Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about “Accidents”

Renewed Calls for Ped Safety Summit as Death Toll Mounts

By Brad Aaron | Oct 8, 2007 | 6 Comments

After a weekend that saw three pedestrian fatalities and just as many serious injuries — with no known criminal charges filed against any of the motorists involved as of this writing — a Manhattan-based advocacy group has renewed calls for action on pedestrian safety. Spurred by the death of third-grader Prince Harris, Jr. (pictured), the […]

Vehicular Homicide Charge in Thomson Death

By Brad Aaron | Oct 2, 2007 | 12 Comments

The man who police arrested for hitting and killing 24-year-old Julia Thomson last weekend has been charged with vehicular homicide. According to the Daily News and the Post, police say Tenzing Bhutia, a 21-year-old Baruch College senior from Queens, knew he hit "something" with his father’s Mercedes, but did not stop. Thomson was struck […]

Two Traffic Fatalities: One a Homicide, the Other an “Accident”

By Brad Aaron | Oct 1, 2007 | 34 Comments

Two people died in separate but similar motor vehicle crashes in the city over the weekend. The drivers accused of causing the deaths of Robert Pelicone, 22, and Julia Thomson, 24, were both speeding; both fled after their respective crashes; and both drivers were soon arrested and charged with DWI and leaving the scene. The […]

Last Weekend of Summer Marked by Child’s Death

By Brad Aaron | Sep 4, 2007 | No Comments

The city’s public schools are back in session today, and students, parents and staff at P.S. 24 in Sunset Park should have a safer intersection to contend with at 38th St. and Fourth Ave., near a BQE off-ramp, following a simple signal timing adjustment. The Daily News reports: After months of community pressure, city Department of Transportation […]

Cyclists Throwing Selves Under Cars in Brooklyn

By Brad Aaron | Aug 20, 2007 | 28 Comments

The Daily News reports that more cyclists are getting hit by cars in Williamsburg and Greenpoint — an increase of 38 percent and 188 percent, respectively, over last year. While Transportation Alternatives cites dangerous conditions created by the lack of bike lanes, the News draws a different conclusion: [T]he numbers don’t lie. Stats show that […]

Feds Withhold Fatal-Accident Info from Public

By Sarah Goodyear | Mar 8, 2007 | 5 Comments

An article in the LA Times (reg required) details how the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has systematically withheld information on fatal accidents from the public, even going so far as to deny Freedom of Information Act requests from researchers. R.A. Whitworth, whose Maryland-based company conducts highway safety research for attorneys, insurance companies and even […]