Distracted Driving Project

Tag: Pedestrians

Impact of road trauma is development issue — 130 nations back the road safety-focused ‘Stockholm Declaration’

Push to cut speed limit to 30km/h in risky areas by 130 nations
— The Sydney Morning Herald, February 20, 2020

Sharing the road (deaths): Though total fatalities on US roadways about the same, the share of those that are pedestrians or bicyclists has steadily grown

Toll Continues to Mount for Pedestrians and Bicyclists, the Victims in One in Five Traffic Deaths
— FairWarning, February 5, 2020

NSW officials are zeroed in on how Oslo has advanced efforts to achieve road safety goals as they prevent deaths and injuries

Oslo cut road deaths to one in 2019. Can Sydney do the same?
— The Sydney Morning Herald, January 13, 2020

Distraction was biggest killer (again) on New Jersey roads in 2018 — driver’s cellphone-use caused the most crashes

Making a call, texting, and drinking coffee killed the most drivers last year in N.J.
— N.J.com, December 28, 2019

New Jersey jury finds driver guilty in crash that killed pedestrian — trial is first application of vehicular manslaughter-charges for distracted driving

She Texted About Dinner While Driving. Then a Pedestrian Was Dead.
— The New York Times, November 22, 2019

‘In lieu of changes to phone design — that would prevent their use while driving — a new law is the best response we have’ to prevent road deaths and injuries: Op/Ed

I’m A Pediatric Trauma Surgeon. Please Stop Texting And Driving
— Cognoscenti, WBUR, October 9, 2019

Pedestrian fatalities and the frustratingly complex turnabout of trends undoing road safety-gains across the globe; amidst promise of tech-fix: Essay

Collision course: why are cars killing more and more pedestrians?
— The Guardian, October 3, 2019