Pedestrian Accidents

February 9, 2012

Recent Projects Improve Pedestrian Safety on New York City Streets

New York’s transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Kahn, said recently that recent declines in traffic- related deaths are attributable in part to […]
January 24, 2012

Protecting Pedestrians From Truck Accidents

A recent New York State law is intended to eliminate blind spots for truckers driving in New York City and […]
January 17, 2012

Study Reveals Headphone-Related Deaths Increasing

Researchers at the Univeristy of Maryland have found that accidents involving pedestrians wearing headphones are on the rise.  Between 2004 […]
January 10, 2012

Bike Lanes: Do They Improve Pedestrian Safety?

The improvement of bike lanes on Oriental Boulevard in the Manhattan Beach section of Brooklyn has infuriated local residents, even […]
October 31, 2011

Drive, trick-or-treat with caution to prevent pedestrian accidents

According to AAA, the most fatal pedestrian accidents occur on Halloween, October 31. Tonight, kids will be out running on […]
September 21, 2011

New York City pedestrians at risk of accidents with bicycles

According to a recent study, at least 500 pedestrians are struck by bicyclists each year in New York City alone. […]
August 31, 2011

Fewer pedestrian accidents? New York weighs texting while walking ban

A recent study showed that the majority of pedestrians who are injured or killed in pedestrian accidents are injured while […]
June 12, 2011

New York road criticized for high number of pedestrian accidents

When pedestrians are crossing the road, it is usually with the expectation that if they follow the traffic laws, they […]
January 27, 2011

Proposed law aimed at fighting distracted pedestrians

Over the last couple of years, we have heard a great deal about distracted driving and efforts by various cities […]