Wakefield-Woodlawn: Traffic Crash Statistics

Recent severe crashes

1. Driver Hits Woman Crossing With Signal in Bronx 2025-09-21T07:10:00+00:00
   WHITE PLAINS RD
   A driver hit a 58-year-old woman crossing with the signal at White Plains Road and Nereid Avenue. She suffered severe lower-leg cuts and shock.
   According to the police report, a driver hit a 58-year-old woman who was crossing with the signal at the intersection of White Plains Road and Nereid Avenue in the Bronx at 7:10 a.m. The pedestrian suffered severe lacerations to the lower leg and foot and was listed in shock. Two occupants were listed as witnesses. Police recorded no contributing factors in the data and did not specify a vehicle type. The woman was crossing with the signal. No allegations of failure to yield were recorded in the report.
2. SUV Strikes Pedestrian Crossing With Signal 2025-07-09T17:02:00+00:00
   E 232 ST
   An SUV hit a 67-year-old woman in the Bronx. She crossed with the signal. The impact crushed her head. She lay unconscious. The driver turned left. Police list no clear cause.
   A 67-year-old woman was struck and injured by an SUV while crossing E 232 St at White Plains Rd in the Bronx. According to the police report, she was crossing with the signal at the intersection when the driver, a 53-year-old man, made a left turn and hit her with the left front bumper. The woman suffered head injuries and was found unconscious with crush injuries. The police report lists all contributing factors as 'Unspecified.' No driver errors are noted in the data.
3. Bronx SUV driver hits woman crossing 2025-12-02T08:54:00+00:00
   NEREID AVE
   On Nereid Avenue at Bronx Boulevard, a man driving an SUV turned left and hit a woman crossing with the signal. She went down in pain, her whole body hurt, as police logged failure to yield and distraction.
   A 56-year-old man driving a 2011 Toyota SUV on Nereid Avenue in the Bronx turned left at Bronx Boulevard and hit a 39-year-old woman who was walking in the intersection. She was recorded as a pedestrian with pain and injury to her entire body and listed in shock. According to the police report, she was “Crossing With Signal” at the time of impact. According to the police report, officers recorded “Failure to Yield Right-of-Way” and “Driver Inattention/Distraction” for the driver. Police also listed the same contributing factors for the vehicle’s registrant and noted no damage to the SUV’s left front bumper.
4. Truck driver injures woman crossing 2025-12-02T06:50:00+00:00
   773 E 233 ST
   A truck driver rolled west on East 233rd. A woman crossed the Bronx street in the dark. The right front bumper caught her and left her bruised and hurting in the cold morning light.
   A driver in a 2023 Ford box truck traveled west on East 233rd Street near 773 East 233rd Street in the Bronx and hit a 56-year-old woman with the truck’s right front bumper. She was walking outside an intersection, crossing without a signal or crosswalk, and suffered a neck injury and bruising. According to the police report, the only listed contributing factor was “Pedestrian/Bicyclist/Other Pedestrian Error/Confusion,” applied to both the pedestrian and the driver. Police recorded no additional driver-specific factors and did not note any citation or charge against the driver in the report.
5. Tow truck driver hits woman 2025-12-01T06:12:00+00:00
   MURDOCK AVE
   A tow truck driver cut left on Murdock and took the light from a woman in the crosswalk. She walked with the signal. He failed to yield. Her head hit. Dawn on Nereid. Street went cold and still.
   A licensed tow truck driver in a 2022 Ford truck made a left turn at Murdock Avenue and Nereid Avenue in the Bronx and hit a 65-year-old woman who was crossing at the intersection. She was a pedestrian, crossing with the signal, and suffered a head injury, pain, and shock. According to the police report, the crash listed “Failure to Yield Right-of-Way” as the contributing factor for both the driver and the injured pedestrian, reflecting the same coded cause on each record. Police recorded failure to yield by the driver as the key factor in this collision.