$100,000 Settlement for San Francisco Runner Hit by Car$100,000 Policy Limits Settlement for Runner Hit by Car in San FranciscoA 29-year-old project manager at a large satellite data company suffered serious injuries as a runner hit by a car in San Francisco. A driver sped through a red light while the project manager was jogging […]
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$250K Policy Limits Settlement for San Francisco Pedestrian Accident Traumatic Brain InjurySan Francisco Pedestrian Struck by Car in CrosswalkA 25-year-old union worker for a local utility company suffered severe injuries, including a pedestrian accident traumatic brain injury (TBI), when a driver turned left across a pedestrian crosswalk. The motorist’s car struck the young man and throwing […]
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$215K Settlement for SF Pedestrian with Fractured AnkleA 22-year-old software engineer was struck by a driver as he stepped down from a Muni train at 47th Avenue and Judah Street in San Francisco. The software engineer suffered a severely fractured ankle, requiring surgery. He knew it would be a long time before he could get back […]
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GREAT Settlement for San Francisco Pedestrian Hit by Unlicensed DriverA 29-year old mechanical engineer was walking in a crosswalk at Fulton Street and Masonic Avenue in San Francisco on a clear summer afternoon. An impatient and unlicensed driver made a left hand turn and plowed right into her while she was crossing the street. Her […]
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$700K Settlement for San Francisco Pedestrian Hit by Distracted DriverA 62-year old mother and San Francisco resident was out for a walk in San Francisco on an October morning. As the woman was walking through an intersection in a marked cross-walk in San Francisco, a car driving through the intersection at Bush and Scott Streets […]
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On a clear afternoon in San Francisco, a 20-year-old college student, and aspiring video game designer, had just exited the bus. He was standing on the sidewalk in the quiet Richmond District near Ocean Beach. Suddenly and without warning, a motorist lost control of his vehicle, driving up onto the sidewalk where the young man […]
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When you think about the dangers associated with public transit you might imagine horrifying accidents involving electrified rails and trains barreling out of control through busy intersections. But most pedestrian accidents in San Francisco involving public transit are much more commonplace and—therefore—even scarier. While San Francisco doesn’t have an extensive underground network like other cities […]
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San Francisco was rated one of the most dangerous places to walk in 2009 (even though it’s also one of WalkScore’s most walkable cities in the country). And while the city has done much to reverse that public image, there are still around 200 fatal an injurious pedestrian accidents in San Francisco every year—roughly 1 […]
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Grim Pedestrian Accident Statistics in San Francisco Put Vision Zero Under Pressure Fatal pedestrian accidents in San Francisco reached a critical point in 2014 when they outpaced similar accident rates across the country. San Francisco city planners decided to do something about that and adopted Vision Zero, a comprehensive plan which combines engineering projects with public […]
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It may shock some folks to learn that San Francisco created a plan to make the streets safer for pedestrians almost 45 years ago. In 1973 the first iteration of the Transit-First Policy was adopted. It specifically states that the city should do what it can to prioritize alternate methods of transportation of auto traffic. […]
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