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New York residents who walk everywhere may be dismayed to learn that there has been an increase in the number of fatal pedestrian accidents over the last few years. In fact, it was estimated that there were 6,000 pedestrian fatalities across the country in 2016 alone,...
Drivers reading or writing text messages have become a worryingly common sight on the roads of New York, and researchers with a leading road safety group believe that the popularity of mobile devices is the most likely explanation for a troubling increase in...
Each day, 13 people die just while walking in public. In 2014, there were a total of 4,884 pedestrians who were fatally injured throughout the United States. It is thought that the rate of pedestrian deaths are actually increasing in a time when being inside a car is...
At about 4:40 p.m. on Sept. 25, a suspected drunk driver hit a 62-year-old man who was standing in a parking lot in New York. The 38-year-old accused drunk driver collided with two parked cars before she hit the pedestrian. Sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene on...
A pedestrian accident that occurred in Queens on June 30 left one person dead and three others injured. The crash took place at about 6:30 p.m. on Horace Harding Expressway service road at Junction Boulevard close by the Long Island Expressway service road. According...
New York drivers may have heard that autonomous cars will be available in a few years, but according to the results of one study, it will be necessary to solve some ethical issues first. The study published in the journal Science on June 23 surveyed 1,928 people about...
On the morning of April 12, a 25-year-old woman had just put her 5-year-old son on the bus to school before taking her dog for a walk on Union Boulevard in East Islip on Long Island. When she was just west of Harwood Avenue, a white 2007 Chrysler veered onto the...
A Brooklyn Heights woman is dead after a sports utility vehicle struck her and four other pedestrians who were on a sidewalk in Brooklyn, police say. The fatal crash took place in Fort Greene around 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 6. According to the report, the accident happened...
New York residents know that it is often difficult for pedestrians to cross a road that has fast-flowing traffic. Pedestrians are always at a disadvantage when confronted with moving vehicles, and sometimes the most practical place for a person to cross a roadway...
New York residents may be interested to learn that according to 2012 statistics, there is one pedestrian death related to motor vehicle accidents every two hours in the United States. At highest risk are children, people over the age of 65 and pedestrians who are...
