Police recorded 222 crashes on West 42nd Street, Manhattan, between 2023 and 2025, with 113 people injured and 2 killed. That places it #15 among 675 Manhattan streets with at least two crashes a year, and it carried 0.6% of the borough's recorded crashes.
Police recorded 85 crashes on this street in 2025, up 35% from 2024. So far in 2026 (through October 31, 2026), 82 crashes have been recorded.
Crashes on West 42nd Street by year
| Year | Crashes | Injured | Killed | Pedestrians injured | Cyclists injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 82 | 40 | 0 | 14 | 8 |
| 2025 | 85 | 37 | 1 | 17 | 8 |
| 2024 | 63 | 38 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
| 2023 | 74 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 10 |
| 2022 | 52 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| 2021 | 44 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Intersections along West 42nd Street
The intersection with the most crashes along it was Avenue of the Americas & West 42nd Street, with 39 crashes in the same period.
- Avenue of the Americas & West 42nd Street39 crashes · 25 injured · 1 killed
- 10th Avenue & West 42nd Street37 crashes · 15 injured
- 8th Avenue & West 42nd Street36 crashes · 19 injured
- Dyer Avenue & West 42nd Street35 crashes · 6 injured
- 12th Avenue & West 42nd Street30 crashes · 14 injured · 1 killed
Injuries and who was hurt
There were 51 injuries for every 100 crashes on West 42nd Street, close to the Manhattan rate of 49.
Pedestrians accounted for 40% of injuries on West 42nd Street, cyclists for 22% and vehicle occupants for 39%.
| Road user | Injured | Share of injured | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 42 | 40% | 0 |
| Cyclists | 23 | 22% | 0 |
| Motorists (drivers and passengers) | 41 | 39% | 2 |
What police say caused the crashes
Police named a specific contributing factor in 70% of crashes on West 42nd Street. Driver Inattention/Distraction led the list, at 29% of crashes with a known factor, followed by failure to yield right-of-way and passing too closely.
ZIP codes this street crosses
Crashes on West 42nd Street 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.