Police recorded 627 crashes on 2nd Avenue, Manhattan, between 2023 and 2025, with 393 people injured and 3 killed. That places it #2 among 675 Manhattan streets with at least two crashes a year, and it carried 1.6% of the borough's recorded crashes.
Police recorded 185 crashes on this street in 2025, down 17% from 2024. So far in 2026 (through October 31, 2026), 185 crashes have been recorded.
Crashes on 2nd Avenue by year
| Year | Crashes | Injured | Killed | Pedestrians injured | Cyclists injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 185 | 115 | 2 | 25 | 23 |
| 2025 | 185 | 115 | 1 | 22 | 32 |
| 2024 | 223 | 145 | 1 | 18 | 39 |
| 2023 | 219 | 133 | 1 | 37 | 34 |
| 2022 | 215 | 110 | 1 | 21 | 34 |
| 2021 | 269 | 145 | 1 | 33 | 45 |
Intersections along 2nd Avenue
The intersection with the most crashes along it was 2nd Avenue & East 125th Street, with 65 crashes in the same period.
- 2nd Avenue & East 125th Street65 crashes · 35 injured
- 2nd Avenue & East 60th Street51 crashes · 24 injured
- 2nd Avenue & East 34th Street48 crashes · 19 injured
- 2nd Avenue & East 58th Street38 crashes · 31 injured
- 2nd Avenue & East 36th Street36 crashes · 22 injured
- 2nd Avenue & East 59th Street31 crashes · 22 injured
- 2nd Avenue & East 23rd Street30 crashes · 17 injured
Injuries and who was hurt
There were 63 injuries for every 100 crashes on 2nd Avenue, above the Manhattan rate of 49.
Pedestrians accounted for 21% of injuries on 2nd Avenue, cyclists for 29% and vehicle occupants for 50%.
| Road user | Injured | Share of injured | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 77 | 21% | 2 |
| Cyclists | 105 | 29% | 0 |
| Motorists (drivers and passengers) | 184 | 50% | 0 |
What police say caused the crashes
Police named a specific contributing factor in 73% of crashes on 2nd Avenue. Driver Inattention/Distraction led the list, at 45% of crashes with a known factor, followed by failure to yield right-of-way and other vehicular.
ZIP codes this street crosses
Crashes on 2nd 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.