Accident types

  • Car Accident

    Most Buffalo crashes are ordinary car collisions, like a rear-end tap on the Kensington at rush hour, a left-turn crash on Delaware or a slide through a snowy intersection in…

  • Truck Accident

    Buffalo is a border city and a freight hub. Trucks queue for the Peace Bridge, run the 190 along the Niagara River and fill the Thruway toward Rochester and Pennsylvania. Crashes…

  • Motorcycle Accident

    The riding season in Western New York is short, from the first warm weekend on Route 5 to the last fall run through the Southtowns. New York treats motorcycle crashes differently…

  • Pedestrian Accident

    Buffalo neighborhoods like the Elmwood Village, Allentown and North Buffalo are built for walking, and the busy streets that run through them see pedestrians hit every year. A…

  • Bicycle Accident

    Bike lanes on Elmwood, Linwood and Niagara Street and the loops around Delaware Park have made Buffalo a better place to ride, but parked cars, turning drivers and potholes still…

  • Rideshare Accident

    Rideshare cars crowd the curbs at the airport, along Chippewa and Elmwood at night and around Highmark Stadium on game days. Outside New York City, state law requires $1.25…

  • Wrongful Death

    A fatal crash leaves a family facing questions nobody should have to answer while grieving. In New York, only the estate's personal representative, appointed by the Surrogate's…