Brooklyn Heights Pedestrian Accident Attorney

Pedestrians are the most vulnerable group of people in and around the roadways of Brooklyn Heights. Whether you are walking down a sidewalk, through a parking lot, or crossing the road, there are risks. Pedestrians have no way to protect themselves from the force of a vehicle slamming into them. When a person is struck by a vehicle that weighs thousands of pounds, it is not uncommon for the following injuries to occur:

• Spinal cord trauma with paralysis
• Head injuries/traumatic brain injuries
• Internal organ damage
• Internal bleeding
• Broken or dislocated bones
• Severe lacerations or road rash

Each of these injuries can lead to major medical expenses for victims and their families. They may also have to contend with long periods of rehabilitation, lost income, long-term care, and more.

When we turn to the latest reporting year of data available for Ohio, we see that there were 303,298 total vehicle crashes that caused 1,179 fatalities. There were more than 75,000 injury crashes that year.

Looking closer at the pedestrian accident statistics, we see that there were 145 fatalities and 2,641 injuries to pedestrians. Nearly every pedestrian crash results in an injury or a fatality in Ohio.

These incidents commonly happen due to mistakes made by drivers. Commonly, we see that the causes of pedestrian crashes include:

• Running stop sign/stop light
• Driving too fast for conditions
• Improper turning
• Careless operation of a vehicle
• Failure to yield
• Failure to control a vehicle
• Improper lane change
• Improper backing up

In many pedestrian crash cases, drivers are impaired by alcohol or drug or distracted by their phones at the time of the crash. Negligent drivers should always be held accountable when they injure pedestrians.