"Eighty percent of people that are hit by cars are hit at night and fatalities," Murdock said. Murdock says whether it's rural or urban, car vs. person collisions happen everywhere. "It's not uncommon, and actually, this time of the year, it can be more dangerous," Murdock said. All...
Race, Insurance Status Cited In Uneven Death Rates Among Pedestrians Hit By CarsUninsured minority pedestrians hit by cars are at a significantly higher risk of death than their insured white counterparts, even if the injuries sustained are similar, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests....
During that period, more than 120,000 British pedestrians died in a traffic collision, with more than 96,000 hit by a car or taxi. Three-quarters of pedestrians (74%) had been hit by a gas-powered vehicle, compared with just 2% by electric or hybrid car...
Two people were injured when they were hit by a car in the parking lot of a shopping center in Perris, according to firefighters. The crash happened at around 2:30 p.m. in the 3100 block of Case Road, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Crews arrived ...
A new study that examines the circumstances behind who is found at fault when cars hit pedestrians in an urban area shows that the environment where the crash took place – especially the types of roads and the amount of access to marked crosswalks – played a key role in whether the pedest...
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as he crossed the eight-lane State Road 436 with the light, he was hit by a driver who didn’t notice the signals and later told officers at the scene that “I simply did not see him.” He was killed on impact. A monument now sits at the crosswalk he used, a single bicycle wheel...
Cheyenne seems to be having an issue with people being hit by cars recently. In one tragic incident. 13-year-old Mak Evans died as a result ofbeing hit by a carin a crosswalk near McCormick Junior High. AGofundme pagehas been set up to help his family with medical bills and other expe...
SUVs, pickups, vans and minivans are substantially more likely than cars to hit pedestrians when making turns, suggesting that these larger vehicles may not afford drivers as clear a view of people crossing the road, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows ...
Rebecca Russo, a witness of the chase, said she saw three people hit by the car as it sped through the mall. "We were just standing on Bourke Street, and we heard a bit of a crash coming from the mall. I saw a maroon car driving up the pedestrian path on the Flinders Street side...