""There have been 159 traffic fatalities through 2025, which is down 18 percent from the 194 traffic deaths recorded at this point in 2024," the DOT press release stated. Now, of course, total fatalities are so low even in bad years that they're not statistically significant in a city of more than eight million people. That's why Streetsblog (and DOT) tend to look at injury-causing crashes, of which there are tens of thousands every year."
"The agency didn't go into detail on why it thinks fatalities, crashes and injuries are down virtually across the board (though Queens South actually had a slight increase in crashes this year). Yes, it touted the Schermerhorn Street protected two-way bike lane (installed in 2022), the White Plains Road protected bike lane and road diet (also installed in 2022), and the agency's decade-long work on Queens Boulevard, but it remains unclear why those and so many other years-old projects are kicking in this year."
DOT reported 159 traffic fatalities through 2025, an 18 percent decrease from 194 at the same point in 2024. NYPD data show total reported collisions down 8.3 percent to 61,609 through Sept. 28 and crash injuries down 9.3 percent to 36,143. Absolute fatality counts remain small relative to city population and are not statistically significant on their own. DOT highlighted prior infrastructure projects such as protected bike lanes and Queens Boulevard work but did not fully explain the timing of the 2025 declines. Congestion pricing reduced central Manhattan car volumes and coincided with crash reductions.
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