Category: Pedestrian Accidents

If a pedestrian gets injured from an auto accident on a California highway, they might be able to receive compensation by filing a lawsuit. However, pedestrians are responsible for appropriately protecting themselves and by doing what they can to avoid becoming involved in an accident. Even so, a pedestrian injured in a...

While California may have passed a law that allows driverless cars to use public roads, many Golden State residents remain unsure about how reliably autonomous vehicle technology will perform in the real world. A team of researchers asked members of the public how they would like driverless cars to behave in a...

A settlement agreement has been reached in the personal injury lawsuit that was filed against David Crosby for an accident he had in California in March 2015. In the accident, Crosby struck a man who was jogging with his son, causing the jogger to suffer serious injuries.

Crosby will...

Whether California residents enjoy walking as a way to get around town or they walk to get to work, they are extremely vulnerable against their fellow motorists. In fact, an average of 430 people around the country suffer injuries from a pedestrian accident each day that require emergency treatment. Due to the...

A frightening situation worsened for a man who barely avoided going over a cliff in his SUV while driving on Malibu Canyon Road. A statement from the sheriff's station in Malibu-Lost Hills explained that a tour bus struck a man who escaped his vehicle that was teetering over the edge of a...

Pedestrians in California may want to exercise caution if they are walking along streets and highways, even if they are on sidewalks. That is because more pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in California than most other states.

During the first six months of 2015, pedestrian fatalities in California,...

A representative from the California Highway Patrol confirmed that officers responded to a pedestrian accident on the southbound land of Interstate 110 on Feb. 15. The accident occurred near the Florence Avenue exit. A driver had struck a man on the freeway and stayed on the scene while authorities attended the situation.

A hit-and-run accident in California has left a 24-year-old pedestrian dead. The alleged hit-and-run driver was arrested on Oct. 11 the same day as the accident that occurred at approximately 1:35 a.m.. The accident took place in the 1900 block of South Laurel Avenue, according to police. Witnesses to the accident reported...

Each year in California and around the country, pedestrians are struck by vehicles and are killed or seriously injured. While many of these types of accidents occur in mid-block areas rather than at intersections, improving pedestrian signals at crosswalks can significantly reduce both the number of accidents and the fatalities that result...

On Tuesday, March 31, 2015, a 23-year-old woman, Rita Caballero-Orta, was fatally struck and killed by a vehicle while she was out on a morning jog. Ms. Caballero-Orta was jogging by the waterfront near the intersection of Curtola Parkway and Marin Street when a sedan hit her.

The driver...