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Help and Hope for Surviving Loved Ones of Fatal Pedestrian Accident Victims Few accidents are more horrific than getting struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing a street, navigating a sidewalk or walking on the side of the road. Fatal pedestrian accidents are...
Pedestrian Accidents On The Rise In New York City While the number of car accidents in New York City is going down, pedestrian injuries and fatalities are on the rise. This is true even though New York has taken steps to increase pedestrian safety in recent years,...
What to Do If You’ve Been Hit by a Car as a Pedestrian In 2018 alone, there were 6,227 pedestrians killed in U.S. roadway accidents, the highest number recorded since 1990, according to The Governors Highway Safety Association. According to the association’s annual...
Proposal to Prevent Pedestrian and Bicycle Accidents In 2014, 17 bicyclists and pedestrians were killed after being hit by trucks in New York City, with total of at least 110 people killed throughout the country. Many more were seriously injured. Tragedies such as...
Pedestrian Safety: Tips and Overview Navigating busy roads as a pedestrian can be very dangerous if you aren’t careful. According to data released by the Governors Highway Safety Association, an estimated 6,590 pedestrians across the U.S. were killed in traffic...
NYC Pedestrian Accident Lawyers with Top Results Hit by a Car, Truck, Bus, or Other Vehicle? Get Legal Help Today If you were hit by a car or other vehicle while you were lawfully walking or standing, you need nothing less than a pedestrian injury attorney with a...
As New York nears 5 years since Vision Zero went into effect in 2014, new traffic data shows that pedestrian deaths in the five boroughs increased 6.5% from 107 deaths in 2017 to 114 in 2018. While overall traffic fatalities are down, a dozen pedestrians were killed...
Truck Accident PreventionOn the road, many have experienced the uncertainty associated with driving next to a large truck. Drivers of smaller passenger vehicles may wonder: "Can they see me?" "Is it safe to pass?" "Am I too close?" Trucks can be intimidating.Trucks...
On Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at about 11:55 a.m., 68-year-old Judith Wieder was tragically killed by a cement mixing truck while crossing the street in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn. This, unfortunately, was the second reported pedestrian death to occur on this...
Most New Yorkers already know to be aware and careful when they're near the city's busiest roads, particularly ones that get frequently used by cyclists and pedestrians. In contrast to these busy, multi-lane intersections, it is easy to assume that quiet, residential...
