Crosswalks are also most often located at traffic chokepoints (intersections) at which multiple lines of cars converge.īut people crossing the street on foot don’t have to take their lives into their own hands.
Crosswalks are the point where foot traffic comes in closest contact with auto traffic. When you think about it, it’s not hard to understand why. Sadly, marked and unmarked crosswalk accidents are one of the most common types of pedestrian accidents in California. Roughly 800 pedestrians are struck by cars in San Francisco every year alone -many of them legally crossing the street at the time. The NHTSA’s National Pedestrian Crash Report shows that nearly 9% of all fatal pedestrian accidents occur while the victim is within a crosswalk. But did you know California law allows pedestrians to legally cross at unmarked crosswalk and affords the same protection as if they were in a painted crosswalk? Understanding Marked and Unmarked Crosswalk Accidents in California
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Most of the time that requires that victims prove they were in a crosswalk when the at fault driver hit them. Unfortunately victims must fight for their rights and prove that they were legally crossing the road at the time of the crash in order to seek compensation from the distracted, reckless, or careless driver who injured them. It may seem self-evident that if you’ve been hit by a car in California while walking that the driver is at fault.
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