Child and Pedestrian Fatalities Rose in 2024 While 132 Vehicles Received 100 or More Speed Safety Camera Tickets, Including Two Vehicles Who Received More Than 500, New Data from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Shows

NEW YORK — Today, Transportation Alternatives released the following statement after Mayor Adams’ State of the City Address. 

Over the holiday weekend, traffic violence killed three New Yorkers and left two others critically injured. Drivers struck four pedestrians in the Bronx and Brooklyn, killing three people.

These tragedies underscore the alarming and persistent rise in pedestrian fatalities across the city — highlighting an urgent need for action to protect our most vulnerable residents. 

Every borough now has fewer car-owning households than it did in 2020. 

In October, bike ridership was up at every location where data was recorded.

Both the Williamsburg Bridge and the Queensboro Bridge saw 100,000 more bike trips each in October 2024 than in 2019, a record high for the month.

Queens Community District 7, which includes Flushing, has been the most dangerous district for pedestrians in the last 10 years, and the second-most dangerous district for everyone.

Five children have been killed in Queens so far this year, more than were killed at this point in nine of the last 10 years.    

15 children have been killed in New York City so far this year, far above average and more than were killed by this point in nine of the last 10 years.

Traffic violence has killed 217 New Yorkers this year so far, 12 more than were killed in all of 2018.

This is the 23rd person killed on a bike in 2024, the second killed in the past week, and the fourth killed in the last two weeks. 

So far, 2024 is tied to be the most deadly year in Manhattan in Vision Zero history. Nearly twice as many people have been killed so far in the borough than by this point in the safest year, 2018.

After 10 years of Vision Zero, Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets analyzed the City of New York’s own traffic fatality data to show trends, gaps, and successes from the first decade of the program