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...
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...
Methods Using national mortality statistics, we identified fatalities in England 2007–2012 among: pedestrians who were walking for travel (whether they were hit by a vehicle or fell); cyclists who were travelling; and drivers of cars or vans. We examined 'secondary causes' of death for those ...
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 ...
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Jaywalking laws have historically protected those who drive recklessly. When cars were first invented, people and cars shared the roadways. It was common for city lights to blind pedestrians so that they got hit by cars. According toThe Detroit News, at the close of the 19...
mile away, at Broadmoor/Ewing. The nearest marked crosswalk to the south is more than half a mile away, at Rock St (Rocketship charter school). Police report says victim was "outside of crosswalk" in far left of south-bound lanes. He was hit by three vehicles, only one of which ...
Pedestrians were found to be at a lower risk of being hit by a car at intersections with higher pedestrian traffic, and individual cars were found to be at a lower risk of Acknowledgements We thank the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies, and Roadway Safety Institute, for...
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Cities have been slow to respond by making the improvements necessary to separate cars from pedestrians and cyclists, and the federal government has largely been absent, focused more on rolling back vehicle emissions standards than helping cities curb traffic fatalities. A bipartisan coalition in Congre...