A fatal motorcycle incident on the Major Deegan Expressway last week marked the 13th motorcyclist to die on a Bronx highway since 2019, according to information from the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT).
A man was thrown off a Suzuki motorcycle after striking a barrier on the Major Deegan Expressway on Tuesday, May 30, falling off the side of the expressway and landing below onto Brook Avenue, according to a preliminary investigation.
Police responded to a call of the collision at the expressway’s Exit 2 at about 4:24 a.m. that morning, according to the NYPD. EMS pronounced the man dead on the scene. He has not yet been identified.
The expressway runs above Brook Avenue between East 134th and 135th Streets in Mott Haven, within the confines of the 40th Precinct.
The NYPD did not answer questions about the incident on Wednesday, only telling the Bronx Times the investigation is ongoing.
With this latest fatal crash, there have been 13 motorcyclist fatalities on highways in the Bronx from just January 2019 through May 2023, according to the city DOT.
Six of those fatalities took place on the Major Deegan Expressway.
Ten of the 13 motorcyclists who died on Bronx highways in recent years were wearing helmets, though just seven of them — including the man who died on May 30 — wore helmets approved by the federal transportation department, a city DOT spokesperson told the Bronx Times. USDOT-approved helmets are required to ride motorcycles in New York, according to the New York Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Of the 13 incidents, just six of the drivers were licensed and only five had motorcycles that were registered, the city DOT spokesperson told the Bronx Times. While most vehicles are registered for two years, motorcycle registrations last for just one, according to the DMV.
The city DOT spokesperson said that it is unknown whether the motorcyclist who died on May 30 had a license, but his bike was not registered.
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