steel. Distraction and alcohol shadowed the crash, leaving the street scarred and silent in the Staten Island dark.
   According to the police report, a GMC SUV traveling north on Sleight Avenue collided with a parked Maserati SUV at 390 Sleight Ave, Staten Island. The crash occurred at 12:26 a.m. The 65-year-old driver of the GMC was the sole occupant and suffered severe crush injuries, remaining conscious but trapped inside the vehicle. The report explicitly cites 'Driver Inattention/Distraction' as a contributing factor. The narrative further notes that 'distraction and alcohol sat beside her in the dark,' highlighting the presence of impairment and inattention. The parked Maserati was unoccupied at the time of impact. No contributing factors are attributed to the victim beyond those assigned to the driver. The collision underscores the lethal consequences of driver distraction and impairment, as documented by police.
3. Distracted SUV driver injures woman 2025-12-06T18:42:00+00:00
   ARTHUR KILL RD
   On Arthur Kill Road, a driver in a SUV lost focus and hit something hard. The front end crumpled. A 57-year-old woman in shock clutched her neck in the dark Staten Island street.
   A 2019 Toyota SUV traveled southwest on Arthur Kill Road near Chemical Lane when the driver went straight ahead and crashed, damaging the center front end and right front bumper. A 57-year-old woman driving the SUV suffered neck injuries and whiplash and was listed as injured and in shock. Another 57-year-old female occupant was also reported hurt, with injury details marked as unspecified. According to the police report, officers cited “Driver Inattention/Distraction” as the contributing factor for both the driver and the registered occupant. Police recorded driver inattention and distraction as the key failure behind this Staten Island crash.
4. Right-turn SUV driver hits crossing woman 2025-11-02T11:58:00+00:00
   YETMAN AVE
   A driver in a 2024 SUV turned right at Yetman and Amboy on Staten Island and hit a 69-year-old woman who was crossing with the signal. She suffered a lower-leg injury. She was conscious at the scene.
   A driver in a 2024 SUV turned right from Yetman Avenue onto Amboy Road and hit a 69-year-old woman who was crossing with the signal. She suffered a knee and lower-leg injury and was conscious. According to the police report, the driver was making a right turn, with impact at the left front bumper and center-front damage noted. Police recorded contributing factors as “Unspecified,” and did not log a specific driver error. The vehicle was registered in New York and the driver was licensed. The crash was recorded at 11:58 a.m. on Staten Island.
5. Teen driver loses consciousness at Hylan and Page 2025-09-18T15:23:00+00:00
   HYLAN BLVD
   Driver of a GMC SUV lost consciousness and crashed while heading west on Hylan Boulevard at Page Avenue, Staten Island. The 17-year-old was injured. Police recorded loss of consciousness by the driver. No pedestrians or cyclists were reported hurt.
   A 17-year-old woman driving a 2020 GMC SUV west on Hylan Boulevard at Page Avenue lost consciousness and crashed. She suffered a contusion to her arm and hand. According to the police report, police recorded “Lost Consciousness” by the driver as the contributing factor. The report lists the driver traveling straight ahead before the crash, with front-end damage recorded. No pedestrians or cyclists were reported injured in this Staten Island collision. The data names only one driver as injured; no injuries to people outside the vehicle were listed.