Sentences with phrase «pedestrian deaths»

This number represents the highest number of pedestrian deaths in recent years.

The number of pedestrian deaths in the city in 2017 was the lowest on record.

Any efforts to reduce the area's pedestrian death rate will likely be embraced.

The car was in autonomous mode when it struck the victim, and it is the first known pedestrian death involving a self - driving car.

It is believed to be the first pedestrian death caused by a self - driving car.

«This measure will have the greatest impact on, and is the single most important bill to prevent pedestrian death,» she said.

The same report showed that pedestrian deaths accounted for 14 percent of all traffic fatalities in motor vehicle accidents.

Both alcohol related traffic deaths and injuries increased and pedestrian deaths doubled.

There were over 6,500 pedestrian deaths between 2005 and 2014, according to the report (almost two deaths per 100,000 people).

The goal is to ultimately eliminate pedestrian deaths in the city.

It has succeeded in cutting pedestrian deaths almost in half, from 83 in the first six months of 2013 to 48 in the same period this year.

This state law provides the primary reason railroad companies take no responsibility for pedestrian deaths along the tracks.

According to recent reports, the number of pedestrian deaths in the city rose by 80 percent between 2015 and 2017.

In fact, pedestrian deaths in hit - and - run accidents have been on the rise for the past five years.

«The mayor's successful effort to reduce pedestrian deaths through Vision Zero, for example, is reflected in enhanced enforcement of speed and bus lane cameras,» he said.

The more recent GHSA report also noted that 74 percent of pedestrian deaths occur in the dark, which suggests visibility, road design, and driver focus would have played a bigger role than pedestrian distraction.

In 2013, the number of pedestrian deaths rose to 4,735.

Hempstead Turnpike in Nassau County, also known as Route 24, ranked second on the list, with 11 pedestrian deaths during the three years studied.

A recent report indicates that U.S. pedestrian deaths reached nearly 6,000 in 2017 for the second straight year.

Traffic fatalities fell 7 percent in New York City last year, according to a report released by de Blasio, with pedestrian deaths last year dropping from 148 to 101, but driver, cyclist and motorcycle fatalities each rose.

As companies and regulators alike respond to the self - driving - related pedestrian death of 49 - year - old Elaine Herzberg, the National Transportation Safety Board as well as the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration and local Arizona police are continuing their investigation into the crash.

Most child pedestrian deaths are traffic - related, and the rest tend to happen in driveways, in parking lots, and on sidewalks.

The Transportation Committee is also expected to be heavily involved with Mayor Bill de Blasio's Vision Zero initiative, which aims to bring pedestrian deaths to zero.

After two years of major declines in New York City's traffic deaths, the number of people killed in crashes dropped slightly last year while pedestrian deaths rose, leading to questions about whether Mayor Bill de Blasio's ambitious campaign to eliminate traffic fatalities has stalled.

With pedestrian deaths on the rise, Subaru's pedestrian detection and auto braking system may be arriving in the nick of time.

D.C.) Traffic fatalities have been relatively stable since the 1990s - around 5,000 pedestrian deaths annually, with 700 of those cyclists.

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In England, mandated side guards on large trucks reduced cyclist and pedestrian deaths by 61 percent, and serious injuries by 13 percent, according to studies.

Except there is not much evidence of this, and even Kelly Sanders notes that New York City, where everybody is looking at their phones, has a much lower rate of pedestrian death because there are so many people in the streets and the cars travel more slowly.

Every single pedestrian death is a tragedy, as New York City's Vision Zero campaign recognizes.

In the Orlando Sentinel article titled Pedestrian deaths up in Central Florida, Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Steven Montiero also blames the pedestrians.

The figure contrasts sharply with other megacities, like London (1.9 pedestrian deaths per 100,000 inhabitants), New York (2.2), Singapore (2.8), Hong Kong (3.8) and Bogota (4.1).

We have covered this issue often: Pedestrian deaths up 46 percent since 2009, mostly due to bad design of roads and vehicles How to write a headline about drivers who kill

As a Swedish transportation expert noted, a few pedestrian deaths are the ««price that we have to pay for our mobility.»

These findings came from the National Complete Streets Coalition, which assessed each major metro's «pedestrian death index» — the rate of pedestrian fatalities relative to the number of people who walk to work in the area.

Florida happens to be the deadliest state for pedestrians, accounting for 11.1 percent of pedestrian deaths nationwide.

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At the beginning of February, there were at least 5 reported pedestrian deaths in a span of 4 days.

In light of all of the high - profile pedestrian deaths in Toronto over the last two years the City of Toronto recently announced The Vision Zero Road Safety Plan, which will be implemented over the next five years.

Alcohol related and pedestrian deaths remained the same.

It is a sign of China's strong support for the industry in the wake of the first pedestrian death from an autonomous Uber vehicle in the US.

New regulations coming in Europe that are designed to reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries will force automakers to alter the hood heights and front fascia designs.

The CDC reports that pedestrian deaths occur most frequently in the more urban areas around the city, during low visibility at night and at non-intersections.

Safety experts point to the numbers: U.S. pedestrian deaths have been on the rise, with 5,376 in 2015 and nearly 6,000 last year, the most in two decades and up 22 percent from 2014, according to data compiled by the Governors Highway Safety Association for a recent report.

Safety features like forward collision warning and emergency braking help prevent pedestrian deaths, but the numbers show there's a significant problem.

Pedestrian deaths accounted for 12 percent of all traffic - related deaths throughout the country.

Alcohol related deaths increased by more than 30 percent and pedestrian deaths doubled.

Pedestrian death rates increased by 100percent.

The numbers are particularly chilling in Israel, where kids account for 20 percent of pedestrian deaths.