Police recorded 446 crashes on FDR Drive, Manhattan, between 2023 and 2025, with 305 people injured and 2 killed. That places it #5 among 675 Manhattan streets with at least two crashes a year, and it carried 1.2% of the borough's recorded crashes.
Police recorded 373 crashes on this street in 2025, up 882% from 2024. So far in 2026 (through October 31, 2026), 412 crashes have been recorded.
Crashes on FDR Drive by year
| Year | Crashes | Injured | Killed | Pedestrians injured | Cyclists injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 412 | 270 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 373 | 256 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 38 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 35 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 32 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 34 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Injuries and who was hurt
There were 68 injuries for every 100 crashes on FDR Drive, above the Manhattan rate of 49.
Pedestrians accounted for 0.0% of injuries on FDR Drive, cyclists for 0.3% and vehicle occupants for 100%.
| Road user | Injured | Share of injured | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 0 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Cyclists | 1 | 0.3% | 0 |
| Motorists (drivers and passengers) | 302 | 100% | 1 |
What police say caused the crashes
Police named a specific contributing factor in 48% of crashes on FDR Drive. Driver Inattention/Distraction led the list, at 28% of crashes with a known factor, followed by following too closely and unsafe lane changing.
ZIP codes this street crosses
Crashes on FDR Drive 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.