Police recorded 152 crashes on East 138th Street, Bronx, between 2023 and 2025, with 108 people injured. That places it #25 among 838 Bronx streets with at least two crashes a year, and it carried 0.5% of the borough's recorded crashes.
Police recorded 62 crashes on this street in 2025, up 24% from 2024. So far in 2026 (through October 31, 2026), 71 crashes have been recorded.
Crashes on East 138th Street by year
| Year | Crashes | Injured | Killed | Pedestrians injured | Cyclists injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 71 | 52 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| 2025 | 62 | 55 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 2024 | 50 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 40 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 2022 | 47 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 73 | 45 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
Intersections along East 138th Street
The intersection with the most crashes along it was East 138th Street & Exterior Street, with 59 crashes in the same period.
Injuries and who was hurt
There were 71 injuries for every 100 crashes on East 138th Street, above the Bronx rate of 60.
Pedestrians accounted for 21% of injuries on East 138th Street, cyclists for 18% and vehicle occupants for 62%. No deaths were recorded in this period.
| Road user | Injured | Share of injured | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 21 | 21% | 0 |
| Cyclists | 18 | 18% | 0 |
| Motorists (drivers and passengers) | 63 | 62% | 0 |
What police say caused the crashes
Police named a specific contributing factor in 45% of crashes on East 138th Street. Driver Inattention/Distraction led the list, at 36% of crashes with a known factor, followed by failure to yield right-of-way and traffic control disregarded.
ZIP codes this street crosses
Crashes on East 138th Street 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.