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A terrifying bicycle accident in Queens last month has turned tragic. One of the victims, a 55-year-old woman, has succumbed to injuries she suffered after being run over by a drunk driver. Nancy Pease was participating in the 28th Annual NYC Century Bike Tour last...
An Uber accident in New York has sent a cyclist to the hospital with serious injuries. The 23-year-old victim from Rochester, New York was visiting the city, taking the sites on the back of a "shared" Citi Bike, at the time of the crash. This scary bicycle accident in...
A midday bicycle accident in Manhattan sent a young woman to the hospital after she was run into by a dump truck. The 27-year-old victim was riding a Citi Bike along Seventh Avenue in Midtown around 11:30 in the morning when she was struck by the truck. Witnesses who...
Every year there are thousands of minor bicycle accidents in New York City and hundreds more that are serious enough to leave victims suffering serious and life-threatening injuries. Sadly every year an average of 15 people are killed in collisions with automobiles...
Police are scrambling to locate a driver after a bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run accident involving a garbage truck earlier this week. The 27-year-old victim, identified as Neftaly Ramirez, was struck by a garbage truck near the intersection of Noble Street as...
During a period of just four short weeks, five people have been killed while riding their bicycles in New York. While tragic fatal bicycle accidents in New York City aren't unheard of, it's rare that so many happen in such a short amount of time.The most recent...
An important component of New York City's Vision Zero plan to reduce all traffic fatalities to zero is open and available reporting. To that end, the "Vision Zero View" interactive map allows users to see traffic crash data depicted as color-coded dot. While the tool...
Data collated by dna info shows that the overall number of fatal bicycle accidents in New York City has remained relatively level for nearly the last twenty years. That statistics has left many asking "are the city's safety measures really having the intended effect?"...
A fatal bicycle accident in New York City claimed the life of a 36-year old man earlier this month and was the first deadly accident involving NYC's premiere bike-sharing program Citi Bike. The accident occurred in Chelsea on Monday June 13th as Dan Hanegby, an...
An elderly man was killed in a bicycle accident in Manhattan last week. This is the second such fatal bike crash in Chelsea involving a charter bus in as many weeks. (Earlier this month a 36-year-old investment banker was killed while riding a Citi Bike through the...