Police recorded 354 crashes on Major Deegan Expressway, Bronx, between 2023 and 2025, with 327 people injured and 1 killed. That places it #7 among 838 Bronx streets with at least two crashes a year, and it carried 1.1% of the borough's recorded crashes.
Police recorded 304 crashes on this street in 2025, up 1,069% from 2024. So far in 2026 (through October 31, 2026), 426 crashes have been recorded.
Crashes on Major Deegan Expressway by year
| Year | Crashes | Injured | Killed | Pedestrians injured | Cyclists injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 426 | 431 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 304 | 291 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 35 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 51 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Intersections along Major Deegan Expressway
The intersection with the most crashes along it was Major Deegan Expressway & West Fordham Road, with 144 crashes in the same period.
- Major Deegan Expressway & West Fordham Road144 crashes · 105 injured
- Major Deegan Expressway & West 230th Street34 crashes · 23 injured
Injuries and who was hurt
There were 92 injuries for every 100 crashes on Major Deegan Expressway, above the Bronx rate of 60.
Pedestrians accounted for 0.6% of injuries on Major Deegan Expressway, cyclists for 0.3% and vehicle occupants for 99%.
| Road user | Injured | Share of injured | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 2 | 0.6% | 0 |
| Cyclists | 1 | 0.3% | 0 |
| Motorists (drivers and passengers) | 323 | 99% | 1 |
What police say caused the crashes
Police named a specific contributing factor in 36% of crashes on Major Deegan Expressway. Following Too Closely led the list, at 24% of crashes with a known factor, followed by driver inattention/distraction and other vehicular.
ZIP codes this street crosses
Crashes on Major Deegan Expressway 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.