Tribeca-Civic Center: Traffic Crash Statistics

Recent severe crashes

1. SUV Driver Inattention Injures Cyclist on Canal 2025-05-10T00:15:00+00:00
   CANAL ST
   An SUV struck a cyclist on Canal Street. The rider suffered severe head cuts. Police cite driver inattention and inexperience. The crash left the cyclist bleeding, the SUV undamaged.
   A crash on Canal Street in Manhattan left a 23-year-old cyclist with severe head lacerations. According to the police report, an SUV traveling west struck the cyclist, who was making a left turn. The cyclist was partially ejected and injured. Police list 'Driver Inattention/Distraction' and 'Driver Inexperience' as contributing factors. The SUV driver was licensed and uninjured. No damage was reported to the SUV. The cyclist was not using safety equipment, but the report centers driver error as the cause.
2. E-Bike Fails to Yield, Pedestrian Suffers Head Injury 2025-05-01T22:47:00+00:00
   CHURCH ST
   E-bike struck a woman crossing at Chambers and Church. She fell, hit her head, bled badly. The rider failed to yield. The street stayed loud and bright.
   A 58-year-old woman was hit by an e-bike at the intersection of Chambers Street and Church Street in Manhattan. She suffered a head injury and severe bleeding, and was found unconscious. According to the police report, the e-bike operator failed to yield the right-of-way. The report lists 'Failure to Yield Right-of-Way' as the main contributing factor. No other causes were cited.
3. Sedan Strikes Elderly Man on Canal Street 2025-01-27T17:35:00+00:00
   CANAL ST
   A Toyota sedan hit an 88-year-old man crossing Canal Street. Blood pooled on the asphalt. The driver kept straight. The man lay silent, head wounded, as traffic pulsed around him in the cold Manhattan dusk.
   According to the police report, an 88-year-old pedestrian was struck by a Toyota sedan while crossing Canal Street near Centre Street in Manhattan. The incident occurred at 5:35 p.m. The narrative states, 'An 88-year-old man stepped into the street, no signal, no crosswalk. A Toyota sedan struck him head-on. He fell, bleeding from the head, silent on the cold asphalt. The driver kept going straight.' The report lists 'Pedestrian/Bicyclist/Other Pedestrian Error/Confusion' as a contributing factor. The sedan's point of impact was the right front bumper, and the driver was traveling straight ahead. The victim suffered severe head bleeding and was in shock. The police report does not cite any driver errors or violations, but emphasizes the pedestrian's location and action at the time of the crash.
4. SUV driver hits woman in crosswalk 2025-12-02T19:34:00+00:00
   LAIGHT ST
   On Laight Street a Volvo driver turned left toward Washington and hit a woman crossing with the signal. Her leg ripped on the pavement. Police recorded failure to yield by the driver.
   A 50-year-old man driving a 2024 Volvo SUV west on Laight Street turned left toward Washington Street and hit a 42-year-old woman in the crosswalk. She was crossing at the intersection with the signal when the driver hit her. She suffered abrasions and injuries to her lower leg and foot and went into shock. According to the police report, officers listed “Failure to Yield Right-of-Way” as the contributing factor for the driver, the pedestrian, and the vehicle registrant. Police recorded failure to yield by the driver as the key error in this crash, while the woman crossed with the signal.
5. Distracted driver rear-ends stopped taxi 2025-12-01T23:19:00+00:00
   WEST ST
   On West Street a southbound driver looked away and drove into cars that waited in line. Metal buckled. Glass jumped. A taxi driver took the hit in his leg while police logged distraction on every line.
   A southbound sedan driver on West Street at Vestry Street drove into two southbound cars stopped in traffic, first a private sedan and then a taxi. The taxi driver, a 30-year-old man, suffered a knee and lower-leg contusion and was listed as injured. Other people in the cars were recorded with unspecified injuries. According to the police report, the only contributing factor cited was “Driver Inattention/Distraction,” repeated for the southbound sedan driver and others. Police recorded driver inattention as the key error in the crash. The report does not list any contributing actions by the injured taxi driver or the other occupants.