There are many lessons to be learned by New Yorkers who take a few minutes to review the chart below provided by the NYPD for the month of January 2020. In fact, what jumps out at readers are lessons that if heeded could prevent serious injury, even death, when moving around the City by vehicle or on foot.   The chart hardly needs an explanation. It’s a compilation of data gathered by the NYPD of

And in another report StreetBlog.org warms pedestrians and cyclists to beware of men in blue with badges who drive recklessly According to a recent report in STREETSblog.com, The Federal Highway Administration (FHA) is letting some states set their own auto injury targets for their roadways by setting the bar for pedestrian and cyclist fatalities so high it takes some of the pressure off of those responsible for improving the YOY safety of city and state streets and

Driving in New York City and surrounding areas is rife with potential dangers. Whether you’re behind the wheel of a car weaving through mid-town traffic, on expressways heading into or out of the city, or traversing the City on foot or on a Citi Bike, accidents involving motor vehicles happen every day. To drivers behind the wheel of a car or truck and to those who don’t even carry a driver’s license and get around

It wouldn’t be hyperbolic to say New York City streets have become a bloody mess in 2019, according to a recent report published in Streetsblog NYC, an online pub that provides important public safety information for New York City dwellers. It’s obvious based on data contained in the Streetsblog article that Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero Action Plan is clearly not delivering on the promise. Launched with much fanfare on February 18, 2014, the plan

The simple fact is, getting behind the wheel of a car is the riskiest thing most people do every day. But since fatal car crashes typically involve on average one-to-two people, coupled with the fact that accident occurrences are scattered daily all over New York City, the general public doesn’t realize their collective toll. “If a passenger jet airplane were crashing every day in the U.S.,” Jay W. Dankner, managing partner of the top New

By Jay W. Dankner If you live anywhere other than in about 8 states in the U.S. that either never or rarely gets snow and ice in the winter, ask yourself this: is your vehicle prepared to keep you safe if you live in one of those remaining 42 states where winter driving is about to get a little-to-very dangerous, and the days much shorter. I’m not saying preventative maintenance isn’t important year-round. But winter

For most New Yorkers this information may seem counter-intuitive. Even “fake news” possibly. But all any skeptic need do to allay his or her doubts is to examine the latest data from the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to confirm the following statement: Nationally, the death rate of children caused by motor vehicles on a per capita basis was more than twice that found in New York City (4.4 deaths per

Terrifying car accidents in wintry weather, such as those that occurred as a result of this winter season’s first major snow storm – dubbed “The Bomb Cyclone” – which hit the New York metropolitan area in January, have killed nearly 4,000 Americans over the past five years, a new survey found. Survivors recount scary tales of cars and trucks flying like huge missiles around them. “While we usually think of tornadoes or floods as the