Category: Pedestrian Accidents

California pedestrians can be at a high risk of an accident whenever they are in the presence of a negligent or distracted driver. Serious injuries such as broken bones or head trauma, and sometimes even fatalities, can result from a pedestrian accident involving a motor vehicle. Drivers are more prone to encounter...

California residents may be accustomed to hearing about a pedestrian accident. In a state that has enjoyable weather most of the time, a fair number of residents enjoy taking advantage by walking or running outside. Unfortunately, motorists aren't always aware of pedestrians and tragic accidents can result. A recent pedestrian accident has...

As addressed in previous posts, pedestrian accidents can cause serious injuries or even fatalities. This is especially true when an accident involves a motor vehicle and a pedestrian. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association, nearly 5,000 pedestrians die each year in motor vehicle related accidents. More than 78,000 pedestrian injuries...

When operating a motor vehicle, California drivers are expected to obey all traffic rules and speed limits, to pay attention to their surroundings, and to maintain a lookout at all times for other vehicles and pedestrians. However, drivers may now have to take into account an extra variable to avoid pedestrian accidents:...

The criminal trial of a 60-year old San Francisco man began this week. The man is charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charges for killing a 59-year-old male pedestrian. The fatal pedestrian accident occurred last September in San Francisco's Castro District.

Apparently the defendant was driving his Ford...

The California Highway Patrol is in need of some information in order to solve a Santa Cruz County case. However, a terrier dog was able to communicate one thing to authorities investigating an apparent hit-and-run accident near Wilder Ranch State Park, the terrier did not abandon his bicycle-riding companion.

A 27-year-old pedestrian was injured in a San Francisco Muni accident when she got caught between two cars. The woman and her dog were trying to cross at Irving Street on Muni's N-Judah line. A police spokesperson said that in accidents like this, many people end up much more serious...

When crossing a street as a pedestrian in San Francisco, or anywhere for that matter, we are putting our safety in the hands of the drivers around us. Even when we are in the crosswalk and have a green light to walk across the street, the only real protection is the judgment...

A pair of pedestrians were struck and killed by a Kern County's Sheriff's deputy whom witnesses said was speeding. Speeding is a common occurrence, said area residents still struggling to come to terms with the deaths after the fatal accident.

The man, 24, and the...

A motorist charged with felony hit-and-run for a car accident which took the life of a 25-year-old pedestrian was expected to enter into a plea agreement with prosecutors. The accident took place earlier this year on a dark portion of state Route 35 in Pacifica, California.

The 58-year-old driver...