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PEDESTRIAN KNOCK-DOWN
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Pedestrian knock-down injuries are eligible for financial compensation. 

November 24, 2008 – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently reported an impressive 13 percent drop in the number of pedestrians killed in traffic accidents since 1997, which suggests that pedestrian safety advice distributed by local city governments and schools has made pedestrians more alert to traffic hazards.

But that percentage drop is not much of a comfort given that today, on average, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic accident every 113 minutes and injured every 8 minutes. Most pedestrian fatalities in 2007 occurred in urban areas (73%), at non-intersection locations (77%); in normal weather conditions (90%), and at night (67%).

For 2007, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that 4,654 pedestrians died in traffic crashes, and approximately 70,000 pedestrians were seriously injured.

Non-vehicular pedestrian knock-down

Besides traffic incidents, thousands of pedestrians are also injured every year in non-vehicular accidents. Causes vary for these injuries, and include poor property maintenance, sidewalk obstacles or dangerous debris on pedestrian pathways and sidewalks. Whatever the cause of the pedestrian knock-down, a person may recover financial compensation for the injury if the accident was the fault of another party.

Protect your legal claim early

Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. is New York’s largest personal injury law firm. We represent injured pedestrians in several states, including New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Weitz & Luxenberg’s attorneys have decades of experience defending the rights of the injured in practice areas that include: accidents/general injury, dangerous drugs, medical malpractice, and environmental pollutants.

If you were injured in a pedestrian knock-down accident, or suffered any kind of personal injury through no fault of your own, please fill out the form on this page for a free review of your case. Weitz & Luxenberg works on a contingency basis, so there are no legal fees until a lawyer secures a Weitz & Luxenberg verdict or settlement for you.

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