Common Causes of Pedestrian Accidents

Common Causes Of Pedestrian AccidentsPresented by The Parrish Law Firm

5000pedestrians are killed

84000pedestrians are injured

Every Year

Pedestrian accidents make up

11%Of all motor

vehicle accidents

180000Pedestrians were killed

in motor vehicle accidentsBetween 1975 and 2005

Most pedestrian deaths occur Most pedestrian deaths occur because of traumatic brain injury because of traumatic brain injury caused by the impact of the caused by the impact of the person's head against the person's head against the hood or windshield of hood or windshield of the striking the striking vehicle.vehicle.

Many of the non-fatal injuriesMany of the non-fatal injuriesreported by pedestrians followingreported by pedestrians followinga crash with a motor vehiclea crash with a motor vehicleinvolve damage toinvolve damage tothe lower limbs.the lower limbs.

Factors involving pedestrian accidents with motor vehicles include:

Drug or Alcohol

Impairment

Location

Time of Day

In 2003

46% of pedestrian casualties

involved inebriation by either the driver or the pedestrian.

Of that figure

34%of the pedestrians had been

legally intoxicated at the time of the crash.

Pedestrian crashes typically occur during the late afternoon and early evening hours

presumably because of the reduced levels ofvisibility at a time when many people are on the road.

About 72% of the annually reported About 72% of the annually reported crashes occur in urban regions with crashes occur in urban regions with

significantly higher rates of incidents significantly higher rates of incidents taking place attaking place at

places places otherother than crosswalks. than crosswalks.

Although this type of accidentmay be the fault of the pedestrian,it is far more common for the blame to lie withthe driver's negligence.

Common types of driver negligence include:-Distracted driving-Speeding-Failing to stop at a pedestrian crosswalk-Driving with a blood alcohol content over the legal limit or after taking drugs

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