The latest in a string of traffic crashes that have injured or killed pedestrians on New York City streets has the mayor blaming a “bad criminal justice system.”

Mayor Eric Adams expressed anger and frustration over the latest case — one where a woman was killed and her grandchild was injured in Brooklyn late Saturday evening. City officials say they were victims of the sixth traffic crash with injuries or death since Friday.

"No one deserves to walk across the street with their grandchild and to be struck. A crash that took the life of a grandparent," Adams said at a news conference Saturday night. "We are feeding this crime problem in this city. We are feeding it over and over again. A small number of bad people think they can do bad things and get out of jail because we have a bad criminal justice system."

After an NYPD officer took to the podium to give details about the incident, Adams spoke about the greater issue that he feels led to the crash.

"When are we going to connect the dots? The crime problem has been fed by the wrong message that we are sending in this city," Adams said.

Adams lives blocks away from the scene of Saturday night's tragedy that took place on Ralph Avenue. During his remarks, he made a guarantee about the city's most recent fatal crash: without knowing who the perpetrator was, he was sure they had a criminal record.

"I guarantee you they have a history. That is the only thing we are sure of," Adams said. "Each time we catch people who carry out these dangerous actions on innocent people, we find out they have one thing in common: they have gone through the criminal justice system and they are able to return to our streets and carry out the crimes over and over again."

In Saturday night's crash, five people were struck — the woman and child, a bicyclist and two other pedestrians — after police approached the car for mismatched plates. Two people from the car fled the scene, police said.

"We lost a family member in my community. We have a child who is hanging on for his life," Adams said.

Other recent crashes have included an 11-year-old struck by an ice cream truck driven by someone with a suspended license in Brooklyn, a driver who was intoxicated and one who was evading police.