Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester: Traffic Crash Statistics

Recent severe crashes

1. BMW driver kills Bronx pedestrian 2025-12-06T00:17:00+00:00
   E 222 ST
   A BMW driver went east on East 222nd Street and hit a 27-year-old man on Boston Road. The crash crushed his body. Paramedics found no life left. A midnight strike on a wide Bronx road.
   A male driver in a 2025 BMW sedan traveled east on East 222nd Street near Boston Road just after midnight and hit a 27-year-old man walking outside an intersection. The impact tore through the pedestrian’s entire body, and he was killed at the scene. According to the police report, the pedestrian was listed as “Pedestrian/Bicyclist/Other Pedestrian Not at Intersection,” and the point of impact was the center front end of the sedan. Police recorded all contributing factors for the driver and pedestrian as “Unspecified,” leaving official records silent on the precise driver error that led to this deadly crash.
2. Driver backing tractor truck injures Bronx pedestrian 2025-10-31T15:30:00+00:00
   3515 HEATHCOTE AVE
   At 3515 Heathcote Ave, a truck driver backed and hit a 64-year-old man who was not in the roadway. The man suffered chest crush injuries. Police recorded Backing Unsafely by the driver.
   At 3515 Heathcote Ave in the Bronx, a truck driver backed a tractor truck and hit a 64-year-old man who was not in the roadway. The man suffered crush injuries to his chest. He was recorded as injured. An occupant of the truck was listed with an unspecified injury status. According to the police report, "Backing Unsafely" was the contributing factor, and police recorded Backing Unsafely by the driver. The point of impact was the center of the rear of the truck. The data lists a 2013 Mack tractor truck registered in New Jersey. The crash did not occur at an intersection.
3. Driver hits man in Bronx crosswalk 2025-12-02T15:40:00+00:00
   BOSTON RD
   A driver ran down Boston Road and hit a man in the Wilson Avenue crosswalk. Police logged failure to yield and unsafe speed. The right front bumper took him down. He lay scraped and hurting but awake in the Bronx glare.
   A driver in a 2009 Chevy sedan going straight on Boston Road at Wilson Avenue in the Bronx hit a 34-year-old man who was crossing at the intersection with the signal. According to the police report, the pedestrian was injured, with abrasions and pain to his entire body, and remained conscious at the scene. According to the police report, “contributing factors” included “Failure to Yield Right-of-Way” and “Unsafe Speed.” Police recorded failure to yield by the driver and unsafe speed by the driver while the man crossed with the signal. The right front bumper of the sedan hit him. The database shows no reported damage to the car, only harm to the person in the street.
4. Distracted Bronx driver injures passenger 2025-11-17T20:02:00+00:00
   3636 BOSTON RD
   On Boston Road a sedan driver lost focus and rammed a parked car. A 66-year-old front passenger was partly thrown, neck wrenched, awake, in pain. Police recorded driver inattention and distraction.
   A crash near 3636 Boston Road in the Bronx left a 66-year-old woman riding in the front passenger seat of a sedan injured. A driver in a 2024 Honda sedan hit a parked 2015 BMW sedan, damaging the moving car’s left front bumper and the parked car’s right rear bumper. The woman was partially ejected, stayed conscious, and suffered neck injury and whiplash. According to the police report, the contributing factor was “Driver Inattention/Distraction.” Police recorded driver inattention and distraction by the driver. Other occupants were listed with unspecified injury status. The case was logged in the 47th Precinct.
5. Left-turning Bronx driver injures teen 2025-11-04T07:40:00+00:00
   GIVAN AVE
   On Givan at Eastchester, a Hyundai driver swung left and hit a 16-year-old on a motorized device going straight. The boy went down with leg wounds. Police recorded driver inattention.
   A driver in a 2013 Hyundai sedan turned left from Givan Avenue at Eastchester Road in the Bronx and hit a 16-year-old who was operating another motorized vehicle and going straight. The teen suffered knee and lower-leg injuries and stayed conscious. According to the police report, “police recorded driver inattention/Distraction.” Data list the Hyundai driver making a left turn and the teen proceeding straight, with impact to the car’s right-side doors. Police note that the teen’s safety equipment was recorded as “None,” but only after driver inattention was listed as the contributing factor.