This Lower Manhattan Street Is The Deadliest In NYC: Study

LOWER MANHATTAN, NY — A corridor in Lower Manhattan has a new, unfortunate honor: it's the deadliest street in New York City and the third deadliest in the entire country from 2001 to 2016, according to a study.

The report, published earlier this year in the Journal of Transport and Land Use, identified dozens of "hot spots" across the U.S. where at least six pedestrians lost their lives between 2001 and 2016, when the most recent federal data was available.

Among the worst spots, the third-worst to be exact — Canal Street between West Broadway and Bowery — where 15 people were killed during the 18-year span.

The stretch borders SoHo to the west and enters Chinatown to the east.

The high number of deaths will likely not come as a huge surprise to Lower Manhattanites who live near the area. The stretch of Canal Street has had 129 total crashes since 2011, which is the first year that NYC Crash Mapper began recording the data.

Only two stretches of roads in Florida had a higher number of deaths that took place between 2001 and 2016, according to the study.

The stretch of Canal Street roads has four lanes, a speed limit of 25 mph, and a bus route.

There were 10 other Manhattan corridors to make the deadliest street list, the study shows.

The study on fatalities was conducted by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Arizona State University and the planning firm Toole Design Group. It was first reported on by Streetsblog, who said it may be "the only attempt to map the U.S. corridors with the highest numbers of pedestrian deaths ever conducted."

Authors found that pedestrian fatalities are "at their highest level in nearly three decades" and make up an increasing share of total traffic deaths.

"To achieve the vision of a future transportation system that produces zero deaths, pedestrian safety must be improved," they wrote.

Almost all of the "hot spots" identified in the study are multi-lane roads, most of which force pedestrians to cross at least five lanes of traffic. Most bordered low-income neighborhoods.

Patch reporter Nick Garber contributed to this report.