Fatal pedestrian accidents are on the rise again after several years of declines, despite the continued decline in the overall number of traffic fatalities being attributed in part to the economic downturn, the Governor’s Highway Safety Association. While Texas reported the largest decline during the first six months of 2010 — with 42 fewer pedestrian fatalities than […]
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A monster truck rolled over a young woman in a Dallas strip club parking lot earlier this month. The 27-year-old male driver claims the truck was lifted so high, he wasn’t able to see the 23-year-old female pedestrian, according to a report by Fox 4. The Dallas car accident illustrates the dangers of backover accidents and is […]
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A Trinity Railway Express (TRE) train struck and killed a female pedestrian in Hurst on Tuesday, according to Fox 4. A spokeswoman for the Dallas Area Rapid Transit says the accident happened near 100 block of Precinct Line Road at roughly 4:45 p.m. Authorities have not identified the victim yet. No passengers aboard the train were […]
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Spring has arrived so motorists are advised to be on alert for pedestrians as they hit the ground running to enjoy a little sunshine and warmer weather. The U.S. Department of Transportationreported that pedestrians accounted for 12 percent of total traffic fatalities nationally in 2009. Pedestrian accidents in Dallas are a common threat through the spring and summer […]
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Newly released data from Transportation for America illustrates the number of pedestrian fatalities on America’s roadways from 2000 to 2009. In this time there were more than 47,000 people killed, and another 688,000 injured, in motor-vehicle related pedestrian accidents. The 2011 edition of the pedestrian accidents in Dallas and elsewhere through the country is accompanied byDangerous by Design 2011, […]
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