Co-op City: Traffic Crash Statistics

Recent severe crashes

1. Bartow Avenue chain crash injures boy 2025-11-25T15:17:00+00:00
   2138 BARTOW AVE
   Three sedan drivers met on Bartow Avenue. Steel jumped and glass shook. A boy grabbed his gut. A man slumped with a head wound. Another driver and a woman took bruises. Police wrote every cause as Unspecified.
   Three sedan drivers crashed near 2138 Bartow Avenue in the Bronx, injuring people riding inside the cars, including children. A 12-year-old boy in a right rear seat reported abdomen and pelvis pain. A 35-year-old male driver was recorded unconscious with a head injury. Another driver, age 54, suffered a bruised lower leg. A 45-year-old woman riding in a front passenger seat sustained shoulder and upper arm bruising. According to the police report, every contributing factor for each driver and passenger was listed only as “Unspecified.” Police recorded no defined driver violations such as Failure to Yield, Following Too Closely, or Unsafe Speed in the data.
2. Lexus driver rear-ends Bronx cyclist 2025-11-18T09:30:00+00:00
   BAYCHESTER AVE
   On Baychester by Aldrich, a Lexus driver hit a man on a bike from behind. The rider went down hard. His head met Bronx pavement. The car stayed clean. The cyclist took the blood and the bruise.
   A northbound Lexus sedan driver on Baychester Avenue near Aldrich Street in the Bronx hit the center back end of a bike traveling in the same direction. The 35-year-old cyclist fell and suffered a head abrasion but remained conscious. According to the police report, both the sedan and the bike were “Going Straight Ahead,” and contributing factors were listed only as “Unspecified” for everyone involved. Police recorded no specific named driver errors beyond those unspecified factors. The report notes the cyclist used “Helmet Only (In-Line Skater/Bicyclist).” No injuries were recorded for the Lexus driver or any other occupants.
3. Box truck driver slams sedan 2025-11-17T09:40:00+00:00
   NEW ENGLAND THRUWAY NB EXIT 11
   On the New England Thruway, a box truck driver hit a sedan from behind. Metal crumpled. A 34-year-old clutched his back while shaken riders waited in the roar of traffic.
   A northbound box truck driver hit the rear of a northbound sedan on the New England Thruway near Exit 11 in the Bronx. The impact crushed the sedan’s center back end and damaged the truck’s front. The 34-year-old sedan driver suffered a recorded back injury, and other occupants in both vehicles were listed with unspecified injuries. According to the police report, both drivers were going straight ahead and every contributing factor for each person is marked “Unspecified.” The report records no specific driver error and no citations, but documents a rear-end crash that left multiple people hurt on a high-speed road.
4. Box truck driver rear-ends sedan 2025-11-12T15:20:00+00:00
   NEW ENGLAND THRUWAY
   On the New England Thruway a box truck driver slammed into a northbound sedan. The sedan lurched. A woman’s head snapped. A young man’s arm bled. Police recorded driver inattention.
   A northbound box truck driver hit the back of a northbound sedan on the New England Thruway in the Bronx, injuring two people riding in the sedan. A 53-year-old woman in the front passenger seat suffered a head injury and whiplash. A 28-year-old man in the left rear seat suffered a bleeding injury to his lower arm. Both drivers were listed as uninjured. According to the police report, police recorded “Driver Inattention/Distraction” as a contributing factor in the crash. No other contributing factors were listed, and the report does not state which driver police labeled inattentive or how that inattention led to the rear-end impact.
5. Driver distraction cited in Baychester crash 2025-10-31T06:34:00+00:00
   BAYCHESTER AVE
   A driver going north on Baychester at Tillotson suffered a center-front crash. The 24-year-old driver was injured. Police recorded driver inattention/distraction.
   Crash records show a collision on Baychester Ave at Tillotson Ave in the Bronx at 6:34 a.m. A 24-year-old man driving a 2016 Mercedes sedan was traveling north, going straight. The crash left that vehicle with center-front damage. The dataset also lists another northbound vehicle with left-front damage. The driver was injured. According to the police report, the contributing factor was "Driver Inattention/Distraction". Police recorded driver inattention/distraction by the driver. No pedestrians or cyclists were listed among the injured. Other listed parties are registrants, owners, or witnesses with no injuries recorded.