Recent severe crashes

1. Unlicensed scooter rider slams parked cab 2025-11-12T13:20:00+00:00
   1578 WILLIAMSBRIDGE RD
   On Williamsbridge Road, a 20-year-old unlicensed scooter rider cut across and hit a parked taxi’s left doors, shattering his arm and hand. The cab stayed still; he took the whole impact alone.
   According to the police report, a 20-year-old man riding a standing scooter northbound near 1578 Williamsbridge Road in the Bronx changed lanes and hit the left-side doors of a parked taxi. He sustained fractures to his elbow, lower arm, and hand. Police listed his license status as unlicensed and his pre-crash action as changing lanes. The report does not record any injuries to the taxi’s driver or passengers.
2. Speeding Driver Flips Car, Passenger Unconscious 2025-10-24T04:20:00+00:00
   PELHAM PARKWAY
   A driver speeding on Pelham Parkway flipped a Mercedes sedan near Williamsbridge Road overnight. Two men riding with him were hurt; one 31-year-old passenger was found unconscious in the rear seat.
   According to the police report, a driver in a Mercedes sedan going north on Pelham Parkway near Williamsbridge Road overturned the car around 4:20 a.m. in the Bronx. Two passengers were injured. A 31-year-old man in the right rear seat was reported unconscious, and another man, age 38, was recorded as conscious but injured. Police recorded unsafe speed as a contributing factor.
3. Distracted Bronx driver shatters 83-year-old in crosswalk 2025-08-10T14:45:00+00:00
   BRONXWOOD AVE
   A westbound Nissan driver blew through Bronxwood Ave and hit an 83-year-old woman crossing with the signal. Police say the driver was distracted and failed to yield, leaving her with abdominal and pelvic fractures.
   An 83-year-old woman was crossing at Bronxwood Ave and Pelham Pkwy N in the Bronx when a westbound 2008 Nissan driver hit her. According to the police report, she sustained abdominal and pelvic injuries including a fracture-dislocation. The pedestrian was crossing with the signal. Police recorded driver inattention and failure to yield right of way by the driver on this arterial street.
4. Two SUV drivers slam into family on Pelham 2025-07-20T20:30:00+00:00
   PELHAM PKWY N
   Two SUV drivers crashed at Pelham Parkway North and Seymour Avenue on a Sunday night. Four people inside one Jeep, ages 44 to 68, left with neck, back, and leg injuries while both drivers were listed as just going straight.
   Two SUV drivers crashed at Pelham Parkway North and Seymour Avenue in the Bronx on a Sunday evening. According to the police report, both drivers were going straight when a 66-year-old woman driving a Jeep with four occupants hit a southbound SUV. Four people in the Jeep, ages 44 to 68, reported neck, back, and lower-leg injuries. Police listed the primary driver as a senior.
5. Teen Scooter Rider Thrown in Pelham Parkway Crash 2025-07-06T17:01:00+00:00
   PELHAM PKWY N
   A 14-year-old standing-scooter rider collided with a westbound sedan at Pelham Parkway North and Bronxwood Avenue and was ejected, left unconscious with head and crush injuries. The sedan’s 37-year-old driver reported minor injuries.
   According to the police report, a 14-year-old boy riding a standing scooter southbound collided with a westbound sedan at Pelham Parkway North and Bronxwood Avenue on a Sunday afternoon. The teen, recorded as the scooter’s driver, was ejected and found unconscious with head and crush injuries. The sedan’s 37-year-old woman driver reported non-specified injuries. The scooter rider was listed as unlicensed.