Recent severe crashes

1. Permit Driver, Drunk Move, Crushes Man on Broadway 2025-07-03T18:30:00+00:00
   W 181 ST
   A permit driver and a moped rider tangled on Broadway and sent a 23-year-old pedestrian to the hospital with crush injuries to his hip and leg. Police recorded driver inexperience, bad passing, and alcohol in the mix.
   According to the police report, a driver in a sedan and a moped rider collided on Broadway near West 181st Street in Manhattan, and the impact hit a 23-year-old man in the roadway who suffered crush injuries to his hip and upper leg. Police recorded driver inexperience, improper passing or lane usage, and alcohol involvement. The moped rider, a 36-year-old man, was partially ejected and injured. Both the sedan and moped operators held only learner permits.
2. Distracted SUV driver slams e-bike rider on Broadway 2025-04-12T20:38:00+00:00
   BROADWAY
   A 63-year-old SUV driver hit a 20-year-old woman on an e-bike on Broadway near West 181st at night. Police recorded driver inattention and tailgating. She took the hit head-on and left with a severe head injury and heavy bleeding.
   According to the police report, a 63-year-old woman driving an SUV north on Broadway near West 181st Street hit a 20-year-old woman riding an e-bike in the same direction. The e-bike overturned and the rider suffered a severe head injury with heavy bleeding and incoherence. Police recorded driver inattention and following too closely as contributing factors. The SUV driver and a 79-year-old passenger were not injured.
3. Speeding Drivers Botch Turn, Two Young Men Bleed 2025-03-07T01:04:00+00:00
   HENRY HUDSON PARKWAY
   Two 22-year-old men on Henry Hudson Parkway paid for a fast right turn. Drivers in two sedans blew the turn and hit, leaving both men semiconscious with severe head bleeding in the dark.
   Two sedans collided during a right turn on Henry Hudson Parkway around 1 a.m. Friday, leaving a 22-year-old driver and a 22-year-old passenger injured. According to the police report, both vehicles were making right turns when they crashed, and police recorded unsafe speed and improper turning by the driver as contributing factors. Both men suffered head injuries with severe bleeding and were reported semiconscious at the scene.
4. Driver Flings Door on Broadway, Cyclist Bleeds 2025-02-18T18:45:00+00:00
   BROADWAY
   A driver opened a parked sedan door on Broadway at West 190th into a southbound cyclist’s path. The rider hit it head-on and suffered severe bleeding from his arm as police recorded outside distraction and driver inattention.
   According to the police report, a driver opened the right-side door of a parked sedan on Broadway near West 190th Street into the path of a southbound cyclist. The rider hit the door head-on and sustained a serious arm injury with severe bleeding. Police recorded outside car distraction and driver inattention as contributing factors. The crash happened on a cold Tuesday evening in February.
5. Pickup driver blows left, slams sedan 2025-12-14T16:11:00+00:00
   W 181 ST
   A pickup driver turned left off W 181st and hit a westbound sedan, injuring both drivers and a passenger. Police recorded driver inattention and limited view at the busy Washington Heights corner.
   According to the police report, a 33-year-old driver in a 2023 Ford pickup turned left from W 181st Street toward Wadsworth Avenue and hit a 2023 Mercedes sedan traveling west. Both drivers and a front-seat passenger reported whiplash and back or neck injuries. Police recorded driver inattention and an obstructed view as contributing factors on a cold Sunday afternoon in Washington Heights.