Blood Thirsty NYC Streets – Why Cyclists and Pedestrians Loss

Undoubtedly NYC is a beautiful place to shift specifically in winters as there is numerous type of apartments that you can rent.

NYC streets and intersections are risking the lives of pedestrians and cyclists due to faulty design, traffic violations, and inadequate infrastructure.

Randy Perez, a 13-year-old, was hit by an SUV at the intersection of 37th Avenue and 101st Street on his way to the library.

Mabel Jensen, a 5-year-old, got an inch-long scar on her face after being clipped by a speeding biker in Riverside Park.

On 31st December 2018, a pedestrian was killed after being struck by a speeding vehicle on busy 37th Avenue at 81st Street in Jackson Heights.

Here’s the most heart-wrenching incident— a reckless truck ran over Skylar Perkin, age 1, in Queens when she and her mother were crossing the street.

These recent incidents point towards how unsafe the streets and intersection has become in NYC.

You never know when a car or cycle can run over you while crossing these streets (god forbid).

These deadly corridors can be found in each borough of NYC. Brooklyn tops the chart of fatalities rate due to these streets or intersections.

Scary Statistics That Will Make You Think Twice Before Going Out

The accident rate in NYC has been soaring for the past few years.

According to Vision Zero View data, the citywide totals of pedestrian accidents have led to 153 fatalities and 12,049 injury cases from 2009 to 2019. Bicycle accidents resulted in 19 fatalities and 3,992 injury cases throughout the same period. Most of these accidents have occurred between 6 AM and 9 AM in NYC.

The Department of Transportation admits that the death rates and injury cases have gone up this year. Their official data shows that the pedestrian death rate is 21 percent more than the last year. Besides, 66.6 percent more cyclists have lost their life in 2019.

The crashes are more likely to happen around elevated tracks, bridges, and in areas where sightlines can be blocked, according to the findings of a private firm.

The NYC Health Department reports that aged adults had the highest rate of pedestrian fatality, at 37 percent.

BEWARE! The List of NYC’s DEADLIEST Intersections

• Brooklyn: Williamsburg, between Lee Avenue and North Seventh/Metropolitan Avenue, from Berry Street to BushwickAvenueBrooklyn: Downtown Brooklyn, between Atlantic Avenue and Willoughby Street, from Boerum Place and Bond Street
• Brooklyn: Crown Heights/Bedford-Stuyvesant, between Pacific and Fulton streets, from Bedford to Brooklyn avenues
• The Bronx: Fordham/University Heights, between Aqueduct Avenue and Ryer Avenue, from West Fordham Road and West Tremont Ave
• Manhattan: Lower East Side, between Spring and Grand streets, from Broadway to Forsyth Street
• Queens: Corona, between 35th and Roosevelt Avenues, from 94th to 108th streets
• Queens: Jackson Heights, between 37th Ave and Broadway, from 76th Street to 84th Street
• Queens: Flushing, between College Point Avenue and Parsons Boulevard, from 37th to Franklin Avenue
• Queens: Ridgewood, between Woodward and Myrtle avenues, from Grove Street to Forest Ave
• Queens: Jamaica, between 89th to 90th avenues, from 164th Street to 168th Place
• Staten Island: St. George/Tompkinsville, from Jersey to Bay streets, between Victory Boulevard to Ford Place/Taft Avenue
• Staten Island: Stapleton, between Bay and Van Duzer streets, from Wright to Tompkins streets

(Courtesy: BOM)

What Make These NYC Intersections Dangerous?

Most of these corridors are dangerous because of faulty design as well as the lack of basic traffic infrastructure. For example, there is no stop sign on Newkirk at Argyle, increasing the risk of a pedestrian-vehicle crash.

On top of that, it is not easy for the drivers to spot the sightlines on those intersections, forcing their cars into the crosswalk. In some areas like Williamsburg and the Lower Eastside, many vehicles go through the busy residential neighborhoods to reach the bridge.

Many major bridges across NYC are crammed with heavy vehicles, pedestrians, and bikes in their narrow corridors. Illegal parking, lack of bike lane network, excessive speed, and right of way violations are other driving factors behind the ever-increasing road accidents in NYC.