About these crash totals
Counts come from NYC police crash reports (NYC Open Data). We sum all crashes, injuries, and deaths for this area across the selected time window shown on the card. Injury severity follows the official definitions in the NYPD dataset.
- Crashes: number of police‑reported collisions (all road users).
- All injuries: total injured people in those crashes.
- Moderate / Serious: subcategories reported by officers (e.g., broken bones vs. life‑threatening trauma).
- Deaths: people who died due to a crash.
Notes: Police reports can be corrected after initial publication. Minor incidents without a police report are not included.
Close▸ Killed 1
▸ Crush Injuries 7
▸ Concussion 1
▸ Whiplash 9
▸ Contusion/Bruise 4
▸ Abrasion 9
▸ Pain/Nausea 3
About this chart
We group pedestrian injuries and deaths by the vehicle type that struck them (as recorded in police reports). Use the dropdown to view totals, serious injuries, or deaths.
- Trucks/Buses, SUVs/Cars, Mopeds, and Bikes reflect the reporting categories in the crash dataset.
- Counts include people on foot only; crashes with no injured pedestrians are not shown here.
Notes: Police classification can change during investigations. Small categories may have year‑to‑year variance.
CloseAbout these numbers
These totals count vehicles with at least the shown number of camera‑issued speeding violations (school‑zone speed cameras) in any rolling 12‑month window in this district. Totals are summed from 2022 to the present for this geography.
- ≥ 6 (6+): advocates’ standard for repeat speeding offenders who should face escalating consequences.
- ≥ 16 (16+): threshold in the current edited bill awaiting State Senate action.
About this list
This ranks vehicles by the number of NYC school‑zone speed‑camera violations they received in the last 12 months anywhere in the city. The smaller note shows how many times the same plate was caught in this area in the last 90 days.
Camera violations are issued by NYC DOT’s program. Counts reflect issued tickets and may omit dismissed or pending cases. Plate text is shown verbatim as recorded.
CloseBay Terrace–Clearview: Blood on the Parkways
Bay Terrace-Clearview: Jan 1, 2022 - Aug 16, 2025
The last twelve months
1 person killed. 103 injured. 6 seriously injured. Those are this area’s numbers for the year, from city crash data through 2025-08-16. Harm concentrates at night. Serious injuries peak around 22:00 (about 10 p.m.).
On 2025-07-02 a 51-year-old driver died on the Cross Island Parkway at Bell Blvd, per city records (CrashID 4824810). The parkways cut through Bay Terrace–Clearview. The toll is steady.
We already saw the warning
A wrong-way driver on the Clearview Expressway smashed into other cars and sent people to the hospital. A jury convicted him. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said, “Joseph Lee terrorized other drivers as he purposefully drove the wrong way on a busy Queens highway and crashed into multiple cars” (amNY). The driver told police he entered the expressway the wrong way “because I wanted to hurt people and I felt ‘liberated’ by what I had done” (amNY).
High-speed roads. Human bodies. Metal wins.
Hotspots and patterns
Two corridors dominate injuries: Cross Island Parkway and Clearview Expressway. Nights are worse; many serious injuries happen near 22:00. Common contributing factors are failure-to-yield, inattention/distraction, and other driver errors. Cars and SUVs account for most recorded pedestrian injuries in this period.
Local, concrete fixes now:
- Daylight crossings and clear sight lines at feeder streets.
- Leading pedestrian intervals (LPIs) at signalized approaches.
- Add targeted nighttime lighting and enforcement at ramps and service roads where crashes cluster.
- Traffic-calming on nearby local streets and hardened turn radii at ramp exits.
What leaders did — and didn’t
Council Member Vickie Paladino introduced Int. 1362-2025, which would remove bus- and bike-lane quotas from the Streets Master Plan (Legistar). That rollback would strip concrete targets for protected lanes.
State Senator Toby Stavisky voted yes in committee for S 4045, a bill to require intelligent speed-assistance devices for repeat dangerous drivers (Open States). That is the right target: the worst repeat offenders cause outsized harm.
Set the local priority plain: keep and expand protected bus and bike lanes; slow cars on local streets; harden ramps and crossings; and force repeat speeders to obey the law.
Citywide fixes this points to
Local patterns repeat across NYC. Two citywide moves would cut this harm fast: lower the city’s default speed limit to 20 mph, and require speed limiters (intelligent speed-assistance) for habitual speeders. The state committee vote on S 4045 shows a path for speed limiters statewide (Open States).
What to push now
- Lower the default city speed limit to 20 mph.
- Pass speed limiters for repeat offenders statewide (S 4045) (Open States).
- Fix local hotspots: daylight crossings, add LPIs, light and enforce ramp approaches at night.
Do not wait for another body on the shoulder. Call your reps. Demand action today. (Take Action)
Citations
▸ Citations
- Wrong-way driver rams cars on expressway, amny, Published 2025-08-15
- File Int 1362-2025, NYC Council – Legistar, Published 2025-08-14
- File S 4045, Open States, Published 2025-06-12
- More Safe School Streets Coming To NYC This Fall, Streetsblog NYC, Published 2024-08-29
- Motor Vehicle Collisions – CrashID 4824810 - Crashes, Persons, Vehicles , NYC Open Data, Accessed 2025-08-16
- Hit-And-Run Kills Pedestrian Near JFK, Gothamist, Published 2025-08-13
- Queens Crash Kills Two Pedestrians, Driver, amny, Published 2025-08-13
- Queens Hit-And-Run Kills Pedestrian Near JFK, NY Daily News, Published 2025-08-13
- Pedestrian Killed In JFK Hit-And-Run, ABC7, Published 2025-08-13
- NYC Could Have Its First Car-Free Neighborhood (But Won’t Get It Due To Revanchist Pols), Streetsblog NYC, Published 2025-08-07
Other Representatives
District 26
213-33 39th Ave., Suite 238, Bayside, NY 11361
Room 422, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248
District 19
250 Broadway, Suite 1551, New York, NY 10007
212-788-7250
District 11
134-01 20th Avenue 2nd Floor, College Point, NY 11356
Room 913, Legislative Office Building 188 State St., Albany, NY 12247
▸ Other Geographies
Bay Terrace-Clearview Bay Terrace-Clearview sits in Queens, Precinct 109, District 19, AD 26, SD 11, Queens CB7.
▸ See also
Traffic Safety Timeline for Bay Terrace-Clearview
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Sedan Hits Pedestrian Making Left Turn▸Feb 7 - A 20-year-old man was struck by a sedan turning left in Queens. The pedestrian was hit outside an intersection, suffering bruises and leg injuries. The driver’s view was obstructed, leading to the collision. The victim remained conscious at the scene.
According to the police report, a 20-year-old male pedestrian was injured when a 2014 Chevrolet sedan made a left turn and struck him outside an intersection on 26 Avenue in Queens. The pedestrian suffered contusions and injuries to his knee, lower leg, and foot. The report lists 'View Obstructed/Limited' as a contributing factor, indicating the driver failed to see the pedestrian in time. The point of impact was the sedan’s left front bumper. The driver was licensed and traveling west. No other contributing factors or victim errors were noted.
Feb 7 - A 20-year-old man was struck by a sedan turning left in Queens. The pedestrian was hit outside an intersection, suffering bruises and leg injuries. The driver’s view was obstructed, leading to the collision. The victim remained conscious at the scene.
According to the police report, a 20-year-old male pedestrian was injured when a 2014 Chevrolet sedan made a left turn and struck him outside an intersection on 26 Avenue in Queens. The pedestrian suffered contusions and injuries to his knee, lower leg, and foot. The report lists 'View Obstructed/Limited' as a contributing factor, indicating the driver failed to see the pedestrian in time. The point of impact was the sedan’s left front bumper. The driver was licensed and traveling west. No other contributing factors or victim errors were noted.