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Variant Summary (averages)
| Variant | Avg Score (1–10) | Poignancy Pass | Avg Cost |
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| default_gpt5_minimal | 0.0 | 0/3 (0%) | $0.06 |
| default_gpt5mini_low | 0.0 | 0/3 (0%) | $0.01 |
| default_gpt5mini_medium | 0.0 | 0/3 (0%) | $0.02 |
Detailed Runs
| Geo | Variant | Title | Words | Quotes | Links | Unmatched Domains | Auto Pass | Poignancy | Editor Score (1–10) | Cost |
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| citywide-nyc | default_gpt5_minimal | New York City: East Queens, two lanes, one body | 686 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.05 |
| citywide-nyc | default_gpt5mini_low | New York City: Just after 2 AM, a man fell on South Conduit. The city kept killing people. | 681 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.01 |
| citywide-nyc | default_gpt5mini_medium | New York City: A man killed near JFK. The city keeps tallying the dead. | 802 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.02 |
| council-39 | default_gpt5_minimal | District 39: Prospect Park morning. A cyclist doesn’t get up. | 639 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.06 |
| council-39 | default_gpt5mini_low | A bike on West Drive. One of four dead in District 39. | 835 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.01 |
| council-39 | default_gpt5mini_medium | District 39: A bike, a road, four dead | 653 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.02 |
| senate-23 | default_gpt5_minimal | Bay Street, Hylan, Castleton: Blood on the Asphalt in SD 23 | 810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.06 |
| senate-23 | default_gpt5mini_low | SD 23: A boy on a moped. A city that keeps counting the dead. | 967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.01 |
| senate-23 | default_gpt5mini_medium | SD 23: a district kept waiting | 561 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.02 |
default_gpt5_minimal New York City: East Queens, two lanes, one bodyJust after 8 PM on Aug 12, 2025, on Union Turnpike at 189 St, a 61‑year‑old man was struck and killed while crossing. The crash involved two sedans. One was going straight. City crash data lists him as killed and notes crush injuries to the head. They were one of 184 people killed on New York City streets in crashes recorded from Jan 1, 2022 through Aug 28, 2025, with 33,347 injured and 502 seriously hurt, across 53,567 crashes. The city’s own roll‑up shows the toll here. Queens nights, empty shoulders, no second chanceAt 2:30 AM on Aug 13 in Springfield Gardens, a 52‑year‑old man crossed 155th Street at South Conduit Avenue. A driver hit him and fled. Police said, “the driver hit the 52‑year‑old man … and sped off without stopping.” Detectives were looking for video; no arrests were announced. Gothamist reported he was taken to Jamaica Hospital and died there. Four blocks mean little at that hour. Shoulders are wide. Engines carry farther than voices. A curb is not a guardrailThe morning before in Astoria, police said an 84‑year‑old driver careened into a food truck. Two men at the cart died there; the driver also died. The street “was littered with debris,” amNY reported. Names were given: Joaquin Venancio‑Mendez, 41, and Santiago Baires, 70. Metal moved. Flesh did not. The food truck stayed where the city let it be. Midtown reshaped, timelines longFour days later, the city talked redesign. NY1 said a 14th Street project “aims to improve the pedestrian experience,” with $2 million from the city and $1 million from two business districts, and design work beginning next year (NY1). The plans reach from Union Square to the river. The calendar is generous; the roadway is not. The map of harm keeps filling inCity crash records in this same span show more deaths: a man killed on South Conduit at 155 St before dawn on Aug 13 (NYC Open Data); a pedestrian killed at 14th Street near the UN on Aug 23, listed as driver inattention (NYC Open Data); two separate drivers listed as dead in Harlem and on Henry Street, the records noting “Apparent Death” after vehicle impacts (NYC Open Data). None of these men started their day planning for a collision report to carry their last line. The counts do not argue. They just add. Tools on the table, dust on the toolsThe Legislature extended and corrected school‑zone speed rules in June. The bill file shows movement and passage in both chambers (S 8344). In Queens South, police tallied 17 traffic deaths through Aug 10, per Gothamist. On enforcement, a Queens judge gave eight years to a wrong‑way driver who “purposefully drove the wrong way … and crashed into multiple cars,” DA Melinda Katz said in amNY. The city also has speed cameras and a design program on 14th Street. The record shows the pieces. It does not show urgency. Use the levers we have
No one gets a second to step back once the bumper is there. Call it policy. Call it design. On Union Turnpike, it looks like a man who did not get home. Take one step today. Tell City Hall and Albany to act — start here. FAQ
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Geo: | default_gpt5mini_low New York City: Just after 2 AM, a man fell on South Conduit. The city kept killing people.Just after 2 AM on Aug 13, a man crossing 155th Street at South Conduit Avenue near JFK was hit and killed. The driver left the scene and police searched for footage and a vehicle description (Gothamist). They were one of 184 people killed in New York City in the data window from Jan 1, 2022 to Aug 28, 2025 (NYC Open Data crashes dataset). Who we are looking at now is not a story of a single night. It is a pile of nights. Where the bodies fall The data show large counts of crashes and injuries across the city. From Jan 1, 2022 to Aug 28, 2025 there were 53,567 reported crashes, 33,347 injuries and 184 deaths in the citywide dataset covering that period (NYC Open Data crashes dataset). The city fed those numbers piecemeal into news pages this month: a hit‑and‑run near JFK on Aug 13 (Gothamist; NY Daily News), a crash that killed two pedestrians and the driver in Astoria on Aug 12 (amNY), and a string of other deadly collisions logged in the city dataset (NYC Open Data crashes dataset). A quote that stung “A jury convicted him,” one report records, quoting Queens prosecutors after a wrong‑way driver was sentenced — and the man told investigators he had driven the wrong way because he “wanted to hurt people” and felt “liberated” by what he had done (amNY). The line hangs in the air of these files. It is in the record. Where the law can change the math The record also shows what policy tools exist on the table. State and city actions in this file point to two clear levers.
What the votes show On related school‑zone speed protections, the state bill S 8344 moved through Albany in June 2025; Senator Andrew Gounardes is listed as sponsor in the legislative record (Open States, S 8344). The bill extended and corrected school speed‑zone provisions in New York City, and it passed the Legislature in mid‑June 2025 (Open States, S 8344). What gives? The numbers. The dead keep coming. The laws and programs that could cut speed and force repeat offenders to slow are available in the record. The city and the Legislature can act now. A plain next step One clear move stands out. The City can lower the default speed limit in residential streets and expand 20 MPH places now. The State and City can require intelligent speed‑assistance devices for habitual camera offenders or high‑point drivers. The bills and fixes named in our coverage map this path. See S 8344 for one recent state action on school speed zones (Open States, S 8344). For the repeat‑speeder law, see our action guide (/take_action/). End with what you can do Call your Council Member. Call your State Senator and Assembly Member. Push for a citywide default 20 MPH and for mandatory speed‑limiting tech for repeat speeders. Take one concrete step now: /take_action/. FAQ
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Geo: | default_gpt5mini_medium New York City: A man killed near JFK. The city keeps tallying the dead.Just after 2 AM on Aug 13 a 52-year-old man crossed 155th Street at South Conduit Avenue, near JFK. He was hit and died. The driver left the scene. Police searched for footage and witnesses. (Gothamist, Aug 13, 2025). He was one of 184 people killed on New York City streets between Jan 1, 2022 and Aug 28, 2025. The city recorded 53,567 crashes, with 33,347 injuries and 502 serious injuries in that span. These totals come from the city’s crash dataset. What follows is the record. No spin. Just dates, places and the tally. A string of bodies and broken vehiclesAug 12: A car plowed into people near a food truck and three died. amNY reported the scene. The city crash file lists multiple pedestrians killed that morning. (NYC crash data). Aug 13: The hit-and-run near JFK. Medics took the man to Jamaica Hospital; he was pronounced dead. Gothamist and NY Daily News covered the search for footage. The NYPD told reporters the driver “sped off without stopping. No arrests have been made.” (NY Daily News, Aug 13, 2025). Aug 12–15: A string of deadly crashes left drivers and pedestrians dead across boroughs. The city’s own crash records list multiple entries in that short window. (NYC crash data). The machines that killThe city’s aggregated file shows cars and SUVs account for the largest share of deadly crashes: the dataset rollup lists 70 deaths under “suvs_cars.” City crash data. The picture is simple. Heavy metal moving fast hits flesh. Bones break. Phones stay closed. Toys lie in the street. The records record it again and again. What the record offers as fixesAlbany and city advocates have offered concrete fixes. Local pages and campaigns call for a lower default speed limit citywide and for devices that stop repeat speeders. Our site’s action guide lists those steps and the bills by name, including a repeat-speeder measure called the Stop Super Speeders Act (S4045C/A2299C) and references to Sammy’s Law. See the Take Action guide on our site. State lawmakers also moved on related measures. The Senate file S 8344 — a school speed-zone technical bill — cleared votes in June 2025. OpenStates shows the bill record. One voice in the record is a defendant in a 2023 wrong-way expressway case. He told a jury, “I entered the Clearview Expressway in the wrong direction because I wanted to hurt people and I felt ’liberated’ by what I had done.” The case is in the press and shows how lethal intent meets open pavement. (amNY, Aug 15, 2025). Who can act nowThe record points to two practical levers. One: lower the city’s default speed limit. Two: require intelligent speed‑assistance for habitual speeders. Our action guide names those steps and gives contacts. /take_action/. State and city officials hold the tools. The Senate has moved bills like S 8344. Local leaders can press for the Stop Super Speeders Act and for use of Sammy’s Law at the city level. The facts are in public records. The choices are next. FAQ Q: What is CrashCount? A: We’re a tool for helping hold local politicians and other actors accountable for their failure to protect you when you’re walking or cycling in NYC. We update our site constantly to provide you with up to date information on what’s happening in your neighborhood. Q: How were these numbers calculated? A: We used the city’s “Motor Vehicle Collisions – Crashes” dataset. Fields used include crash_date, injury_severity, person_types and vehicle_modes. The window was Jan 1, 2022 to Aug 28, 2025. Extraction date: Aug 27, 2025. You can view the source dataset here. Q: Which bills or policies are named in this piece? A: The piece references Sammy’s Law and the Stop Super Speeders Act (S4045C/A2299C) as citywide fixes and notes state file S 8344 on school speed zones. See our action guide for links and contacts: /take_action/. Q: How can I act now? A: Read the steps and contact info on our take-action page: /take_action/. FAQ
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default_gpt5_minimal District 39: Prospect Park morning. A cyclist doesn’t get up.Just after 8:30 AM on Jun 5, 2025, a 71-year-old on a bike was found unconscious on Center Drive off West Drive in Prospect Park. He died there. source They were one of 4 people killed on District 39 streets since Jan 1, 2022. In that same span, 1,024 crashes injured 599 people, including 4 serious injuries. source Bikes, feet, and cars mix. The tally does not blink. Among those hurt: 107 cyclists and 95 pedestrians. One cyclist and one pedestrian were killed. source — Where the street breaks youBrooklyn-Queens Expressway. Top of the list for pain: 48 injuries and 2 serious injuries here since 2022, plus one death. source Ocean Parkway: another hot line. Seventeen injuries, one serious injury, and one death tied to this corridor. source Night is not kind. Injuries spike around midnight and again through the evening: 45 injuries at 12 AM; 45 more at 6 PM; 38 at 7 PM; 34 at 8 PM; 33 at 9 PM. source — How people get hitListed factors in these crashes are blunt. “Other” leads the harm ledger, with 164 injuries and 2 serious injuries. “Vulnerable road user error” coincides with 13 injuries and 1 death; the person without the shell always loses. Alcohol appears in a death and an injury. Drivers “disregarded traffic control” in crashes with 6 injuries. Distraction shows up too. source SUVs hit hardest among pedestrians here: 44 pedestrian casualties, including 1 death and 1 serious injury. Trucks and buses are smaller in count but heavy in cost. source — The paper trail and the promisesCouncil Member Shahana K. Hanif filed a bill to force curb extensions at the worst intersections, five sites per borough every year. source She also co-sponsored a city bill to ban parking near crosswalks and to install daylighting barriers at 1,000 corners a year. source Hanif backed “universal daylighting with hardened materials” in a joint letter with other Brooklyn officials. source At Brooklyn Borough Hall, she joined the push for the Stop Super Speeders Act, which would require repeat offenders to use speed limiters. source — Two things the city can do now
— Local fixes that match the map
— Who must actYour Council Member is Shahana K. Hanif. She is the primary sponsor of curb-extension legislation and a co-sponsor of a daylighting mandate. source Your Assembly Member is Robert Carroll. Your State Senator is Steve Chan. The Stop Super Speeders bill sits in Albany; constituents can ask for public support and action. source The man in Prospect Park did not make it home. The numbers say he was not alone. Act here. source FAQ
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Geo: | default_gpt5mini_low A bike on West Drive. One of four dead in District 39.Just after 8 AM on Jun 5, a 71-year-old bicyclist collapsed on West Drive and died after losing consciousness, per the crash record.[^1] They were one of 4 people killed in Council District 39 in the covered period, according to district crash data from Jan 1, 2022 to Aug 28, 2025.[^2] Why this corner keeps killing The street keeps showing up in the data. The district’s top hotspots include the Brooklyn Queens Expressway and Ocean Parkway—both listed among the highest‑injury intersections in the small‑area analysis.[^2] Crashes happen at every hour, but three spikes matter. The district logged notable counts in the morning commute and mid‑afternoon windows, including the 8 AM and 11 AM hours in the hourly distribution.[^2] Who bears the harm People on bikes make up a large share of injuries in this dataset. The small‑area mode split shows bicyclists with 107 injuries and 1 death, and pedestrians with 95 injuries and 1 death, through the coverage window.[^2] Vehicles involved skew toward SUVs and trucks when people are hurt on foot. The district’s pedestrian injury rollup lists SUVs and sedans as the top vehicle types tied to pedestrian harm.[^2] A string of named crashes
(Each event above is drawn from the district crash records cited below.)[^1] What the data point to The small‑area analysis lists contributing factors that recur: alcohol involvement, failure to yield, disregarded traffic control, and inattention/distraction. The rollup flags hotspots and nighttime conditions as intervention hints.[^2] Local fixes that match the harm
Citywide levers that end the pattern Two state and city actions are on the record and would address repeat lethal behavior citywide:
Who can act now
What gives? The record shows deaths, repeated hotspots, and bills sitting in committees. The data show who dies and where. The laws exist in drafts and proposals. That gap is the decision point. End with one clear step Make one call. Ask your legislator to pass the Stop Super Speeders measure in Albany and press the City Council to fund rapid daylighting and curb extensions at Ocean Parkway and BQE ramps. Do it now.[/take_action/] FAQ What is CrashCount? We’re a tool for helping hold local politicians and other actors accountable for their failure to protect you when you’re walking or cycling in NYC. We update our site constantly to provide you with up to date information on what’s happening in your neighborhood. How were these numbers calculated? We used the NYC Open Data “Motor Vehicle Collisions — Crashes” dataset filtered to Jan 1, 2022 through Aug 28, 2025 for Council District 39. Fields used include crash date/time, on_street_name, person types, injury severity, vehicle types, and contributing factors. The exact filtered query used to extract the district data is available here. Data extraction date: Aug 27–28, 2025. For the district small‑area analysis we used the aggregated fields in the provided report covering that same date range.[^2] Which intersections are the worst in District 39? The district list flags the Brooklyn Queens Expressway and Ocean Parkway as top intersections by injuries and severity.[^2] Which officials have sponsored relevant local bills? Council Member Shahana K. Hanif is recorded as a sponsor of Int 0285‑2024 (curb extensions) and co‑sponsor of Int 1138‑2024 (daylighting barriers).[^3][^4] Where can I act now? Take one clear step: contact your elected officials and demand passage of the Stop Super Speeders measure and funding for daylighting and curb extensions. Start at our action page: [/take_action/]. FAQ
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Geo: | default_gpt5mini_medium District 39: A bike, a road, four deadJust after 8 AM on June 5, 2025, a 71‑year‑old bicyclist was killed on West Drive in Prospect Park. The crash record is here. They were one of 4 people killed in Council District 39 from 2022‑01‑01 to 2025‑08‑28, in a span that also saw 1,024 crashes and 599 injuries in the same window [per the collision dataset].(https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/Motor-Vehicle-Collisions-Crashes/h9gi-nx95) A single morning. The same sums.Just after 8 AM. A man on a bike. Dead. The record is spare. So are the totals: 1024 crashes, 599 injuries, 4 deaths in the district over the covered period [source].(https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/Motor-Vehicle-Collisions-Crashes/h9gi-nx95) There are words from advocates. “Your calls are working! Call all day. Don’t stop. Tell your friends.” Transportation Alternatives urges action. Where the street chewsThe maps point to the same strips. The Brooklyn‑Queens Expressway appears in the filings as a top intersection with deadly outcomes; see the BQE crash record from Jan 13, 2025. Crash record: BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY. Ocean Parkway shows up too. A fatal collision there is in the file for Aug 9, 2025. Crash record: OCEAN PKWY. The hourly distribution in the neighborhood data shows concentrated harm across commute and evening hours; injuries and serious injuries cluster in late afternoon and early evening [dataset].(https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/Motor-Vehicle-Collisions-Crashes/h9gi-nx95) Causes the data namesThe local analysis tags repeat hotspots and nighttime conditions as intervention hints. The small‑area records list contributing factors including failure to yield, inattention/distraction, disregarded traffic control and alcohol involvement. The mode breakdown shows cyclists and pedestrians among the most harmed in these crashes [see collision records].(https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/Motor-Vehicle-Collisions-Crashes/h9gi-nx95) Fixes that fit the damageThere are concrete, documented fixes in the record.
Streets advocates in Brooklyn have pushed for hardened daylighting — planters, boulders, fixed barriers — rather than paint alone. Streetsblog documents the call. Who can move firstCouncil Member Shahana K. Hanif is on the record as a sponsor of curb‑extension and daylighting measures. She is listed as the primary sponsor of Int 0285‑2024 and as a co‑sponsor of Int 1138‑2024. Albany holds another lever. The Stop Super Speeders proposals appear in local press as state bills and are backed by advocates; sponsors named in coverage include State Sen. Andrew Gounardes and Assemblymember Emily Gallagher. See coverage. Our district’s Assembly Member is Robert Carroll [AD 44]. Our State Senator is Steve Chan [SD 17]. Both names and offices appear in the district record; their offices can act on state measures. Assembly AD 44. Senate SD 17. What gives? The facts are on file. The bills and the crash records are on file. The next moves sit with these offices. One clear next stepTwo fixes would break the pattern locally and citywide: lower the default street speed and force repeat speeders to use speed‑limiting devices. Both appear in the advocacy timeline and local push materials. For local corners, require daylighting and curb extensions now; for drivers who keep killing, mandate speed limiters. If you want to act, the site lists concrete steps to press officials and support the bills. Take action here. FAQ
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default_gpt5_minimal Bay Street, Hylan, Castleton: Blood on the Asphalt in SD 23Just after 3 PM on Jul 5, 2025, on Bay Street in Clifton, a Suzuki motorcycle hit the driver-side door of a Toyota making a K-turn. Jeremy Claudio, 34, died at the hospital. Police said the driver “was making a K-turn from the northbound lane… into its southbound lane when the collision occurred.” Since Jan 1, 2022, in Senate District 23, there have been 2,086 crashes, 1,280 injuries, and 5 deaths. The city’s open data shows the toll by age, by street, by mode. It does not show mercy. See the dataset. On Mar 7, 2025, an 80-year-old man was killed at Hylan Boulevard and Benton Avenue. The SUV’s front end struck him at the intersection. The crash record lists “Station Wagon/Sport Utility Vehicle,” going straight. On Jun 2, 2025, in Sheepshead Bay, an MTA bus turned left and pinned an 87-year-old man at East 12th Street and Avenue Z. “Officers… discovered an 87-year-old man pinned under the city bus,” Gothamist reported. He was in critical condition. On Aug 5, 2025, just after 1 AM in Port Richmond, a 13-year-old on a moped collided with an MTA bus on Castleton Avenue. He suffered a severe head injury. ABC7 and amNY said the bus driver and three passengers were unhurt. Hylan and the mixed signalsHylan Boulevard is busy and brittle. In 2025, a man died at Benton. The same corridor is seeing crashes tied to bus lane confusion. Staten Island’s borough president said, “That’s one accident every four days where somebody perhaps unwittingly thinks they must turn from the middle lane,” citing inconsistent signs that read “Bus Corridor Photo” in some spots and hours in others. amNY reported it. The dataset logs the bodies. It does not untangle the signs. It shows where people fall. Open Data is here. A pattern that does not let upIn this district since 2022: 1,280 injured. 5 dead. Serious injuries recorded: 12. The victims span every age: children hurt, elders killed. The records list heads, chests, internal bleeding. They mark “Apparent Death.” They note “Pinned under bus,” “Ejected.” They keep going. Numbers are here. On May 17, 2025, on Targee Street, a 58-year-old pedestrian was killed. The record shows crush injuries. It lists a moped driver ejected and injured. Entry 4813412. On Jan 17, 2025, a 23-year-old driver died near the Belt Parkway ramp. The sedan hit a parked Jeep. The log shows “Apparent Death.” Entry 4786429. Who acts, and who stallsSpeed kills. Albany renewed 24-hour school-zone speed cameras through 2030, but three city senators voted no. One was Sen. Jessica Scarcella‑Spanton. Streetsblog listed the votes. She has also opposed congestion pricing, calling it “the wrong plan for my constituents,” as covered at an MTA Board meeting on the pause’s fallout. That pause blew a $15 billion hole in the MTA’s capital plan, delaying accessibility upgrades riders asked for. amNY summarized the hearing. A newer report shows congestion pricing cuts traffic jams across the region; she criticized it anyway. Coverage is here. There is one bill on repeat speeders with teeth. The Senate file S 4045 would force drivers with a pattern of violations to install speed limiters. Sen. Scarcella‑Spanton voted yes in committee on Jun 12, 2025. Open States lists the action. In Council District 49, Council Member Kamillah Hanks represents parts of this map. In Assembly District 63, Assembly Member Sam Pirozzolo sits across the table in Albany. The record here does not show if either has sponsored the speed limiter bill. What gives? Slow the cars. Stop the repeats.The fixes are not secrets. Lower the default speed limit under Sammy’s Law. Mandate intelligent speed assistance for repeat speeders via S 4045. These are on the table now. Our full action guide is here. One man pinned under a bus at Avenue Z. One elder killed at Hylan. One boy on Castleton who did not come home that night. The list is longer than this page. The clock is running. FAQ
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Geo: | default_gpt5mini_low SD 23: A boy on a moped. A city that keeps counting the dead.Just after 1 AM in Port Richmond, a 13-year-old on a moped struck an eastbound MTA bus at Castleton and Park Avenues and was flown to the hospital with a severe head injury. ABC7 reported the boy was taken to Richmond University Medical Center in critical condition. They were one of 5 people killed in this district from 2022‑01‑01 to 2025‑08‑28, in 2,086 crashes that produced 1,280 injuries and 12 serious injuries in the same window (NYC crash dataset). Hylan at Castleton. The skin of the street gets torn again. The numbers do not look away. The crash, in the recordLocal press says the moped rider was ejected and struck his head. amNY reported law enforcement’s initial account: “the moped went through a stop sign without stopping and hit the bus.” The bus operator and three passengers were not injured, according to ABC7. ABC7 reported the bus occupants were uninjured. This crash sits beside other recent, fatal collisions on Staten Island: a motorcyclist killed after hitting a car making a K‑turn on Bay Street on Jul 5, 2025 (amNY); an 80‑year‑old hit crossing against the signal on Hylan and Benton on Mar 7, 2025 (open crash data); and an 87‑year‑old pinned under a bus in Sheepshead Bay on Jun 2, 2025 (Gothamist). All are recorded in the city’s crash files (NYC crash dataset). A pattern written in numbersFrom 2022‑01‑01 to 2025‑08‑28 the data shows 2,086 crashes, 1,280 total injuries, 12 serious injuries, and 5 deaths for this coverage area and period (NYC crash dataset). The record names the vehicles and the outcomes. SUVs and sedans appear often among the injured and killed in the dataset rollup. The file is public. The counts are public. The harm is public. Lawmakers and the tools on the tableAlbany has a bill that would force repeat violators to install intelligent speed‑assistance devices. Senate file S 4045 passed committee votes in June 2025. The bill would require devices for drivers with repeated violations to prevent sustained speeding. State Senator Jessica Scarcella‑Spanton of SD 23 voted yes in committee on S 4045 (Open States record). But on school‑zone speed cameras, the roll call shows a split. Streetsblog listed city senators who voted no on the speed‑camera reauthorization; Jessica Scarcella‑Spanton is among the three city senators named as voting no on that measure, and the piece named a dozen city lawmakers who opposed the cameras overall (Streetsblog NYC). At the Assembly level, the list of those who opposed the camera reauthorization included Sam Pirozzolo, the Assembly Member for AD 63 (listed in the district data) (Streetsblog NYC). Council Member Kamillah Hanks represents Council District 49 in this area; the municipal record lists her as the district’s council member (district office contact in the dataset). She is named in the political data for this geography. What the record allows — and what can be done nowTwo clear, documented levers appear in the files and timeline:
These are not slogans. They are named steps tied to bills the record shows. The data shows the results of collisions. The proposals match the harm the files record. If lawmakers want to stop counting bodies, they can pass the device law in Albany and lower safe speeds in the city. The next action sits in the Assembly and the City Council. The law on repeat speeders needs both houses; the city can set speed limits now. Read the public crash files. Demand votes. Do not wait for another name to appear in the numbers. FAQ Q: What is CrashCount? A: We’re a tool for helping hold local politicians and other actors accountable for their failure to protect you when you’re walking or cycling in NYC. We update our site constantly to provide you with up to date information on what’s happening in your neighborhood. Q: How were these numbers calculated? A: Counts are taken from the NYC Open Data “Motor Vehicle Collisions — Crashes” dataset. Fields used include crash date, injury severity, person counts, and vehicle types. Date filter: 2022-01-01 through 2025-08-28. Geography filter: the district and precincts listed in the report metadata. The raw dataset is available here. Data extracted Aug 28, 2025. Q: Who voted on the repeat‑speeder bill? A: Senate file S 4045 passed committee votes on June 11–12, 2025. The bill page is here. Senator Jessica Scarcella‑Spanton is recorded as voting yes in committee on that bill (Open States record). Q: Where can I act now? A: Make one clear call: demand the Assembly pass S 4045 and pressure the City to lower default speed limits. Take action at our page: /take_action/. FAQ
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Geo: | default_gpt5mini_medium SD 23: a district kept waitingJust after 3 PM on July 5, a motorcycle hit the driver‑side door of a Toyota making a K‑turn on Bay Street in Clifton. The rider, identified in reporting as Jeremy Claudio, was rushed to Richmond University Medical Center and died there the same day.[^1] He was one of 5 people killed in this district between 2022‑01‑01 and 2025‑08‑28, in a period that recorded 2,086 crashes and 1,280 injuries in the same window.[^2] Bay Street, the door, the bodyA car cut across traffic. A motorcycle struck the left door. The rider did not live. The NYPD is still investigating.[^1] That scene is not an anomaly. The timeline holds page after page of collisions: motorcyclists crushed by turns, mopeds thrown from intersections, buses pinning people at corners.[^1][^3][^4] The numbers do not softenFrom 2022‑01‑01 to 2025‑08‑28 the records show 2,086 total crashes, 1,280 injuries, and 5 deaths in the district covered by this report.[^2] Across the same dataset the vehicle rollup lists crashes involving SUVs and sedans as common, and the records name speed, left turns, and driver inattention among contributing factors in many entries.[^2][^5] The votes and the billsThere are fixes on paper. A state bill to require intelligent speed‑assistance for repeat speeders — Senate bill S 4045 — moved in committee this year.[^6] The bill would force devices on drivers with repeated violations to limit how fast a car can go.[^6] Senator Jessica Scarcella‑Spanton is on the public record voting yes on S 4045 in committee.[^6] Yet she also appears on lists of lawmakers who voted no on reauthorizing 24‑hour school‑zone speed cameras months earlier — a vote flagged by local reporting.[^7] Assembly Member Sam Pirozzolo and Council Member Kamillah Hanks represent parts of this geography. The public record shows Assembly votes against the speed‑camera renewal included names from this area; the Streetsblog account lists the Assembly opposition and city senators who voted no.[^7] What gives? The record shows harm. The record shows votes. The public can follow both.[^6][^7] The lived detail: confusing lanes, crushed bodiesOn Hylan Boulevard, inconsistent bus‑lane signs left drivers guessing. “That’s one accident every four days,” Borough President Vito Fossella told reporters about lane confusion and right‑turn crashes from the middle lane.[^8] The dataset and local press list intersections where signs, turns, and speeding meet. Left turns hit motorcyclists. Middle‑lane turns cause crashes. Late at night mopeds and buses collide.[^3][^4][^8] Narrow fixes available nowTwo concrete, documented paths stand out in the record.
The Senate committee advanced S 4045. The Assembly still holds the next move.[^6] Readers in this district can act. Demand that elected officials push A 2299 to a vote. Ask the Assembly to finish what the Senate began.[^6][^9] Take one step now: Tell your representatives to pass the Stop Super Speeders Act and back lower default speeds on city streets.. FAQ
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