In 2016, there were 5,987 pedestrian deaths in the United States. That was a 27 percent increase since 2007, according to a report from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA). During this same time period, all other types of traffic fatalities dropped by 14...
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Tips for avoiding pedestrian accidents
Pedestrian accidents can involve just about anyone at anytime, but according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the three groups that are most at risk are people 65 and older, children ages 5 to 9, and people who have had too much to drink. Drivers in...
How pedestrians and motorists can prevent accidents
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,...
Soaring pedestrian fatalities blamed on distracted driving
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...
Dangers New York pedestrians may face while walking
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...
Preschool teacher seriously injures man in DWI accident
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...
1 dead, 3 injured in SUV accident
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...
Study participants choose safer cars over saving lives
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...
New York woman and dog die at scene of pedestrian accident
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...
Driver swerves into pedestrians, leaving 1 dead, 4 hurt
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...