Recent severe crashes

1. SUV Driver Runs Light, Kills 65-Year-Old Cyclist 2025-07-29T18:06:00+00:00
   2 AVE
   Driver heading south on 2nd Ave blew a traffic control and hit a 65-year-old e-bike rider at East 15th Street. The unlicensed rider was thrown, left unconscious with head and crush injuries, and died from those wounds.
   A 2024 Nissan SUV driver traveling south on 2nd Avenue hit a 65-year-old man riding an e-bike at East 15th Street in Manhattan. According to the police report, both the SUV driver and the cyclist were recorded as disregarding traffic control. The impact ejected the rider, who was left unconscious with head and crush injuries. Police listed his injury severity as fatal.
2. Truck and Convertible Trap Cyclist on E 23rd 2025-05-30T12:44:00+00:00
   E 23 ST
   A 61-year-old cyclist riding up 3rd Avenue was hit between a pickup truck and a convertible at E 23rd Street. He left with crush injuries to his leg. Midday, clear sightlines, and still drivers closed in on the only unprotected body there.
   According to the police report, a 61-year-old male cyclist riding north on 3rd Avenue at East 23rd Street in Manhattan was injured when drivers in a pickup truck and a convertible, both traveling north, hit his bicycle. The cyclist sustained crush injuries to his knee, lower leg and foot. Police listed a general “Pedestrian/Bicyclist/Other Pedestrian Error/Confusion” contributing factor. The truck was classified as an oversized vehicle.
3. Distracted taxi driver knocks 66-year-old off bike 2025-11-10T10:18:00+00:00
   PARK AVE S
   A taxi driver going north on Park Avenue South hit a 66-year-old woman on a bike and knocked her to the pavement near East 26th Street. She went down hard and scraped her arm while police recorded driver inattention.
   According to the police report, a 60-year-old taxi driver heading north on Park Avenue South near East 26th Street hit a 66-year-old woman riding a bike north on the same street around 10:18 a.m. The impact threw the cyclist from her bike. She suffered an abrasion to her elbow and lower arm and was recorded as injured. Police recorded Driver Inattention/Distraction for both the taxi driver and the cyclist.
4. Distracted SUV driver slams bike rider 2025-11-09T15:13:00+00:00
   251 PARK AVE S
   A distracted SUV driver going north by 251 Park Ave South hit a northbound cyclist in afternoon traffic. Steel wandered; the rider’s arm took the blow. Police recorded distraction for both the driver and the 35-year-old rider.
   A driver in a Toyota SUV traveling north hit a northbound cyclist near 251 Park Avenue South in Manhattan on a Sunday afternoon. According to the police report, the 35-year-old rider stayed conscious and suffered a contusion to the elbow and lower arm. Police recorded Driver Inattention/Distraction for the SUV driver and for the cyclist, along with pedestrian/bicyclist error or confusion for the rider. Both were listed as going straight before impact.
5. SUV driver dives for spot, nails cyclist 2025-11-07T19:05:00+00:00
   338 E 19 ST
   On E 19th Street, an SUV driver lunged for a parking space and hit a westbound cyclist. The 36-year-old rider bruised his arm while police logged driver inattention and following too closely.
   A driver in a 2012 Jeep SUV moved into a parking space on E 19th Street near 338 E 19th Street in Manhattan and hit a westbound cyclist. According to the police report, the 36-year-old man on the bike sustained a contusion to his elbow and lower arm and remained conscious. Police recorded driver inattention and following too closely as contributing factors for the SUV driver.