Long Island City-Hunters Point: Traffic Crash Statistics

Recent severe crashes

1. Distracted Cadillac driver doors e-biker 2025-11-08T14:46:00+00:00
   13-17 JACKSON AVE
   A Cadillac driver flung a door into a southbound e-bike on Jackson Avenue in Queens. The rider hit steel, flew hard, smashed face first. Blood pooled on Long Island City asphalt as police logged driver distraction.
   An e-bike rider heading south on Jackson Avenue in Queens hit the left doors of a parked 2021 Cadillac sedan near 13-17 Jackson Avenue at 2:46 p.m. The impact threw the 42-year-old rider from the bike. He suffered facial injuries and reported severe bleeding but remained conscious. According to the police report, officers listed “Driver Inattention/Distraction” as the contributing factor for the Cadillac driver and for the crash. The report shows the sedan parked before impact and the e-bike traveling straight, with contact at the sedan’s left doors and the bike’s front. According to the police report, the bicyclist wore a helmet.
2. Distracted drivers slam cars on 21st 2025-12-04T14:23:00+00:00
   21 ST
   Two northbound sedans met hard on 21st Street. A parked car took the last hit. One driver left with back pain and whiplash. Police recorded driver inattention and distraction.
   On 21st Street at 44th Avenue in Queens, two northbound sedan drivers went straight and collided, pushing damage into a parked sedan. One 30-year-old male driver was injured, reporting back pain and whiplash. Three other occupants had reported, unspecified injuries. According to the police report, officers listed “Driver Inattention/Distraction” as the contributing factor for every driver involved. Police recorded driver inattention by both moving drivers before the crash and for the registrants tied to the vehicles. No pedestrians or cyclists were listed in the report, but the chain of impacts showed how distracted drivers turned a straight stretch of street into a crash scene.
3. Taxi driver hits stopped sedan on 44 Drive 2025-10-28T20:22:00+00:00
   11-05 44 DR
   Northbound taxi driver hit a stopped sedan on 44 Drive in Queens. A 26-year-old driver suffered chest injury and whiplash. Police recorded driver inexperience by both drivers.
   In Queens, a taxi driver going north hit a sedan that was stopped in traffic at 11-05 44 Drive. The taxi driver was going straight ahead. The taxi driver’s right front bumper hit the sedan’s left side. A 26-year-old male driver was injured, with chest pain and whiplash, and remained conscious. Others were listed with unspecified injury status. According to the police report, “Driver Inexperience” was recorded for both drivers.
4. Cyclist hurt at Vernon Blvd, 44 Ave 2025-10-27T11:00:00+00:00
   VERNON BLVD
   A 60-year-old woman riding north on Vernon Blvd at 44 Ave was injured at 11 a.m. She suffered fractures and dislocation. Police recorded alcohol involvement. No other vehicle listed.
   On Vernon Blvd at 44 Ave in Queens, a 60-year-old bicyclist was injured at 11 a.m. She was riding north, going straight. She was conscious. She sustained fractures and a dislocation. According to the police report, "Alcohol Involvement" was recorded as a contributing factor. The report also lists "Unspecified." No other vehicle was listed in the crash record. The report logs the bicyclist as the only person involved, the sole occupant, and notes no damage to the bike. Injury severity was coded as level 3.
5. Driver disregards signal, injures woman on Jackson Ave 2025-10-18T23:33:00+00:00
   23-08 JACKSON AVE
   A northbound Honda driver ignored a signal on Jackson Ave in Queens and hit a 44-year-old woman crossing in the intersection. She suffered arm injuries and internal trauma.
   Police say a driver in a Honda sedan, heading north and going straight, hit a 44-year-old woman in the intersection at 23-08 Jackson Ave in Queens. She was injured, with arm wounds and internal trauma. According to the police report, "Traffic Control Disregarded" was recorded. Police recorded traffic control disregarded by the driver. The point of impact was the center front, consistent with a straight-ahead move. The sedan carried one occupant. The crash happened at 23:33. No other contributing factors were listed.