Whitestone-Beechhurst: Traffic Crash Statistics

Recent severe crashes

1. Motorcycle Slams Sedan on Whitestone Expressway 2025-06-08T18:47:00+00:00
   WHITESTONE EXPRESSWAY
   A motorcycle struck a sedan’s rear on Whitestone Expressway. One man suffered crush injuries. Two sedans and a motorcycle tangled. The crash left a driver semiconscious. Police cited following too closely. Metal twisted. Lives changed in seconds.
   A crash on Whitestone Expressway involved two sedans and a motorcycle. One male driver, age 39, was injured with crush injuries and found semiconscious. According to the police report, the collision was caused by 'Following Too Closely.' The motorcycle, traveling north and changing lanes, hit the right rear quarter panel of a northbound sedan. The impact damaged the right side doors of the sedan and the motorcycle’s front end. Two other occupants, a 42-year-old female driver and a 29-year-old male, were listed with unspecified injuries. No helmet or signal use was cited as a contributing factor. The report highlights driver error as the primary cause.
2. SUV driver slams sedan in Queens 2025-11-11T17:12:00+00:00
   157 ST
   On 157th in Queens, two cars met head‑on. Steel buckled. Glass flew. A woman clutched her bruised chest. A teenager bled from the head. Police recorded failure to yield by a driver.
   Two drivers crashed at 157 St and Willets Point Blvd in Queens at 5:12 p.m. A 29-year-old woman driving an SUV westbound suffered a chest contusion. An 18-year-old man driving a northbound sedan sustained a head injury. According to the police report, “Failure to Yield Right-of-Way” appears under contributing factors. Police recorded failure to yield by a driver. Both vehicles carried only the drivers and took heavy front-end damage. An 82-year-old woman and a 47-year-old man were listed as vehicle registrants with unspecified injury status. No pedestrians or cyclists were listed in the report.
3. Distracted driver slams scooter rider 2025-11-06T16:00:00+00:00
   154 ST
   On 154th Street at 20th Road, a northbound sedan driver went straight and hit a 26-year-old woman on a standing scooter. Police recorded driver inattention and failure to yield. She suffered a head injury and lost consciousness.
   A 79-year-old sedan driver heading north on 154th Street at 20th Road in Queens went straight and hit a 26-year-old woman driving a standing scooter eastbound. The scooter rider suffered a head injury, complained of pain or nausea, and police recorded her as unconscious at the scene. According to the police report, contributing factors included “Driver Inattention/Distraction” and “Failure to Yield Right-of-Way.” Police recorded failure to yield by the driver and distraction before impact. Data list the sedan’s center front end as the impact point and the scooter’s right-front quarter panel as damaged. The report notes the scooter rider used no safety equipment, recorded after the driver’s errors.
4. Left-turning SUV driver injures Bayside pedestrian 2025-11-06T08:00:00+00:00
   16 RD
   On 16 Road at 150 Street in Bayside, a left-turning SUV driver hit a 33-year-old man in a marked crosswalk. The crash bruised his hip and leg. Police recorded failure to yield by the driver and glare.
   A driver in a 2011 Honda SUV turned left from 16 Road at 150 Street in Queens and hit a 33-year-old man who was crossing in a marked crosswalk at the intersection. The impact left him with a contusion to his hip and upper leg, and he remained conscious at the scene. According to the police report, contributing factors included “Failure to Yield Right-of-Way” by the driver and “Glare.” Police recorded failure to yield by the driver as a key factor in the crash. An 11-year-old girl rode in the rear seat of the SUV as a passenger during the collision.
5. Tire failure injures SUV driver on parkway 2025-11-02T22:00:00+00:00
   CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY
   Northbound on Cross Island Parkway. A driver in a Ford SUV kept straight. The right front took the hit. Police recorded tire failure. The 32-year-old driver suffered a concussion. No one else was reported hurt.
   A 32-year-old man driving a 2018 Ford SUV north on Cross Island Parkway was hurt when a crash damaged the right front bumper. He suffered a head injury and was reported with a concussion. No other people were listed as injured. According to the police report, the driver of the SUV was traveling north on Cross Island Parkway, and police recorded “Tire Failure/Inadequate” as the contributing factor. The report noted the point of impact and damage at the right front bumper. No Failure to Yield, speeding, or other driver error was recorded; the listed factor was tire failure.