Sentences with phrase «pedestrian fatalities in»

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

In New Jersey, there were 168 pedestrian fatalities in 2014.

This may be due to the study results that revealed that the vast majority of pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. occurred in urban areas and involved pedestrians who were in «non-intersection» areas.

There were 5 pedestrian fatalities in Glendale in 2014.

An article in the Chicago Tribune entitled «Pedestrian deaths in Chicago are up despite safety measures» details how Illinois pedestrian accident fatalities increased from 49 deaths in 2007 to 56 pedestrian fatalities in 2008.

California has some of the highest rates of pedestrian fatalities in the country.

These two areas made up more than 20 percent of all of the pedestrian fatalities in the state.

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.

City data reports 101 pedestrian fatalities in 2014, compared to 178 in 2013.

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey suspended Uber's self - driving vehicle testing privileges Monday in the wake of a pedestrian fatality in a Phoenix suburb last week.

Queens Boulevard, once known as the «Boulevard of Death» in NYC tabloids, has not seen a pedestrian fatality in three years, and has become a centerpiece of the mayor's Vision Zero traffic safety campaign.

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

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has suspended Uber's self - driving vehicle testing privileges in the wake of a pedestrian fatality in Tempe last week.

Not exact matches

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

A woman in Tempe, Ariz., died after being hit by a self - driving car operated by Uber, in what is believed to be the first fatality of a pedestrian from an autonomous vehicle on public roads.

That was primarily driven by increases in pedestrian, motorcyclist, and cyclist fatalities, the NHTSA found, which were attributed to the economy's spring - back and lower gas prices.

One of Uber Technologies Inc.'s self - driving cars fatality struck a pedestrian in Tempe, Ariz., leading to a halt in Nvidia's self - driving tests.

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

Uber's self - driving car in Tempe, Arizona, struck and killed a pedestrian Sunday night (March 18), marking the first known fatality of a...

Brakes on: A self - driving Uber car that struck and killed a pedestrian on a dark road in Phoenix this month was the first fatality involving an autonomous vehicle.

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.

Police say a video from the Uber self - driving car that struck and killed a woman on Sunday shows her moving in front of it suddenly, a factor that investigators are likely to focus on as they assess the performance of the technology in the first pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous vehicle.

Uber Technologies Inc. halted autonomous vehicle tests after one of its cars struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, in what is likely the first pedestrian fatality involving the technology.

The number of traffic fatalities in 2017 in New York City plummeted to the lowest level since record - keeping started over a century ago, city officials said — a decline led by a steep drop in pedestrian deaths, which fell by nearly a third from the year before.

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.

The proposal came just after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an initiative to bring the number of traffic fatalities in the city to zero after seven pedestrians were killed in the first few weeks of 2014.

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.

The busy crossroads — where several lanes of traffic zip past pedestrian islands and commuters converge at the West 72nd Street subway station — have seen 69 accidents in the last two years, including one fatality, according to the NYPD.

Nearly three - fourths (73 percent) of pedestrian fatalities occur in urban settings.

Now, in Washington and Colorado, they're tracking data on traffic accidents and fatalities, pedestrian accidents, suicide rates, homicide rates, that type of thing.

In this lesson plan, in line with common core standards, students will investigate educational resources and write about the safety of pedestrians in developing countries, where many times pedestrian injury and fatality is not reported and occasionally even considered normaIn this lesson plan, in line with common core standards, students will investigate educational resources and write about the safety of pedestrians in developing countries, where many times pedestrian injury and fatality is not reported and occasionally even considered normain line with common core standards, students will investigate educational resources and write about the safety of pedestrians in developing countries, where many times pedestrian injury and fatality is not reported and occasionally even considered normain developing countries, where many times pedestrian injury and fatality is not reported and occasionally even considered normal.

In Philadelphia, a total of 31 pedestrians were killed in motor vehicle crashes during 2012, representing 29 percent of the city's total traffic fatalitiesIn Philadelphia, a total of 31 pedestrians were killed in motor vehicle crashes during 2012, representing 29 percent of the city's total traffic fatalitiesin motor vehicle crashes during 2012, representing 29 percent of the city's total traffic fatalities..

A pedestrian airbag is the latest safety technology from Volvo, which hopes to eliminate all injuries and fatalities from those in a Volvo by 2020.

In 2012, nearly three - quarters of all pedestrian fatalities, (73 percent) and more than two - thirds of all bicyclist fatalities (69 percent) occurred in urban areaIn 2012, nearly three - quarters of all pedestrian fatalities, (73 percent) and more than two - thirds of all bicyclist fatalities (69 percent) occurred in urban areain urban areas.

The majority of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities occur in urban areas.

In 2012, nearly three - quarters of all pedestrian fatalities (73 %) and more than two - thirds of all bicyclist fatalities (69 %) occurred in urban areaIn 2012, nearly three - quarters of all pedestrian fatalities (73 %) and more than two - thirds of all bicyclist fatalities (69 %) occurred in urban areain urban areas.

In addition, NHTSA's new Non-motorized Safety grant program, authorized in the FAST Act, will provide $ 13.8 million in Federal funds to 20 States with significant proportions of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities to implement effective education and enforcement programIn addition, NHTSA's new Non-motorized Safety grant program, authorized in the FAST Act, will provide $ 13.8 million in Federal funds to 20 States with significant proportions of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities to implement effective education and enforcement programin the FAST Act, will provide $ 13.8 million in Federal funds to 20 States with significant proportions of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities to implement effective education and enforcement programin Federal funds to 20 States with significant proportions of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities to implement effective education and enforcement programs.

Larger facilities, the time of the day, and uneven walkways or roadway surfaces also play an important role in pedestrian and bicyclist injuries and fatalities.

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

Pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities have increased in recent years, and in 2016 5,987 pedestrians and 840 bicyclists died on our roadways.

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 Safer People, Safer Streets initiative launched a high - profile collaborative, intermodal effort to help improve pedestrian and bicycle safety at the local level, in response to data showing increasing fatalities.

The 2015 fatality data released in August 2016 by NHTSA showed further increases in pedestrian and bicycle fatalities Nation - wide, which confirms the need to continue DOT's work on this issue.

In addition, NHTSA's new Non-motorized Safety grant program, authorized in the FAST Act, will provide $ 13.8 million in federal funds to 20 States with significant proportions of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities to implement effective education and enforcement programIn addition, NHTSA's new Non-motorized Safety grant program, authorized in the FAST Act, will provide $ 13.8 million in federal funds to 20 States with significant proportions of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities to implement effective education and enforcement programin the FAST Act, will provide $ 13.8 million in federal funds to 20 States with significant proportions of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities to implement effective education and enforcement programin federal funds to 20 States with significant proportions of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities to implement effective education and enforcement programs.

In FY 2015, DOT launched the Safer People, Safer Streets initiative to increase walking and biking as a mode of transportation and reduce pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities, and worked with mayors around the country in implementing this initiativIn FY 2015, DOT launched the Safer People, Safer Streets initiative to increase walking and biking as a mode of transportation and reduce pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities, and worked with mayors around the country in implementing this initiativin implementing this initiative.

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.

An Australian study of child pedestrian backover collisions occurring between 1999 and 2009 found that males were involved in two - thirds of backover crashes that resulted in injuries and nearly three - quarters of backover crashes that resulted in fatalities.

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.

Bad thing: bicyclist and pedestrian fatalities have increased slightly, representing 16.3 % of all traffic deaths in 2012 compared to 2011's 15.6 %.