Police recorded 171 crashes on De Kalb Avenue, Brooklyn, between 2023 and 2025, with 106 people injured and 1 killed. That places it #49 among 1,111 Brooklyn streets with at least two crashes a year, and it carried 0.2% of the borough's recorded crashes.
Crashes on De Kalb Avenue by year
| Year | Crashes | Injured | Killed | Pedestrians injured | Cyclists injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 75 | 44 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2023 | 96 | 62 | 0 | 11 | 19 |
| 2022 | 97 | 53 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 2021 | 110 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
Injuries and who was hurt
There were 62 injuries for every 100 crashes on De Kalb Avenue, above the Brooklyn rate of 57.
Pedestrians accounted for 19% of injuries on De Kalb Avenue, cyclists for 28% and vehicle occupants for 53%.
| Road user | Injured | Share of injured | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 18 | 19% | 1 |
| Cyclists | 27 | 28% | 0 |
| Motorists (drivers and passengers) | 51 | 53% | 0 |
What police say caused the crashes
Police named a specific contributing factor in 89% of crashes on De Kalb Avenue. Driver Inattention/Distraction led the list, at 46% of crashes with a known factor, followed by failure to yield right-of-way and following too closely.
ZIP codes this street crosses
Crashes on De Kalb 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.