Posts Categorized: Pedestrian Accidents

  In a collision with any kind of motor vehicle, a pedestrian is completely unprotected and susceptible to very serious injuries. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports the following facts about pedestrian accidents in 2013, the most recent year for which statistics are available: Out of 32,719 total traffic fatalities, 4,735 (14 percent)… Read More

It’s not every day that non-profit safety advocacy groups make headline news with annual reports. However, in March 2017, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) did just that when it released its Spotlight on Highway Safety report for 2016, which projected a startling 11 percent increase in pedestrian fatalities compared to the previous year. The GHSA made… Read More

A disturbing trend of rising deaths among pedestrians on our nation’s roadways was highlighted by a recent report from the Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA), an organization that promotes the reduction of roadway deaths across the United States. According to the report, one pedestrian dies every two hours in the United States, and the amount of pedestrian traffic on… Read More

Driver Awareness of Pedestrians Helps Avoid Injury As the long, cold winter comes to an end, Indiana residents are emerging from the comforts of home and work and traveling by foot rather than car. This increase in the number of pedestrians is bad news for traffic injury rates, however, as drivers must once again adjust to watching… Read More