Citi Bike Rider Killed on East 85th Street
A tractor-trailer driver remained at the scene after Citi Bike rider Carling Mott, 28, fell and was fatally hit at East 85th Street and Madison Avenue, where the city crash record recorded one cyclist killed at 10:49 a.m.
What We Know
Carling Mott, 28, was riding a Citi Bike west on East 85th Street toward Madison Avenue on July 26, 2022, when police said she fell after the light changed and was fatally hit by a tractor-trailer traveling the same direction. The city crash record lists one cyclist killed at East 85th Street and Madison Avenue at 10:49 a.m. The Post reported that the driver stayed at the scene and was not facing criminal charges as of the next evening. The crash drew attention to a 2016 DOT plan for painted bike lanes on East 85th Street and nearby Upper East Side blocks that was stopped after opposition from residents and elected officials.
What police said happened
Police told the Post that Carling Mott was riding west on East 85th Street toward Madison Avenue around 10:50 a.m. when she fell from her Citi Bike and was hit by a tractor-trailer that had also been traveling west. The official crash record lists the crash at 10:49 a.m. at East 85th Street and Madison Avenue and records one cyclist killed.
The Post reported that Mott was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she could not be saved.
Carling Mott was 28
The official record identifies the person killed as a 28-year-old female bicyclist. The Post identified her as Carling Mott, a Citi Bike rider who lived less than a mile from the crash scene in Yorkville.
A truck driver and a Citi Bike rider were traveling west
The city crash record lists a tractor truck and a bike, both traveling west and going straight ahead before the crash. The Post reported that the tractor-trailer driver stayed at the scene and was not facing criminal charges as of Wednesday evening.
The block had been part of a stalled bike-lane plan
The crash happened at East 85th Street and Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side. The Post reported that in 2016, DOT proposed five-foot painted bike lanes on several Upper East Side crosstown streets, including East 85th Street between Central Park and East End Avenue.
According to the Post, that proposal faced opposition from residents and politicians, including Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, who objected to bike lanes on East 85th and East 84th streets in a voicemail obtained by the newspaper.