Bicycle Accidents in New York happen more than 5,000 times a year, according to the New York Department of Transportation.  As we recently reported, pedestrian accidents account more than 50 percent of the traffic-related accident we see in New York City, according to The Wall Street Journal.

There is growning concern about the two world's colliding: Bicycycle v. pedestrian accidents can cause serious or fatal injuries to either victim. The risk of such accidents is growing and a recent study found Brooklyn pedestrians were most at risk for an accident with a cyclist.

More than 30 percent of the city's bicycle v. pedestrian accidents occurred in Brooklyn.  Manhattan was a close second with nearly 30 percent of these accidents. The Bronx, Queens and Staten Island rounded out the list. The neighborhood of East Harlem saw the most accidents in the city. Delancey Street one of the most dangerous areas.

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Our New York City Bicycle Accidents Lawyers understand the risks for cycling accidents has increased substantially in the last decade and is likely to continue to do so as people ride for fun and fitnesss and the city encourages residents to  "bike green." 

The bicycle v. pedestrian data was obtained from four years of information from the state's Health Department.

Officials continue to pass laws and institute measures aimed at better tracking accidents. A spokesman for the DOT, says that there are about 10,000 people who are sent to hospitals around the city each year because of pedestrian-car accidents.  This number has declined, but the number of bicycle-pedestrian accidents continues to rise.

Thankfully, most of the pedestrians who are involved in these accidents are treated in an emergency room and released.  But about 20 percent of those who are injured are admitted into a hospital. More than 80 percent of these accidents involve males -- many are middle-aged men and a primary wage earner in their family. Lost wages and medical bills can be devestating.

Everyone shares responsibility for preventing such accidents.

"The bottom line is, everybody's got to comport themselves," said Peter Tuckel a Hunter College professor and the study's co-author. "We're not interested in apportioning blame to cyclists."