178 crashes were reported on East 161st Street in Bronx from 2023 through 2025. They injured 154 people. That places it #21 among 838 Bronx streets with at least two crashes a year, and it carried 0.5% of the borough's recorded crashes.
In 2025 there were 75 crashes on this street, up 97% from 2024. So far in 2026 (through October 31, 2026), 65 crashes have been recorded.
Crashes on East 161st Street by year
| Year | Crashes | Injured | Killed | Pedestrians injured | Cyclists injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 65 | 44 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 75 | 60 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| 2024 | 38 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 2023 | 65 | 58 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| 2022 | 57 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 44 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Intersections along East 161st Street
The intersection with the most crashes along it was East 161st Street & Melrose Avenue, with 38 crashes in the same period.
Injuries and who was hurt
There were 87 injuries for every 100 crashes on East 161st Street, above the Bronx rate of 60.
Of the people injured on East 161st Street, 21% were pedestrians, 9.4% cyclists and 70% drivers or passengers. No deaths were recorded in this period.
| Road user | Injured | Share of injured | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 29 | 21% | 0 |
| Cyclists | 13 | 9.4% | 0 |
| Motorists (drivers and passengers) | 96 | 70% | 0 |
What police say caused the crashes
Police named a specific contributing factor in 51% of crashes on East 161st Street. The most common was Driver Inattention/Distraction (41% 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 161st 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.