Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD Crash Investigations

NYPD has a credibility problem when it comes to describing traffic crashes, but the media has been slow to catch on. Image via WCBS

Witness: Speeding Driver Ran Red and Struck Cyclist. NYPD: Nah, Victim’s Fault.

By Brad Aaron | Sep 25, 2017 | 14 Comments

A Citi Bike rider suffered severe head trauma in a collision that NYPD claims he caused. But the only witness interviewed in the press says the victim was following the rules.

Hylan Boulevard at Bayview Avenue in Prince’s Bay, where a driver killed Jenna Daniels in 2014. Though nearly three years have passed, NYPD refused to release the crash report to the public. Photo: Google Maps

NYPD Rejects Request for Fatal Crash Report as “Unwarranted Invasion” of Driver’s Privacy

By Brad Aaron | Sep 6, 2017 | 2 Comments

The mayor's Vision Zero initiative hasn't changed NYPD's practice of keeping crash reports under lock and key, away from public scrutiny.

The intersection of Ocean Parkway and Quentin Road immediately after an eastbound driver fatally struck Chaim Miller.

Bearing Witness to the Crash That Claimed the Life of Chaim Miller

By Charles Komanoff | Sep 6, 2017 | 30 Comments

This account of the crash that took the life of cyclist Chaim Miller in Brooklyn last Friday was written by an eyewitness who wishes to remain anonymous.

Canal Street at Bowery, where a yellow cab driver killed cyclist Edouard Menuau. Photo: Google Maps

NYPD in Default Victim-Blaming Mode After Yellow Cab Driver Kills Cyclist in Chinatown

By Brad Aaron | Aug 29, 2017 | 5 Comments

NYC motorists killed four people riding bikes over a 15-day period in June and July. In every case, NYPD said the victim ran a red while citing no corroborative evidence.

Saunders Street at 63rd Avenue in Rego Park. Photo: Google Maps

NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed Senior in Rego Park Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Aug 23, 2017 | 2 Comments

NYPD has inconsistently enforced the city's Right of Way Law, which was enacted to empower precinct cops to charge reckless drivers who harm people.

NYPD has a get-out-of-jail-free card for drivers of large trucks who strike and kill people. Image: News 12

NYPD Gives Trash Truck Drivers Carte Blanche to Run People Over and Leave the Scene

By Brad Aaron | Aug 16, 2017 | 46 Comments

The Brooklyn Paper published a damning story Tuesday on the NYPD practice of withholding information on fatal traffic crashes from victims' families and the public. An NYPD spokesperson told the paper that police just didn't have sufficient grounds to charge the Action Carting driver who killed cyclist Neftaly Ramirez and left the scene -- echoing statements police made before they even located the driver.

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