Traffic Violence Touches 70 Percent Of New Yorkers

Living through traffic violence isn't rare for New Yorkers, according to a new study by Transportation Alternatives Families for Safe Streets, a member-driven 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission during the past 50 years has been to fight for safe and equitable streets in New York City.

Their study found that 70% of New York City voters know someone who has been injured or killed in a traffic crash, and 30% have been injured in a traffic crash themselves.

Motorists and passengers accounted for 70 traffic deaths in 2020, a year when the streets were largely empty because of the coronavirus pandemic. Those deaths counted 43 in 2019.

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