Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD Crash Investigations

10th Avenue at W. 55th Street. Photo: Google Maps

NYPD Blames Victim After Box Truck Driver Kills Cyclist Corbin Carr, 17, in Hell’s Kitchen

By Brad Aaron | Jun 29, 2017 | 27 Comments

In light of the department's track record of putting out misleading crash information, initial police accounts can't be trusted in the absence of video evidence or testimony from witnesses other than the driver.

The block of W. 26th Street where Dan Hanegby was killed. Photo: Google Maps

NYPD: No Charges, No Tickets for Bus Driver Who Killed Dan Hanegby

By David Meyer | Jun 15, 2017 | 23 Comments

NYPD said Hanegby caused the collision that killed him. Meanwhile, council transportation chair Ydanis Rodriguez wants protected crosstown bike routes to prevent future crashes.

Ryo Oyamada and friends in NYC. Photo via Gothamist

After Death of Ryo Oyamada, NYPD Shows No Interest in Preventing Serious Police Crashes

By Brad Aaron | Jun 2, 2017 | 4 Comments

Ryo Oyamada was one of several bystanders killed in recent years in crashes involving NYPD drivers. Preventing further loss of life is apparently not a priority for NYPD or City Hall.

A motorist, in the white SUV at right, waits to make the same turn taken by the driver who killed Jenna Daniels. Image: Google Maps

NYPD Ignores Streetsblog FOIL for Crash Report on Death of 15-Year-Old Jenna Daniels

By Brad Aaron | May 30, 2017 | 2 Comments

NYPD has not responded to a Streetsblog freedom of information request for files related to a crash that killed a teenage jogger in Staten Island. Jenna Daniels, 15, was struck on the afternoon of November 15, 2014, by the driver of a pickup truck making a left turn from Hylan Boulevard onto Bayview Avenue in Prince’s Bay. NYPD never revealed the identity of the driver, and would not disclose how he was penalized for failing to exercise due care.

Jack Koval with his parents, Bobbi and Joe

Jack Koval’s Parents Had to Conduct Their Own Crash Investigation to Hold the Cop Who Struck and Killed Their Son Accountable

By Brad Aaron | May 25, 2017 | 12 Comments

NYPD blamed Jack Koval for his own death, and the DA didn't charge the off-duty NYPD officer who killed him. But after hearing from a witness the Kovals tracked down on their own, a DMV judge found the driver at fault.

Lauren Davis was killed by a turning driver on Classon Avenue last April. Photo: Family of Lauren Davis

Citing Erroneous NYPD Report, State DMV Judge Declines to Take Action Against Driver Who Killed Lauren Davis

By David Meyer | Apr 28, 2017 | 57 Comments

The family of Lauren Davis is reeling after a judge at the state Department of Motor Vehicles declined to take action against the motorist who struck and killed her on Classon Avenue last year. Davis's mother, sister, and brother traveled from California to attend the hearing, and said they had been told by the NYPD Highway Patrol detective investigating the crash that he would also be there. He never showed up.

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