E-bike rider killed in Brooklyn crash with SUV driver
A 55-year-old e-bike rider was killed at 4th Avenue and 21st Street in Brooklyn on May 6, 2022, and police told News 12 he had been riding a bike there when he was struck.
What We Know
On Friday afternoon, May 6, 2022, a 55-year-old man riding an e-bike was killed at 4th Avenue and 21st Street in Brooklyn. NYC's crash record says the crash happened at 1:14 p.m. and involved a southbound driver in a 2006 Ford SUV making a left turn and a northbound e-bike rider. Police told News 12 the man was riding a bike at the intersection when he was struck and killed. The official record lists traffic-control disregarded for the SUV driver and slippery pavement for the e-bike rider; it records no other injuries.
Afternoon crash at 4th Avenue and 21st Street
The crash happened at 1:14 p.m. on May 6, 2022, at 4th Avenue and 21st Street in Brooklyn. The official record lists one person killed and no other injuries.
News 12 reported that police said a 55-year-old man was riding a bike at 21st Street and 4th Avenue when he was struck and killed.
The person killed was an e-bike rider
The official record identifies the person killed as a 55-year-old male e-bike rider. News 12, citing police, described him as a 55-year-old man riding a bike at the intersection.
4th Avenue is a corridor with repeated harm
The crash happened at 4th Avenue and 21st Street in Brooklyn. CrashCountNYC's corridor context for 4th Avenue in Brooklyn counts 2,076 crashes, 1,379 injuries, 78 serious injuries and 10 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.