Police recorded 427 crashes on Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, between 2023 and 2025, with 254 people injured and 1 killed. That places it #6 among 675 Manhattan streets with at least two crashes a year, and it carried 1.1% of the borough's recorded crashes.
Police recorded 174 crashes on this street in 2025, up 37% from 2024. So far in 2026 (through October 31, 2026), 164 crashes have been recorded.
Crashes on Amsterdam Avenue by year
| Year | Crashes | Injured | Killed | Pedestrians injured | Cyclists injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 164 | 109 | 4 | 22 | 20 |
| 2025 | 174 | 105 | 0 | 28 | 24 |
| 2024 | 127 | 70 | 1 | 12 | 16 |
| 2023 | 126 | 79 | 0 | 13 | 18 |
| 2022 | 124 | 56 | 1 | 10 | 13 |
| 2021 | 140 | 71 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
Intersections along Amsterdam Avenue
The intersection with the most crashes along it was Amsterdam Avenue & West 181st Street, with 54 crashes in the same period.
- Amsterdam Avenue & West 181st Street54 crashes · 37 injured
- Amsterdam Avenue & West 178th Street38 crashes · 12 injured
- Amsterdam Avenue & West 125th Street36 crashes · 27 injured
Injuries and who was hurt
There were 59 injuries for every 100 crashes on Amsterdam Avenue, above the Manhattan rate of 49.
Pedestrians accounted for 22% of injuries on Amsterdam Avenue, cyclists for 25% and vehicle occupants for 53%.
| Road user | Injured | Share of injured | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 53 | 22% | 1 |
| Cyclists | 58 | 25% | 0 |
| Motorists (drivers and passengers) | 125 | 53% | 0 |
What police say caused the crashes
Police named a specific contributing factor in 65% of crashes on Amsterdam Avenue. Driver Inattention/Distraction led the list, at 35% 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 Amsterdam 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.