Fatalities. There were seven traffic fatalities in Queens in August, including two vehicle occupants, one motorcyclist, one bicyclist and three pedestrians. The neighbors we lost included:

• Donald Angrum (60), driver of a car involved in a two-car crash on Rockaway Blvd. near JFK Airport
• Unidentified Male (61), pedestrian killed while crossing the street in Middle Village
• Lamont C. Smart, Jr. (21), passenger killed in a three-car crash in Springfield Gardens
• Amit Roy (55), pedestrian killed by reversing taxi in Jackson Heights
• Unidentified Male (61), cyclist killed in collision with truck in Far Rockaway
• Stephen-John Salmon (22), motorcyclist killed by SUV in Rochdale
• Unidentified Male (34), pedestrian killed by car in Queensboro Hill

In the 12 months ending August 2015, there have been 71 overall traffic fatalities in Queens, down 24% from the 93 people killed in 2013, the Vision Zero benchmark year. Citywide, there has been a 19% decline in fatalities.

Injuries. In the 12 months ending in August 2015, there have been 2,387 pedestrians injured in Queens by motor vehicles, a decline of 15% from the Vision Zero benchmark year, 2013. In the same time, there have been 897 injuries to cyclists, a rise of 9% since 2013. Overall, including motor vehicle occupants, there have been 15,231 people injured in motor vehicle crashes in Queens over the past year, down 2% since 2013.  Citywide, there has been a 8% reduction in injuries.  While pedestrian injuries have continued to fall in Queens, injuries to cyclists have been rising, likely the result of more cyclists on the road.   Injuries to motorists and passengers has also been rising recently.

Enforcement.   This month’s highlight on the enforcement front was from the 108th Precinct (Community Board 2 in Woodside and Sunnyside), which increased ticketing across all four of the areas were tracking: speeding, red light running, illegal cell phone use, and failure to yield to pedestrians.  Other highlights included ticketing of drivers who fail to obey a red signal by 101st and 106th Precincts; ticking of illegal cell phone use by the 105th Precinct; and ticketing of speeding by the 113th Precinct.

Overall, including the four categories we’re tracking, there was a 20% increase in enforcement actions in Queens in August compared with July of this year.  In the rest of the city, enforcement actions rose by 5.3 percent.

See our full report here, including results by borough and community board.