One central Florida city has found an inexpensive means to hopefully drastically reduce the incidence of pedestrian accidents with motor vehicles for a cheap solution. Given the state’s pervasive problem with pedestrian injuries and fatalities throughout the length and breadth of Florida, it remains to be seen if this solution could potentially resolve an issue that…
A study just released by the safety advocacy group Smart Growth America found that Florida was projected to be the most dangerous state in the country for pedestrians in 2019, with eight of the ten metropolitan areas having the highest pedestrian accident fatality rates in the Sunshine State. Central Florida featured prominently in the rankings,…
Confirming what many people who walk on the road anywhere in Florida already knew about the dangers of being a pedestrian, an annual report released by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) examining pedestrian safety in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The GHSA examined traffic safety statistics, and specifically, the issue of…
A female pedestrian died in a hit-and-run accident outside Tampa last week, marking the sixteenth fatality in a motor vehicle accident in the greater Tampa area in a single week. According to a report from ABC Action News, this most recent fatality occurred when a woman was attempting to cross U.S. 19 just south of…
A pedestrian wheeling a bicycle across the road was recently killed by an Uber self-driving vehicle in Arizona, calling into question the safety of the company’s self-driving vehicles and its use of public roads for test-driving those vehicles. This was believed to be the first pedestrian death associated with self-driving vehicles. Prior to this accident,…
A pedestrian was recently killed in Cocoa Beach on Florida’s East Coast when he stepped in front of a truck and the truck’s driver was unable to stop in time. According to a report from Florida Today on the accident, the victim was 34 years old and stepped off the curb and directly into the…
A pedestrian recently was hit and killed in the early morning hours of the first day of school in Osceola County outside Orlando. According to a report from the Orlando Sentinel, the accident resulted in a crash that backed up traffic for miles and delayed school buses on the first day of classes. According to…
A recent report in the Memphis Commercial Appeal served as a reminder that the roads are dangerous places for pedestrians across the United States, including in Memphis and other parts of Tennessee. According to the report, 14 pedestrians have been killed so far this year on Memphis’s roads. Those figures include six hit and run…
