Eighth Avenue and 34th Street. Thirty-seven pedestrians were injured there. The area is also the most likely place to be hit by a bus or a taxi.

Danger Zones

High-speed roads High speeds on multi-lane arteries like Eastern Parkway are a key culprit in many collisions. “Speeding is the No. 1 problem,” said Charles Komanoff, an organizer with the pedestrian-rights group Right of Way. Ms. Vanterpool said high-volume arterial roads account for only 10 percent of lane-miles in the city, but 50 percent of pedestrians’ deaths occur on them.

Turning cars Studies show that cars turning on and off avenues and striking people in crosswalks are a major problem. The city has tried strategies to limit the danger. Eighth Avenue in Manhattan is one of several roadways that were re-engineered with bike and left-turn lanes.

Wide boulevards Many of the most dangerous intersections are on wide streets like Queens Boulevard, where it takes a long time to cross and left turns create confusing traffic patterns, according to a 2008 city study. Seven pedestrians have died along Queens Boulevard since August 2011, and 256 have been injured.

Double parking Commercial streets, like Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, can be dangerous even if the traffic is not fast-moving, engineers say. One reason: Double parking forces other vehicles to make repeated lane changes and reduces drivers’ vision.

‘Inexperienced drivers’ Around the high accident area at Third Avenue and 149th Street in the Bronx, one in three collisions with pedestrian or bicyclist injuries involved “inexperienced drivers,” a much higher rate than in the rest of the city.