Bronx Pedestrian Accident Lawyer

Call 911, let emergency crews treat you, and make sure police write a report. Note the plate, the driver’s insurer and any witnesses, and photograph the crossing, the signals and the vehicle if you can. Send written notice to the vehicle’s no-fault insurer within 30 days. If a City vehicle was involved, a 90-day notice of claim also starts. Get advice before giving a recorded statement, while still meeting your own insurer’s notice and cooperation requirements.

We do not rank Bronx intersections, and lists elsewhere are often years old. The City publishes police-reported crash data on NYC Open Data. For a claim, the question is what happened at your crossing: who had the signal, what the driver could see, whether the driver was turning, and what video and witnesses show. We collect that evidence first.

Injury suits against a private driver generally start within three years. For a City vehicle or City street defect, file a notice of claim with the NYC Comptroller within 90 days and sue within one year and 90 days. An NYC Transit bus claim needs a notice of claim and has a short suit limit; other public operators have their own rules, and State claims go to the Court of Claims. Wrongful death is generally two years from the death. Notice deadlines still apply to children.

Emergency crews decide where to take you. The New York State Department of Health lists these designated adult trauma centers in Bronx County: NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi, NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln (Level I adult) and SBH Health System (Level II adult). Whichever emergency room treats you, keep the discharge papers; we request the full records. Naming a hospital does not suggest any affiliation with it or any fault by it.

Possibly. The legal crosswalk at an intersection exists even without painted lines. Crossing mid-block, you must yield to traffic, but drivers must still use due care to avoid hitting pedestrians. Your share of fault generally reduces damages rather than ending the claim. For a claim subject to the no-fault law started on or after May 26, 2026, it may bar recovery if your fault is greater than the defendants’ combined.

Report the crash to police within 24 hours if you can; the MVAIC filing is generally due within 90 days. If your household has a car policy, its uninsured-motorist coverage may apply, depending on its terms; MVAIC is for people who qualify without such coverage. A late police report may be excused if an earlier report was not reasonably possible. Video from nearby buildings can help identify the driver, so ask for it quickly.

Vision Zero is the City’s traffic-safety program, adopted in January 2014. Location data can describe conditions, but past crashes do not prove that the driver who hit you was negligent. A claim that a Bronx street was badly designed faces the City’s qualified immunity for planning decisions, though liability may still arise, for example after a plainly inadequate study or an unreasonably delayed fix. It needs a 90-day notice.

For an eligible claim involving an insured motor vehicle, no-fault generally pays medical bills and part of lost earnings, up to $50,000 of basic economic loss, whatever the fault. Against the driver and owner you can claim losses beyond that and, with a serious injury, pain and suffering. A collision with only a bicycle, or a compliant e-bike or scooter, is not a no-fault claim; a negligent rider or owner may be liable. We do not quote values before reviewing records.

Yes, usually against a negligent driver or rider. A bicycle, or an e-bike or e-scooter meeting the State definitions, is not a motor vehicle, so a collision with only one is not a no-fault claim. A City vehicle needs a notice of claim to the Comptroller within 90 days. For a covered park road or path defect, the City generally must have had prior written notice, subject to exceptions. Tell us exactly where it happened so we can check who maintains it.

For an eligible claim, the vehicle’s no-fault coverage generally applies first. TLC rules require yellow taxis and livery and black cars with up to seven seats to carry at least $100,000 per person and $300,000 per occurrence in liability coverage, and $100,000 in personal injury protection. For an app-dispatched car, which policy applies depends on the vehicle and the trip, so we confirm the insurers early.

By getting the early steps right: the correct no-fault insurer, any 90-day notice, the police report and video requests. Then we document your injuries and work limits through your medical records, find every policy that may apply, and file in Bronx County or another proper court if the claim does not resolve. The consultation is free, and there is no fee unless there is a recovery.