Although dramatic increase in recent years in motor vehicle safety and reduced injuries and deaths in collisions with motor vehicles it has these improvements are not translated into improved pedestrian safety.

A recent report by transportation for America suggests that not only pedestrian safety has been largely ignored, but that construction to protect of the occupants of the vehicle actually exacerbate pedestrian improvements to safer roadway accidents. With the increasing focus on costs in the health and obesity related health issues, it is with renewed make our roads safer for walking. February 2011 study found that voters improve road safety for pedestrians as a priority identified.

Security make it clear the last statistics on the ground that while significant increase in the motor vehicle security has it, the picture is much grimmer when it comes to pedestrian safety. Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that almost 50,000 pedestrians were killed during a recent ten-year period and almost 670.000 in collisions with motor vehicles have been injured. This corresponds to a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle every seven minutes. The new report indicates that pedestrian fatalities account for 12% of the traffic-related fatalities, but only 1.5 percent of the budget for highway construction fund for the promotion of safer roads for pedestrians has been reserved.

This error pedestrian accidents a priority has a clear discrepancy between the vehicle and pedestrian accident led prices according to the latest report. During the ten-year period of the study to vehicle-related deaths 27 percent back. Unfortunately, pedestrian deaths have decreased during the same timeframe of only 14 percent. The record of neglect towards pedestrian safety is even more disturbing in large u-Bahn areas like Atlanta. Despite a general decline in the number of deaths relating to the movement nationally in the ten-year period, pedestrian area actually increased deaths in the 15 largest u-Bahn areas. These data are reinforced by the latest data the NHTSA, indicating that the severity of pedestrian accidents is increasing. The Agency reported recently, that the likelihood that a pedestrian accident, resulting in a death for a period of ten years to grew a third.

The most disturbing part of the report is the proposal that this error to improve the safety of pedestrians a product premeditated Street design decisions, focused exclusively on motor vehicles in contrast to the safety of pedestrians. The report shows that the poor pedestrian safety record "occur(s) 'arterial' road, specifically for speeding up traffic with little or even no provision for people on foot..."

The Atlanta u-Bahn area (Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta) ranked eleventh nationally in the study of the 52 largest Metro at is most dangerous u-Bahn sections for pedestrians. The Atlanta area had almost 800 pedestrian deaths in the ten year period. This number is even more disturbing as it may seem, because Atlanta is not among the leading fields of u-Bahn on the number of pedestrians who walk to commute.

The Atlanta pedestrian accident lawyers Montlick and Associates, lawyers, were the danger to the witness, who commute on foot or just go and jog for exercise. Further examination of the safety of pedestrians in future road project in Atlanta can the increased emphasis on the physical fitness and awareness of the danger to pedestrians. If you or your loved one has been injured or have lost a wrongful death in a pedestrian accident in Atlanta, are entitled to financial compensation for your injuries or loss of a beloved. Our experienced pedestrian accident lawyers have represented the injured through the negligence of others in Atlanta and Georgia for over 27 years.

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