After two pedestrians were killed in traffic accidents on the Upper West Side in NYC on Friday night, Scott Stringer said that “Upper West Side pedestrian deaths send a clear message: Time for studying the 96th St traffic corridor is over, NYC needs to take action to prevent fatalities. I…
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New York Car Accident: 9 year old boy dies after being struck by taxi on Upper West Side
A 9 year old boy died in a car accident in NYC on Friday night. Copper Stock was walking with his father, the oncologist Richard Stock, on the Upper West Side in New York City on Friday night when the fatal accident occurred. The young boy and his dad were…
Car Accident NYC: Alarming number of pedestrian deaths for the first 12 days of 2014
7 pedestrians died in car accidents in NYC during the first 12 days of 2014. The Daily News projected that at this rate, the number of pedestrians who would die after being struck by a car in New York City would reach 200 by the end of the year compared…
Drunk Driving: In its “report to the Nation” Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) gives 4 stars out of 5 to the State of New York
Mother Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is one of the most powerful non profit organizations against drunk driving. MADD was created in 1980 by Candice Lightner after her 13 year old daughter was killed by a drunken hit and run driver. Since its inception the number of wrongful deaths related to…
Car Accident NYC: Pedestrian deaths at a yearly high in November 2013
25 pedestrians died in car accidents in New York last November according to the recently released NYPD car accident statistics. This is the highest number of pedestrian fatalities per month in 2013. In comparison, the number of pedestrian deaths in November 2012 was 8. Among these 25 pedestrians struck by…
The number of car accidents and other motor vehicle related accidents in New York City slightly decreased in 2012
Statistics related to motor vehicle accidents in New York City in 2012 have been recently released by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. The total number of accidents in 2012 was 68,804 compared to 73,060 in 2011 and 78,343 in 2010. 253 people died and 47,467 suffered personal…
New York Car Accident Prevention: New York Governor Cuomo announced a crackdown on distracted and drunk driving during the Holiday period
To prevent car accidents in New York the New York State police as well as local law enforcement agencies are on the lookout for distracted and/or drunk drivers during this holiday season. Governor Cuomo announced on December 24th that sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols have been deployed all around New…
New York Car Accident: pedestrian suffers serious personal injury after being struck by a drunk driver
A 26 year old man suffered serious personal injury after he was hit by a drunk driver Monday night in the Bronx, New York. The car accident happened when the man was crossing the intersection of Grand Concourse and E. 198th Street around midnight. In New York in 2012 there…
Car Accident Prevention: many drivers believe speed is a problem on our roads
Speed related car accidents cause the death of 10,000 people every year. They represent one third of all traffic accident related fatalities. In its recent report “National Survey of Speeding Attitudes and Behavior“, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) looks at the attitude of drivers…
Worst drivers by State: New Jersey drivers score better than New York drivers, Louisianna drivers are the worst of all States, Vermont Drivers are the best
“Car Insurance Comparison” looked at: – the rate of people who died in a car accidents per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, – the rate of fatal car accidents with traffic safety devices involved, – the rate of fatal crashes when seat belts were NOT used – the rate of…