Sentences with phrase «pedestrian fatalities»

About the same percentage of pedestrian fatalities involved children between the age of five and nine.

Last year there were 135 reported pedestrian fatalities in the city.

The system is aimed at reducing pedestrian fatalities and currently only works at speeds up to 37 mph, but it proved very effective in our brief test.

The increased pedestrian fatalities seen starting in 2010 supported the idea of «distracted walking» becoming a growing problem.

In the years 2009 to 2013, pedestrian fatalities caused by negligent drivers rose fifteen percent.

For example, states with a maximum prison term of five years have a similar rate of hit - and - run pedestrian fatalities as states with a maximum prison term of 25 years.

The three winners are among the cities with some of the highest rates of pedestrian fatalities nationwide.

But the high number of pedestrian fatalities, both locally and nationally, is typically viewed as a transit, rather than a public health, problem.

Additionally, there are certain locations more likely to be accident sites, with the vast majority of pedestrian fatalities occurring in high - density urban areas such as downtown areas or within metropolitan area borders.

The fatal crash in Tempe was the first pedestrian fatality involving a self - driving vehicle in the United States.

The first known pedestrian fatality involving a fully autonomous self - driving car will most likely raise questions about the vehicles» safety.

From 2008 - 2012, 21 percent of pedestrian fatalities on Halloween night involved a drunk driver.

The graphs below depict pedestrian fatalities for states that legalized recreations marijuana between 2012 and 2016.

Honda has also gone out of the way to reduce injuries for pedestrians in collisions — features like collapsible hood hinges, breakaway windshield wipers, and other features, help reduce pedestrian fatalities by almost 60 percent.

Herzberg was transported to a hospital, where she later died from her injuries, in what may be the first known pedestrian fatality in a self - driving crash.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were 32,885 total pedestrian fatalities in conjunction with traffic crashes in 2010.

Indeed, California consistently leads the nation in total annual pedestrian fatalities.

In the last two years, Solomonow says there was only child pedestrian fatality in all of Manhattan.

With pedestrian fatalities in such states as Georgia, which is up 37 percent over the past two years, it's clear that this is a crucial and all - too overlooked area of personal injury law.

So far, Ms. Mark - Viverito has been effective; together with Mayor Bill de Blasio, she has swiftly enacted an expansive paid - sick - days law, a package of 11 bills to meet the mayor's goal of slashing pedestrian fatalities, and, against conventional wisdom, democratized the council, thus checking her own power.

Building on his «Vision Zero» initiative to curb pedestrian fatalities, Mayor Bill de Blasio's office announced today that 240 city trucks will be equipped with side guards.

This is the first reported pedestrian fatality due to a self - driving vehicle.

As a percentage of the total motor vehicle - related deaths in 2012, pedestrian fatalities represented 14.1 percent and bicyclist fatalities represented 2.2 percent, for a total of 16.3 percent of the total.

Studies of pedestrian fatalities at the local level have found that compared to rural areas, the rate of pedestrian crashes per number of residents is four times as high in large urban areas, and twice as high in small or midsize urban areas.

Pedestrian fatalities followed the same trend; rising to 4,743 fatalities in 2012 — also the highest number in 5 years.

This statistic, however, does not indicate the impact of legalization on pedestrian fatalities because many states did not legalize between the time periods cited.

The capital of the midwest aims to eliminate pedestrian fatalities and drastically reduce injuries over the next ten years.

Legal sanctions do not appear to have a deterrent effect when looking at rates of hit - and - run pedestrian fatalities and sentencing guidelines for fatal hit - and - run crashes.

«The really tragic part about it is that the two areas where we've had the most pedestrian fatalities, these are disinvested, depopulated areas,» he says.

According to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2010 pedestrian fatalities accounted for over 13 % of all fatalities caused by cars.

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.

Pedestrian fatalities now reach a new record in the U.S. every year.

It's believed to be the first pedestrian fatality associated with self - driving technology.

Even one pedestrian fatality per year is too much, let alone almost 200 accidents, in one city.

Of Texas» total traffic accidents, pedestrian fatalities make up around 12.3 %.

The Governors» Highway Safety Association estimates that the number of pedestrians killed in 2015 increased by around 10 percent as compared with 2014, which is the largest annual increase in pedestrian fatalities since the federal government began collecting accident data forty years ago.

The United Kingdom has seen results: After implementing its law, cyclist fatalities dropped 61 percent while pedestrian fatalities fell 20 percent.

There is also information that there were 53 pedestrian fatalities between 2005 and 2007 because of vehicular accidents.

Most of these pedestrian deaths occur in urban environments, and the majority of pedestrian fatalities occur when it is dark, with 24 percent occurring from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and 32 percent occurring from 8:00 p.m. to midnight.

The recent mishap involving a self - driving Uber that led to one of the first pedestrian fatalities caused by a self - driving vehicle (albeit with a human as the backup in the vehicle) and the crash of the Tesla vehicle with Autopilot engaged has raised questions on the safety and regulations governing autonomous driving.

In 2013, Los Angeles County saw over 4,721 pedestrian injuries and 211 pedestrian fatalities as a result of motor vehicle accidents.

A self - driving car from Uber Technologies hit and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, on Sunday evening, what is likely the first pedestrian fatality involving a driverless vehicle.

Duffin's death was the latest in a string of six pedestrian fatalities on a 6 - mile stretch of Niagara Falls Boulevard between the Buffalo city line and the Niagara County border at Tonawanda Creek over the last five years.

Much like Mr. Markowitz, Mr. Adams wants Brooklynites to know exactly what the beep has been up to: there is a lengthy bio of Mr. Adams, photographs of the borough president at various community events, a story about Mr. Adams» commitment to renewable energy and a story about his advocacy of the mayor's plan to reduce pedestrian fatalities, among others.

Philadelphia's initiative is supported by a $ 525,000 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) grant initiative to help address a three year trend of increased pedestrian fatalities.

According to information from the National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Halloween is also the deadliest time of the year for child pedestrian fatalities.

San Diego is not immune to pedestrian fatalities by any stretch of the imagination.