Police recorded 238 crashes on 3rd Avenue, Bronx, between 2023 and 2025, with 202 people injured and 1 killed. That places it #15 among 838 Bronx streets with at least two crashes a year, and it carried 0.7% of the borough's recorded crashes.
Police recorded 89 crashes on this street in 2025, up 39% from 2024. So far in 2026 (through October 31, 2026), 84 crashes have been recorded.
Crashes on 3rd Avenue by year
| Year | Crashes | Injured | Killed | Pedestrians injured | Cyclists injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 84 | 71 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| 2025 | 89 | 73 | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| 2024 | 64 | 59 | 0 | 18 | 11 |
| 2023 | 85 | 70 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2022 | 108 | 81 | 0 | 24 | 8 |
| 2021 | 104 | 74 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
Intersections along 3rd Avenue
The intersection with the most crashes along it was 3rd Avenue & East Tremont Avenue, with 45 crashes in the same period.
- 3rd Avenue & East Tremont Avenue45 crashes · 43 injured
- 3rd Avenue & East 163rd Street38 crashes · 34 injured
- 3rd Avenue & East 149th Street34 crashes · 27 injured · 1 killed
Injuries and who was hurt
There were 85 injuries for every 100 crashes on 3rd Avenue, above the Bronx rate of 60.
Pedestrians accounted for 18% of injuries on 3rd Avenue, cyclists for 16% and vehicle occupants for 66%.
| Road user | Injured | Share of injured | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 34 | 18% | 0 |
| Cyclists | 30 | 16% | 0 |
| Motorists (drivers and passengers) | 126 | 66% | 1 |
What police say caused the crashes
Police named a specific contributing factor in 51% of crashes on 3rd Avenue. Driver Inattention/Distraction led the list, at 41% of crashes with a known factor, followed by traffic control disregarded and failure to yield right-of-way.
ZIP codes this street crosses
Crashes on 3rd Avenue by ZIP code, 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.
Street names in police reports are typed by hand. We merge common spellings (for example "Ave" and "Avenue"), but some crashes on this street may be filed under a variant we could not match.
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.