A backover accident occurs when a driver of a vehicle backs into someone. Pedestrians, cyclists, elderly citizens and especially small children are very vulnerable to backover accidents. These accidents typically occur at low speeds when … Continue reading
Read More →Studies show that people are more likely to die in fatal pedestrian accidents in Florida than anywhere else in the nation. According to Transportation for America’s Dangerous by Design study, four Florida metro areas topped the national list … Continue reading
Read More →On Thursday, a 54-year-old Naples man was killed while walking on an unlit road in Golden Gate Estates in Collier County.
On Wednesday, an 87-year-old woman was hit and killed by a car in south Fort Myers, and a 44-year-old … Continue reading
Read More →Pedestrian Accidents: Twenty-seven-year-old Monica Alvarez was six months pregnant when she was hit by a car walking along a road with no sidewalks in Tampa, near the Silver Oaks apartment complex where she lived. The … Continue reading
Read More →Pedestrian Accidents: Twenty-seven-year-old Monica Alvarez was six months pregnant when she was hit by a car walking along a road with no sidewalks in Tampa, near the Silver Oaks apartment complex where she lived. The … Continue reading
Read More →The St. Petersburg Times recently filed a report of another victim of a hit and run which seems to occur all too frequently in the greater Clearwater area. A … Continue reading
Read More →According to study by Transportation for America, a nonprofit safety advocacy organization, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater is the second most dangerous place to walk in the United States. In fact, the four most dangerous metropolitan areas in the country are all … Continue reading
Read More →Florida’s traffic fatality rate dropped to its lowest rate on record last year, The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles issued its Traffic Crash Statistics report for 2010, indicating the lowest number of deaths per mile traveled … Continue reading
Read More →The graphic and horrifying video from the Florida Department of Transportation at www.seetheblindspots.com, intended to increase pedestrian safety in the Tampa area, has raised controversy around the state. In hope that it will warn people of the dangers crossing … Continue reading
Read More →A recent study of pedestrian injury accidents between 2005 and 2009 in Chicago, funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, found that 78 percent of all pedestrian crashes and 80 percent of fatal and serious … Continue reading
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