Posts tagged Pedestrian Accidents

• Pedestrian Accidents Reduced in Oakland By Pedestrian Scramble Device

  Claude Wyle | December 02, 2006 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Our team of pedestrian accident attorneys is keeping a close watch on ways for California cities to improve pedestrian safety. With high concentrations of traffic and pedestrians in Chinatown in Oakland, the rate of pedestrian accidents is very high. A recent study showed that elderly pedestrians were actually not being given enough time to clear the intersections before traffic lights allowed...

• Pedestrian Suffers Head Injury When Struck in Crosswalk

  Claude Wyle | November 24, 2006 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 38-year-old Bay Point woman and her husband suffered serious personal injuries, including head and brain injuries and a broken leg last Friday night when they were both struck down in the crosswalk by a pick up truck. This pedestrian accident caused the woman near fatal injuries when she was dragged nearly 100 feet, after becoming trapped underneath the pickup. The woman was taken to John...

• Halloween: Scariest Night for Pedestrian Accidents

  Claude Wyle | November 01, 2006 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Halloween is the most scary night for parents, since children ages 5 through 14 are four times more likely to die in a pedestrian-automobile accident on Halloween night than any other night of the year, this according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Falls of children are also a leading cause of non-fatal injuries on Halloween.Alan Korn, director of public policy for the...