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32 year old Nydja Herring died in a drunk driving car accident in NYC this weekend. The accident happened Saturday at 5.30 pm as the mother of the 2 year old twins had just stepped out to run errands for the toddlers at a store nearby. Nydja was crossing the street at the intersection of East Tremont Ave and Van Nest Ave in the Bronx when a drunk driver, 28 year old Augustus Jenkin plowed into her. Jenkins was driving with a suspended license and had 3 passengers in in the car including two children 4 and 10 years old.

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After two pedestrians were killed in traffic accidents on the Upper West Side in NYC on Friday night, Scott Stringer said that “Upper West Side pedestrian deaths send a clear message: Time for studying the 96th St traffic corridor is over, NYC needs to take action to prevent fatalities. I look forward to working with the DOT to take all necessary steps to protect road users – pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists alike – and to implement a Vision Zero agenda that makes every street in every borough as safe as it can be. Our City has already had nine traffic-related deaths in 2014, and my heart goes out to the families of last night’s victims.”

Read more in CBS New York

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A 9 year old boy died in a car accident in NYC on Friday night. Copper Stock was walking with his father, the oncologist Richard Stock, on the Upper West Side in New York City on Friday night when the fatal accident occurred. The young boy and his dad were trying to cross the intersection of West End Ave and West 97th Street when they were struck by a taxi driver making a left turn. Cooper, a third grader at The Calhoun School died at the hospital. He loved the Knicks, the New York Yankees and classic rock ‘n’ roll.

Unfortunately, pedestrians being struck by vehicles making left turns are all to common in NYC.

Read more in the New York Times.

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7 pedestrians died in car accidents in NYC during the first 12 days of 2014. The Daily News projected that at this rate, the number of pedestrians who would die after being struck by a car in New York City would reach 200 by the end of the year compared to 156 in 2013, 152 in 2022 and 142 in 2011.

Read more in the Daily News

See our previous blog on alarming pedestrians deaths in NY

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Mother Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is one of the most powerful non profit organizations against drunk driving. MADD was created in 1980 by Candice Lightner after her 13 year old daughter was killed by a drunken hit and run driver. Since its inception the number of wrongful deaths related to drunk driving car accidents has been cut by half. The organization just released its Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving: 2014 Report to the Nation which describes MADD’s advocacy work since the Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving was launched in 2006. The report looks at the efforts that each State made to fight drunk driving and gave them a ranking of 0 to 5 stars based on the following measures and reforms:

  • Ignition Interlocks
  • Sobriety Checkpoints
  • Administrative License Revocation
  • Child Endangerments
  • No-Refusal Events

New York received a star for each of the 4 first points but the legislature still needs to pass the no-refusal legislation for the State to get its Five stars.

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25 pedestrians died in car accidents in New York last November according to the recently released NYPD car accident statistics. This is the highest number of pedestrian fatalities per month in 2013. In comparison, the number of pedestrian deaths in November 2012 was 8. Among these 25 pedestrians struck by a car, 6 were in Manhattan, 8 in the Bronx, 3 in Brooklyn, 6 in Queens and 2 in Staten Island.

Car%20Accident%20NYC%20Number%20of%20pedestrian%20deaths%20per%20month.pngCar%20Accident%20NYC%20Number%20of%20deaths%20per%20months.png4692 people suffered personal injury in car accidents in NYC in November compared to 3977 in November 2012.

Car%20Accident%20NYC%20Number%20of%20personal%20injuries%20per%20month.pngDistracted drivers were responsible for 2560 car accidents in New York City in November 2013. Distracted Driving is the most common contributing factor to car accidents in New York.

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Statistics related to motor vehicle accidents in New York City in 2012 have been recently released by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. The total number of accidents in 2012 was 68,804 compared to 73,060 in 2011 and 78,343 in 2010. 253 people died and 47,467 suffered personal injury after being involved in a motor vehicle accident in NYC in 2012.

New%20York%20Car%20Accidents%20Total%202010%20to%202012.pngEvery year for the last 3 years there were over 10,000 car accidents involving pedestrians. Bicycle accidents have been stable, over 3000 every year for the last 3 years and motorcycle accidents slightly increased last year in New York compared to the two previous years.

Pedestrian%20bicyle%20and%20motorcycle%20accidents%20in%20NYC.pngToo many pedestrians died in traffic accident in New York City. This year the number of victims was 135, slightly lower than the two previous years but still too high globally. 2012 also saw a significant increase in the death of car drivers involved in accidents. The number of deaths related to bicycle accidents was at its lowest for the last 3 years in New York in 2012.

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To prevent car accidents in New York the New York State police as well as local law enforcement agencies are on the lookout for distracted and/or drunk drivers during this holiday season. Governor Cuomo announced on December 24th that sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols have been deployed all around New York State to make sure people dont drink and drive, buckle up, put down the phone and drive safely.
Read the complete Press Release

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A 26 year old man suffered serious personal injury after he was hit by a drunk driver Monday night in the Bronx, New York. The car accident happened when the man was crossing the intersection of Grand Concourse and E. 198th Street around midnight. In New York in 2012 there were 1,250 car accidents caused by drunk driving. These accidents resulted in 21 deaths and 941 personal injuries. Check out Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) to see how you can help.

Read more in the New York Daily News

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Speed related car accidents cause the death of 10,000 people every year. They represent one third of all traffic accident related fatalities. In its recent report “National Survey of Speeding Attitudes and Behavior“, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) looks at the attitude of drivers toward speed. Most drivers recognize that speed is a danger and that speed limits should be respected however many also admit to driving over the speed limit and enjoying the feeling of driving fast. Men admit to speed more frequently than women. Young drivers aged 16 to 20 admit to speeding more frequently than any other age group.

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