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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...
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,...
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...
New York City Truck CrashesAlthough New York City has strict rules about the length and weight of trucks and the streets they can travel on, accidents involving large trucks continue to occur. In addition, smaller trucks such as box trucks are very common on the...
A 59-year-old man in Greenwich Village was left in critical condition after he was struck by a United States Postal Service truck on the morning of Sunday, May 10, 2020. The accident occurred at approximately 11:50 a.m., on 14th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues...
A woman trying to cross the street in Auburndale, Queens was struck and severely injured by a mini-school bus on Tuesday, February 26, 2019. The accident occurred at around 8 a.m. at the intersection of Utopia Parkway and 46th Avenue. When emergency services arrived,...
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...
27-year-old Sarah Foster was tragically struck and killed by a delivery truck as she tried to cross the street in Manhattan on the early morning of Friday, February 15th, 2019. An NYPD spokesperson said that the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad believes that...
