Recent severe crashes

1. SUV driver fails to yield, kills woman 2025-12-08T20:54:00+00:00
   W 53 ST
   A 61-year-old SUV driver turned on Broadway and hit a 60-year-old woman crossing W 53rd with the signal. Police say the driver failed to yield; her crush injuries were fatal.
   According to the police report, a 61-year-old man driving an SUV south on Broadway made a left turn onto West 53rd Street around 8:54 p.m. and hit a 60-year-old woman who was crossing the intersection with the signal. Police recorded failure to yield right-of-way by the driver. The woman had crush injuries to her head and died from those injuries.
2. Unlicensed SUV driver backs over Midtown pedestrians, kills woman 2025-09-24T14:40:00+00:00
   E 40 ST
   An unlicensed SUV driver backing on E 40th at Fifth hit two people crossing with the signal. A woman died from head wounds. A 55-year-old man suffered a head fracture. Police recorded backing unsafely and failure to yield.
   An unlicensed SUV driver backing west on East 40th Street at Fifth Avenue hit two pedestrians in the intersection Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan. According to the police report, both were crossing with the signal when the driver hit them. A woman sustained fatal head injuries. A 55-year-old man suffered head trauma and a fracture. Police recorded backing unsafely and failure to yield as contributing factors. A box-truck driver was stopped in traffic during the crash.
3. Parked SUV Door, Dead Cyclist on 51st 2025-02-18T15:05:00+00:00
   W 51 ST
   A 67-year-old man rode west on W 51st. Someone opened an SUV door into his path. He hit, flew, and went down hard. He died there, on a Midtown corner built for cars, not for him.
   According to the police report, a 67-year-old man riding a bike west on W 51st Street at 5th Avenue hit the door of a parked SUV and was ejected, suffering fatal head injuries. The report notes the SUV was parked on a cold weekday afternoon and lists the cyclist as unconscious at the scene. No specific contributing factors were recorded for either party.
4. Left-Turning SUV Driver Kills Woman in Midtown Crosswalk 2025-02-11T22:22:00+00:00
   W 58 ST
   An SUV driver turned left off Sixth Avenue and hit an 83-year-old woman crossing W 58th with the signal. The impact crushed her head. She died in the crosswalk under the winter night lights.
   An 83-year-old woman was killed while crossing W 58th Street at Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan on a February evening. According to the police report, she was crossing with the signal in the crosswalk when a northbound SUV driver making a left turn hit her with the vehicle’s left front bumper. She suffered a fatal head injury and died at the scene. Weather records show light snow and below-freezing temperatures at the time.
5. Bus driver hits man off Fifth Avenue 2025-01-26T21:34:00+00:00
   5 AVE
   A bus driver heading down Fifth hit a 39-year-old man who was not in the roadway near East 51st Street. Night, steel, and a giant vehicle left him dead on the street.
   According to the police report, a southbound bus driver hit a 39-year-old man near Fifth Avenue and East 51st Street in Manhattan on a Sunday night. The report notes the man was a pedestrian, not in the roadway, when the bus’s right front bumper made contact. He died at the scene. The bus is listed as an oversized vehicle in the record.