New York, NY - Accident News and Resources including car, bicycle, motorcycle and truck accidents and much more.

New York - The metropolitan area including New York City, the most populous city in the United States

As of 2013, New York City alone had a population of over 8.4 million and the metropolitan area surrounding it includes millions more. According to a New York Department of Motor Vehicles report in 2013, New York City had 70,403 crashes in that year alone. It also boasts one of the largest subway systems in the world and is a major travel destination worldwide. There are many roadways within the New York metropolitan area including:

Links to recent accidents in the New York area

Here is information on the most recent accidents in the New York metropolitan area:

If someone you know has been in an accident, here are some of the major hospitals in the New York area

Grief support informations for accident victims in the New York area 

When a loved one is killed in a motor-vehicle accident, it is often helpful for grieving family and friends to get help from a grief support organization. It can be comforting to talk with others going through a similar situation, and the road to recovering from the loss may go more smoothly. Go here to get information on grief support groups in New York City area or the Long Island area.

New York legal information for accident victims

After someone has been injured or killed in a motor-vehicle crash in New York, many decisions need to be made immediately and questions need to be answered. For example, how much of the medical costs will be covered by the insurance policy? How does PIP insurance help with medical bills immediately? What if the at-fault driver has no insurance?

Where to find legal assistance after a New York injury accident

After a serious crash, it is crucial to get help from a New York injury attorney who understands the local regulations and legal standards, who knows how insurance policies work, and who can handle all aspects of an insurance claim so the injured person can focus on recovery. If someone is injured or killed in a collision, a New York car accident lawyer will launch a claim that will begin the process of financial recovery.

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New York

Most recent accident reports

The driver of a street sweeper on Long Island was killed when the vehicle flipped after getting into an accident with a road paving truck Friday morning, police say.
 

Date: 
Thursday, May 8, 2014

A woman was hit and killed by a Catholic school bus on the Upper East Side on Thursday, police said. The woman, believed to be in her 40s, was killed at the corner of 93rd Street and Second Avenue at about 3:30 p.m., police said.

Date: 
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

9-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., girl leaving church on Sunday was killed in a three-car crash, The Daily News reports.

Date: 
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Roadway: 
Unknown
Type: Car Accident

Police on Long Island say a motorcyclist was killed and his wife was seriously injured when his speeding motorcycle hit a guardrail.
The accident happened shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday in Holbrook.

Date: 
Friday, May 2, 2014
Roadway: 
Unknown

A one-car accident in Red Hook Wednesday night has taken the life of a Kingston woman, according to the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office.

Date: 
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Roadway: 
State Route 9G
Type: Car Accident
A Bronx woman was killed in a car crash on Pelham Parkway late Monday night. Police say the car 26-year-old Perla Reyes was riding in hit a dip in the road, flipped over and hit a parked car at around 11:20 p.m.
Date: 
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Roadway: 
Pelham Parkway
Type: Car Accident

Nine people were taken to the hospital with injuries, many of them serious, after an SUV crash on a highway in the Bronx that may have been speed-related, officials say.

Date: 
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Roadway: 
I-95
Type: Car Accident

Police on Long Island are investigating a hit and run accident in Mineola this morning. The accident happened near Jericho Turnpike and Congress Avenue around 9:00 on Friday.

Date: 
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Three people were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries Thursday afternoon after a Chevy pickup truck traveling northbound on I-684 crossed the median just north of exit 6 and struck five vehicles in the southbound lane before rolling ov

Date: 
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Roadway: 
I-684
Type: Car Accident

A man was injured in a fiery crash of a tractor-trailer truck and a van on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge that snarled traffic on the Staten Island Expressway during the height of rush hour on Tuesday morning.

Date: 
Monday, April 21, 2014

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a one-car crash that killed an 83-year-old man in Melville last night.

Date: 
Monday, April 21, 2014
Type: Car Accident
Two men were injured in a motorcycle accident in Queens on Tuesday night cops said. In Astoria, two men in their 20s on the same bike were hit by a 2003 Infiniti near the intersection of 28th Ave. and 34th St. at 7:15 p.m., cops said.
Date: 
Monday, April 21, 2014

Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a crash that killed a Patchogue man last evening.

Date: 
Sunday, April 20, 2014
A 32-year-old woman is facing charges after police say she drove the wrong way down a Long Island street and struck another vehicle, killing a passenger in that car, and then fled the scene.
Date: 
Sunday, April 20, 2014