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Florida Pedestrian | Crosswalk Collisions & Bicycle Accidents:

• What You Probably Don't Know About Florida Pedestrian Crosswalks   
  Description: Florida is a dangerous place for pedestrians, especially when crossing our busy roads and highways. Serious personal injury or death of too many pedestrians have resulted from drivers and pedestrians not knowing Florida's traffic laws,(Statute 316.130) particularly at pedestrian crosswalks.
• 8 Things You Must Do If You've Been Injured in a Bicycle Accident   
  Description: Florida Bicycle Accident and personal injury lawyer Jim Dodson knows the steps a bicyclist takes immediately after an accident with a car can make a difference in successfully holding the car driver responsible. In a special report, he writes 8 valuable things you must do to preserve your claim if you've been injured in a bicycle accident.
• Pedestrian Injury and Car | Vehicle Travel Speed   
  Description: The relationship between vehicle travel speeds and resulting pedestrian injury was reviewed in the literature and in existing data sets. Results indicated that higher vehicle speeds are strongly associated with both a greater likelihood of pedestrian crash occurrence and more serious pedestrian injury.
• Bicycle Accidents and Drivers' Visual Search at Left and Right Turns   
  Description: In an accident data base study it was shown that when drivers cross a bicycle path as they enter a non-signalized intersection, the clearly dominant type of car-bicycle crashes are those in which a bicyclist comes from the right and the driver is turning right, in marked contrast to the cases with drivers turning left.
• Recovery for Injuries Suffered by Pedestrian   
  Description: Clearwater, St. Petersburg injury lawyer discusses recovery for injuries suffered by a pedestrian when hit by a car in crosswalk, sidewalk, parking lot, and backup accidents.
• Common Injuries Suffered by Bicyclists in Florida   
  Description: Clearwater | St. Petersburg injury attorney James W. Dodson discusses damage recovery for injuries suffered by bicyclists when hit by a car or truck and how Florida's No Fault statute applies.
• A List of Pedestrian Safety Tips   
  Description: A public campaign called "Street Smarts" by the Department of Transportation, published a list of safety tips for pedestrians to raise public awareness.
• A List of Safety Tips for Motorists to Increase Pedestrian Safety   
  Description: The Department of Transportation provides a list of safe driving tips to ensure pedestrian safety by motorists.
• Florida Statute 316.083 Sets Minimum Distance When Passing a Bicyclist   
  Description: Florida Statute 316.083 (State Uniform Traffic Control) provides the driver of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or other nonmotorized vehicle must pass the bicycle or other nonmotorized vehicle at a safe distance of not less than 3 feet between the vehicle and the bicycle or other nonmotorized vehicle.
• Pedestrian Crosswalk Crash Study | Part 1   
  Description: This is a study analyzing pedestrian crash risk at marked and unmarked crosswalks in California. Evidence exists to suggest the poor crash record of marked crosswalks is not due to the crosswalk being marked but a reflection of the pedestrian's lack of caution when using a marked crosswalk.
  (U.S. Department of Transportation Traffic Highway Administration)
• A Plan to Reduce Pedestrian Crashes | A Study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety   
  Description: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety provides a review of research on crashes involving pedestrians and has identified several traffic engineering countermeasures. These can be effective in reducing the approximately 5,000 pedestrian deaths and more than 80,000 pedestrian injuries that occur each year.
• Pedestrian Crosswalk Crash Study | Part 2   
  Description: Additional studies of pedestrian crosswalk crashes suggest an increased risk, while crossing in marked crossings, due to lack of caution exercised by pedestrians. (U.S. Department of Transportation Traffic Highway Administration)
• Locations of Pedestrian Crosswalks   
  Description: Many cities tend to install marked crosswalks at signalized intersections, particularly in urban areas where there is pedestrian crossing activity. Many jurisdictions also commonly install marked crosswalks at school crossing locations (especially where adult crossing guards are used), and they are more likely to mark crosswalks at intersections controlled by a stop sign.(U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration)
• Legal Definition of a Crosswalk | Pedestrian | Collision Lawyer   
  Description: The 2000 Uniform Vehicle Code and Model Traffic Ordinance(Uniform Vehicle Code)(Section 1-112)defines a crosswalk as:(1) Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface. A crosswalk at an intersection is defined as the extension of the sidewalk or the shoulder across the intersection, regardless of whether it is marked or not.
• Pedestrians and Bicyclists Rights to Florida No-Fault   
  Description: An article informing pedestrians and bicyclists about who pays their medical bills, lost wages, and death benefits when they've been hit by a vehicle under Florida's No-Fault (PIP) insurance.
• Pedestrian | Crosswalk Driver Awareness   
  Description: A pedestrian crosswalk safety campaign whose goal is to remind drivers they need to look and stop for pedestrians. Research shows that vehicle-pedestrian-crosswalk crashes often occur because drivers are looking only for other cars, are distracted, or just not expecting to see a pedestrian in their path. (U.S.Dept. of Transportation Federal Highway Administration)
• Pedestrian | Motor Vehicle Crash Fatality Facts   
  Description: Pedestrian motor vehicle fatalities account for 11% of crash deaths. The most serious injuries often result from pedestrians being thrown onto the hoods, windshields or tops of cars. Serious head, pelvis, and leg injuries are common. Recommendations by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation are made for reducing the number of pedestrian deaths.
• Dangers of Pedestrians in Crosswalks and Drivers Making Turns   
  Description: A story by the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration about a driver who struck a pedestrian in a crosswalk, while he was attempting to make a left turn. The pedestrian sustained severe injuries to her head and has permanent scars. He reminds drivers to stay alert, and be prepared to stop for pedestrians.
• Pinellas County Municipal Code | Section 122-2 | Bicycle Lanes   
  Description: Pinellas County recognizes that providing for a designated area to be exclusively used by bicycles increases the awareness of cyclists by the drivers of motorized vehicles and provides safety for cyclists.
• Bicycle-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries [PDF]   
  Description: Bicyclists wearing a helmet at the time of injury are less likely to sustain a TBI, traumatic brain injury, than bicyclists not wearing a helmet. Bicycle helmets have been demonstrated to reduce the risk of fatal and nonfatal brain injury by 88% and 85%, respectively.
• Clearwater | City Program Development to Promote Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety [PDF]   
  Description: Clearwater encourages and supports more walking and bicycling in the city of Clearwater through the development of law enforcement and traffic calming implementation to protect and promote safety for pedestrians and bicyclists.
• Clearwater | Understanding Personal Characteristics of Bicyclists and Pedestrians [PDF]   
  Description: In the Tampa Bay area and specifically in Clearwater, the accommodating weather permits year round bicycling which leads to the chance for more incidence of bicycle injuries and therefore the need for proper planning,infrastructure and education to promote safety and reduce the number of motor vehicle related accidents involving bicyclists and pedestrians.
• A Study of Fatal Pedestrian Crashes in Florida [PDF]   
  Description: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that, between 1990 and 1994, a total of 28,970 pedestrian fatalities and 465,000 pedestrian injuries occurred in the United States. Pedestrian crash data compiled by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) indicates that a total 2,625 pedestrian fatalities (includes cases in which pedestrian age was unknown), or about 9 percent of the U.S. total, and 41,916 pedestrian injuries occurred in Florida between the same years.
• Pedestrian Safety at Intersections [PDF]   
  Description: Although intersections represent a very small percentage of U.S. surface road mileage, more than one in five pedestrian deaths is the result of a collision with a vehicle at an intersection. Annually, an average of 5,381 pedestrians died in traffic crashes between 1990 and 2002.
• Florida Bicycle Association   
  Description: Florida Bicycling Touring Calendar
• Bicyclists: Beware of Crossing a Road When a Driver Signals it is “All Clear”   
  Description: Clearwater | St. Petersburg Bicycle Injury Lawyer Jim Dodson discusses the dangers and severe injuries which often result when a bicyclist crosses a road after a driver indicates to the bicyclist the "all clear" sign that it is safe to do so. Many times the bike rider is hit by an oncoming car. Who is held liable?
• Bicycle Crash Facts   
  Description: Clearwater | St. Petersburg Bicycle and Pedestrian Accident Lawyer James W. Dodson links to an Article on bicycle crash facts offered by Pedestrian and Bicycling Information Center.

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