Police recorded 526 crashes on Jamaica Avenue, Queens, between 2023 and 2025, with 395 people injured and 2 killed. That places it #5 among 1,304 Queens streets with at least two crashes a year, and it carried 0.9% of the borough's recorded crashes.
Police recorded 194 crashes on this street in 2025, up 18% from 2024. So far in 2026 (through October 31, 2026), 162 crashes have been recorded.
Crashes on Jamaica Avenue by year
| Year | Crashes | Injured | Killed | Pedestrians injured | Cyclists injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 162 | 118 | 1 | 26 | 12 |
| 2025 | 194 | 148 | 1 | 44 | 8 |
| 2024 | 164 | 124 | 0 | 41 | 6 |
| 2023 | 168 | 123 | 1 | 26 | 11 |
| 2022 | 132 | 91 | 0 | 26 | 5 |
| 2021 | 125 | 73 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
Intersections along Jamaica Avenue
The intersection with the most crashes along it was Jamaica Avenue & Woodhaven Boulevard, with 49 crashes in the same period.
Injuries and who was hurt
There were 75 injuries for every 100 crashes on Jamaica Avenue, above the Queens rate of 56.
Pedestrians accounted for 30% of injuries on Jamaica Avenue, cyclists for 6.7% and vehicle occupants for 63%.
| Road user | Injured | Share of injured | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 111 | 30% | 1 |
| Cyclists | 25 | 6.7% | 0 |
| Motorists (drivers and passengers) | 235 | 63% | 0 |
What police say caused the crashes
Police named a specific contributing factor in 60% of crashes on Jamaica Avenue. Driver Inattention/Distraction led the list, at 38% of crashes with a known factor, followed by failure to yield right-of-way and traffic control disregarded.
ZIP codes this street crosses
Crashes on Jamaica 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.