Last year, the number of e-bikes on city streets increased dramatically. So did the number of e-bike accidents in New York City. According to one report by the New York Post, the number of accidents involving e-bikes rose more than 230%. Here is what you need to know...
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Bicycle Accidents
Bicycle Accident in Queens Kills Teenager
A 16-year-old young man was struck and killed while riding a bicycle through Queens earlier this month. Police were called to the scene of the bicycle accident in New York City on June 10th when eyewitnesses reported that a car crossed a double yellow line attempting...
Study Shows Serious Injuries Head Injuries Stemming From Bicycle Accidents in New York City Decreasing for Children
Head trauma, or traumatic brain injury, is one of the most serious injuries suffered by victims in bicycle accidents in New York City. Such injuries often result in death or life-long disability and can cost victims and their family members hundreds of thousands of...
New Law Aimed at Preventing Bicycle Accidents in New York
A proposed law that would codify the distance between bicycles and passing traffic is directly aimed at combatting the rising number of bicycle accidents in New York. If passed, New York would join a number of other states that require motorists to grant bicycles at...
Bicycle Accident in New York City Ends in Arrest and Hospitalization
A pizza delivery rider was seriously injured in a bicycle accident in New York City earlier last month. The man was riding down Delancey Street on The Lower East Side of Manhattan at around 6 PM on the evening of February 9th when he was struck by a Honda Accord....
Bicycle Accident in Brooklyn Claims Life of Cyclists
Late last year, a young cyclist was killed in a fatal bicycle accident in Brooklyn. The 22-year-old man was riding his bicycle northbound along Autumn Avenue near Fulton Street on November 7th. He was struck by a car headed westbound on Fulton. The victim was thrown...
Fatal Bicycle Accident in the Bronx
A man has died from injuries he suffered in a bicycle accident in the Bronx after nearly a week in the hospital. The individual was traveling southbound on a stretch of Willis Avenue in the Bronx earlier this month when an eastbound Lexus struck him. The accident is...
Bicycle Accident in Manhattan Claims Life of Elderly Woman
A fatal bicycle accident in New York City claimed the life of an elderly woman earlier this month. The woman (who was reportedly in her seventies) was struck by an SUV on a stretch of East 14th street in Manhattan as the vehicle attempted to back into a parking space....
Deadly Bus Accident in New York City Leaves Cyclist Dead
A man was killed late last month when he was struck by an MTA bus while riding his bicycle in Brooklyn. The deadly bus accident in New York City happened on April 29th at around 4:30 in the afternoon in the northbound lane of Rogers Avenue in the Flatbush neighborhood...
Social Distancing Leads to Increase in Bicycle Accidents in New York City
Social distancing and quarantine requirements in place during the unprecedented COVID-19 outbreak here in the United States have indirectly contributed to a dramatic increase in the number of bicycle accidents in New York City. Indeed, with the incredible decrease in...