Brooklyn saw 72,396 police-reported crashes between 2023 and 2025 — roughly 66 every day. 41,270 people were injured and 173 were killed. That is 35% of all city crashes with a recorded borough.
Police recorded 26,712 crashes in the borough in 2025, up 17% from 2024. That is 40% fewer than in 2019; crash counts across the city fell sharply in 2020 and have stayed lower since. So far in 2026 (through October 31, 2026), 22,309 crashes have been recorded.
Crashes in Brooklyn by year
| Year | Crashes | Injured | Killed | Pedestrians injured | Cyclists injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 22,309 | 13,516 | 45 | 2,276 | 1,333 |
| 2025 | 26,712 | 15,732 | 70 | 2,911 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 22,792 | 13,161 | 53 | 2,645 | 1,487 |
| 2023 | 22,892 | 12,377 | 50 | 2,386 | 1,493 |
| 2022 | 23,370 | 11,512 | 48 | 2,275 | 1,427 |
| 2021 | 25,175 | 11,676 | 54 | 1,905 | 1,373 |
| 2020 | 25,473 | 9,700 | 51 | 1,781 | 1,553 |
| 2019 | 44,481 | 13,009 | 59 | 2,700 | 1,396 |
| 2018 | 47,313 | 13,198 | 39 | 2,785 | 1,368 |
| 2017 | 44,916 | 12,047 | 40 | 2,663 | 1,300 |
| 2016 | 47,464 | 13,452 | 37 | 2,917 | 1,452 |
| 2015 | 50,851 | 13,710 | 67 | 3,029 | 1,514 |
| 2014 | 47,761 | 14,247 | 67 | 3,349 | 1,409 |
| 2013 | 47,024 | 15,413 | 67 | 3,641 | 1,539 |
Who gets hurt
Pedestrians accounted for 21% of injuries in Brooklyn, cyclists for 11% and vehicle occupants for 68%. Pedestrians were 58% of the 160 people killed.
| Road user | Injured | Share of injured | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 7,942 | 21% | 93 |
| Cyclists | 4,449 | 11% | 19 |
| Motorists (drivers and passengers) | 26,329 | 68% | 48 |
What police say caused the crashes
Police named a specific contributing factor in 59% of crashes in Brooklyn. Driver Inattention/Distraction led the list, at 35% of crashes with a known factor, followed by failure to yield right-of-way and other vehicular.
When crashes happen
Crashes in Brooklyn peak between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., and are least frequent between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.. Friday is the busiest day of the week for crashes.
By hour of the day
By day of the week
Streets with the most crashes
Ranked by police-reported crashes from 2023 through 2025. Highways and long avenues lead the list because they carry the most traffic.
- Atlantic Avenue1,199 crashes · 774 injured · 8 killed
- Flatbush Avenue861 crashes · 636 injured · 5 killed
- Linden Boulevard751 crashes · 604 injured · 1 killed
- Bedford Avenue613 crashes · 468 injured · 2 killed
- Fulton Street601 crashes · 413 injured · 1 killed
- 4th Avenue587 crashes · 439 injured · 5 killed
- Belt Parkway562 crashes · 405 injured · 4 killed
- Pennsylvania Avenue538 crashes · 407 injured · 2 killed
- Eastern Parkway535 crashes · 377 injured · 2 killed
- Ocean Parkway532 crashes · 487 injured · 2 killed
- Nostrand Avenue530 crashes · 381 injured · 3 killed
- Utica Avenue510 crashes · 480 injured
- Bushwick Avenue495 crashes · 348 injured · 1 killed
- Kings Highway487 crashes · 379 injured · 3 killed
- Brooklyn Queens Expressway484 crashes · 373 injured · 2 killed
Intersections with the most crashes
Crashes recorded where two named streets meet, 2023–2025.
- Atlantic Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue111 crashes · 77 injured
- Linden Boulevard & Pennsylvania Avenue103 crashes · 98 injured
- Atlantic Avenue & Logan Street91 crashes · 60 injured
- Adams Street & Tillary Street80 crashes · 44 injured
- Buffalo Avenue & Eastern Parkway78 crashes · 60 injured
- Eastern Parkway & Howard Avenue72 crashes · 52 injured
- Jamaica Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue66 crashes · 40 injured
- Ashford Street & Linden Boulevard64 crashes · 50 injured · 1 killed
- Atlantic Avenue & Flatbush Avenue64 crashes · 34 injured
- Linden Boulevard & Rockaway Avenue60 crashes · 66 injured
- Atlantic Avenue & Hicks Street59 crashes · 12 injured
- Avenue U & Flatbush Avenue58 crashes · 40 injured · 1 killed
- Atlantic Avenue & Eastern Parkway57 crashes · 38 injured
- Avenue V & Flatbush Avenue54 crashes · 41 injured
- Jay Street & Tillary Street54 crashes · 25 injured · 1 killed
ZIP codes in Brooklyn
Open a ZIP code to see its own trend, causes and streets.
Vehicles involved
Type of the first vehicle listed in each crash report, 2023–2025.
How to read these figures
Each figure counts crashes that an NYPD officer reported on the MV-104AN form, which is required when someone is injured or killed or when damage reaches $1,000. One crash can injure several people, so injuries can exceed crashes.
Police do not record the borough or ZIP code for every crash — about 23% of crashes citywide in the same years have no borough — so local totals are a floor, not an exact count. The contributing factor is the one listed for the first vehicle in the report.
Source: NYPD crash reports published by NYC Open Data (Motor Vehicle Collisions – Crashes). Data through October 31, 2026. Figures are preliminary and may change. How we calculate these figures.