Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about “Accidents”

New York DMV No Longer Describes Traffic Crashes as “Accidents” [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Feb 14, 2013 | 13 Comments

A sharp-eyed reader pointed out to us that the New York State DMV has stopped using the word “accident” in its annual statistical summaries. On its 2011 data web page, and in each of its 2011 reports, DMV refers to traffic crashes as “crashes.” “Accident” does not appear in any of the agency’s 2011 materials. […]

Ghost Bikes Memorial Ride Marks Another Year of Loss

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 7, 2008 | 3 Comments

Grief, solidarity and resolve brought out two hundred New York cyclists yesterday for the third annual Ghost Bikes Memorial Ride, to commemorate cyclists killed by motor vehicle drivers last year. At the Canal Street & Bowery triangle by the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge bike path, Steve Hindy raised his empty arms in a pantomime […]

January 3rd: The Wrongdoer is Brought to Justice

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 21, 2007 | 12 Comments

"The wrongdoer is brought to justice because his act has disturbed and gravely endangered the community as a whole, and not because damage has been done to individuals who are entitled to reparation. It is the body politic itself that stands in need of being repaired, and it is the general public order that has […]

S.I. Ped Killings Cause Some to Ask, What’s an “Accident?”

By Brad Aaron | Dec 21, 2007 | 16 Comments

Rev. Lyle Guttu, a fixture at Staten Island’s Wagner College since 1972, was struck by an SUV in the West Brighton neighborhood of Staten Island last Saturday. He died Sunday evening. The Staten Island Advance reports: Guttu was crossing Bement, heading east from Chase Manhattan Bank at around 2:40 p.m. Saturday, when he was struck […]

Details and Questions Emerge in Brooklyn Cyclist Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Oct 19, 2007 | 27 Comments

Craig Murphey The deaths of two Brooklyn cyclists just hours apart yesterday have resulted in a homicide charge and an outpouring of grief for a man friends describe as "a truly thoughtful and selfless individual." Friends of one of the victims are also questioning the official account of his death. City dailies report that Williamsburg […]

Two Cyclists Killed in Brooklyn This Morning

By Brad Aaron | Oct 18, 2007 | 16 Comments

From WABC: Two men, both bicyclists, were killed in separate accidents in Brooklyn Thursday morning. In the first, police say a bicyclist was struck and killed by an oil truck at the intersection of Union Avenue and Ten Eyck Street in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. The bicyclist, a 26-year-old Massachusetts resident, was hit […]

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