The summer of 2021 was the deadliest on New York's roads in the past 7 years.

The past summer was the deadliest in road traffic deaths in New York since 2014, when Mayor Bill de Blasio took office. Despite the mayor's promise to zero road deaths, he fails as he prepares to leave office. New York Post.

From June to August 2021, 77 road traffic deaths... That's more than any other summer since de Blasio launched his Vision Zero program. He promised to completely eliminate fatal accidents by 2024.

Among the 77 killed were seven cyclists, 24 pedestrians and 42 drivers or passengers. The latter figure is 147% higher than in the summer of 2016, when only 17 drivers or passengers were killed.

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11 pedestrians have died on the streets of Manhattan this summer, more than in the past three summers combined. The sharp rise in mortality occurred after de Blasio announced the first successes in reducing it. At first, he really managed to lower this figure.

Statistics in different boroughs

The sharpest spike in road deaths occurred in Brooklyn, where 23 people died in road accidents over a three-month period of summer, according to the report. In the first nine months of 2021, 63 people died in traffic accidents in the city's most populous borough. This is more than in all 12 months in 2016-2018 and 2020.

Deliveries in the Bronx were hit harder than other New Yorkers. The report says that as of September 30, ten delivery workers on bicycles, e-bikes or scooters have died, up from 2020 in total for all of 7.

Road traffic deaths are on the rise as New York City police have largely withdrawn from traffic enforcement, even the de Blasio administration's own records show.

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Police issued 57% fewer fines for traffic violations in 2020 compared to the period before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a management report released last month.

New Yorker called on the mayor to take action

Frederick Williams, 43, has called on the mayor to take aggressive measures to ensure road safety. His roommate and friend, 41-year-old Brandon Davis, died on August 1 from injuries sustained on July 29 when he was hit by a car driven by an unlicensed driver.

“When you think of murder, you often think of the person holding a gun or knife. You never think that a car is a weapon of the same magnitude, says Williams. "Vehicles are killing us, and it is important to strengthen measures to keep the vehicles safe."

A mayor's office spokesman declined to comment.