Sentences with phrase «pedestrian fatalities for»

«[t] he seven states (Alaska, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Washington) and DC that legalized recreational use of marijuana between 2012 and 2016 reported a collective 16.4 percent increase in pedestrian fatalities for the first six months of 2017 versus the first six months of 2016, whereas all other states reported a collective 5.8 percent decrease in pedestrian fatalities.»

Not exact matches

For Tesla, there is one fatality, including known pedestrian fatalities, every 320 million miles in vehicles equipped with Autopilot hardware.

NHTSA works to prevent injuries and fatalities for all road users — including children, teens, older drivers, bicyclists, pedestrians, and drivers with disabilities.

«The only thing Mayor de Blasio had done was pre-K and Vision Zero,» Malcolm said, referring to free early education opportunities for four - year - olds and the city's plan to cut the number of fatalities from traffic crashes with pedestrians.

The on topic Q&A included redesign plans for other streets, especially Queens Boulevard, why the administration attributes the reduction in pedestrian fatalities to Vision Zero and not to regular year - to - year variances, how the administration actually knows that driving speeds are reduced, why so few street redesign projects have been done on Staten Island, data for any changes in safety at this E.Tremont / Silver Street intersection, why Commissioner Bratton did not attend, why there are few speeding and failure to yield tickets issued in this (45th) precinct, the negative effect of speed bumps on emergency response vehicles, plans for marking and painting of roads, whether the mayor will seek additional red light camera authorizations from the state legislature, the paucity of criminal prosecutions against drivers who kill pedestrians and an estimate of money received from speed camera tickets.

David Sinclair, head of policy for Help the Aged, said: «Safety on our roads is of paramount importance - around 40 per cent of pedestrian fatalities are older people and older people are far more likely to be severely injured or killed in accidents.

This high level of involvement is particularly meaningful for child pedestrians as the proportion of child pedestrian fatalities is significantly high relative to adults,» she adds.

Vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, still account for almost half of Europe's road fatalities and bicyclists» deaths are on the rise in many countries.

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.

«US DOT has goals for traffic fatalities but not for cyclists and pedestrians.

According to the DOT, streets with protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements lead to a 50 percent reduction in fatalities and injuries for all street users.

It should also be noted that even the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), in its report, suggests that there might be a correlation between traffic deaths and cellphone use, saying «a more recent factor contributing to the increase in pedestrian fatalities may be the growing use of smart phones by all road users, which can be a significant source of distraction for both drivers and pedestrians.»

This week, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released a new report looking at the increases in pedestrian motor vehicle crash fatalities during 2009 — 16.

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.

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

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

These trucks are sometimes full tractor trailers, which can cause severely damaging injuries and even fatalities to other motorists and pedestrians, and the drivers of such trucks have to shoulder a huge responsibility to be aware and alert at all times for other motorists and pedestrians.

It may surprise you to learn that the second most common cause for fatality and injuries last year was due to pedestrians being struck by motor vehicles.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that more than 4,000 pedestrians are killed in U.S. traffic accidents every year, accounting for nearly 11 percent of all motor vehicle fatalities.

In many Tampa Bay area pedestrian crashes, the negligent actions of drivers are to blame for pedestrian fatalities, including driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, speeding, making illegal turns, and failing to obey all traffic laws and signals.

«Figure 1 contains information on four environmental characteristics (land use, pedestrian location, light condition, and time of day and season) where / when pedestrian fatalities occurred in 2013: ■ More occurred in urban areas (73 %) than rural areas (27 %).1 ■ More occurred at non-intersections (69 %) than at intersections (20 %) for pedestrian location (10 % was other locations such as parking lanes / zones, bicycle lanes, shoulders / roadsides, sidewalks, medians / crossing islands, driveway accesses, shareduse paths / trails, non-trafficway areas, and other).

Notably, the Center for Disease Control's stats indicate that 20 % of pedestrian accident fatalities nationwide involve seniors.

Not surprisingly, pedestrian accidents account for a large number of fatalities involving automobiles.

On cell phones there are a countless number of things that pedestrians can do on their morning walk to work, but looking down for this long can bring on an injury or a fatality.

Pedestrian fatality numbers in 2016 increased for the second consecutive year.

Motor safety groups and accident researchers have posed numerous reasons for the rise in pedestrian accidents and fatalities in recent years.

The data used by researchers, which was provided by the National Center for Health Statistics, considers fatalities not just to drivers, but also to pedestrians, cyclists, and public transit passengers.

Pedestrians account for more than 30 % of traffic accident fatalities in Orange County.

In San Diego, pedestrian accident fatalities (and serious injuries) have been rising for the past three years.

Although annual pedestrian fatalities are declining slightly in California, pedestrian fatalities in for people age 65 and older are on the rise.

Fatal accidents involving a car and a pedestrian accounted for 14 percent of crash - related fatalities in the state of Utah in the year 2011, reaching the highest rate since 2002.

The statistics for fatalities in this city, whether it's another car or a pedestrian are horrifying they are ranked at number three!