Recent weeks have seen some horrific pedestrian fatalities in our southeast Texas region. Our Texas pedestrian injury attorneys that these fatal accidents seem to have disproportionately impacted a particularly vulnerable pedestrian population: the elderly.
On Wednesday evening just before 6:30 in Corpus Christi, a 75-year-old woman was fatally struck by a Ford Taurus as she left an Ayers Street bingo hall. The driver of the Ford Taurus was a 51-year-old man. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
On the Sunday afternoon before that, a 78-year-old woman was hit and killed by a Lexus RX330 at Buffalo Speedway and Purdue Street in Houston just before 4:30. The driver of the Lexus was another elderly woman who fatally struck the pedestrian as she pulled into a parking space. The pedestrian received transport to Memorial Hermann Hospital but died there from her injuries.
And just the week before, Houston police were seeking information on a hit and run driver that took the life of a 74-year-old pedestrian. Read about that tragic incident in the story linked to this post.
Houston and the Local Region is more Dangerous for Pedestrians than the Rest of the State or Nation
Houston and its 8-county region account for a disproportionate amount of pedestrian-vehicle injuries and fatalities within the state of Texas. Almost 25% of the state’s total pedestrian-vehicle crashes occur in the region according to Texas Department of Public safety data. The city of Houston alone accounts for about one fifth of the state’s total of pedestrian traffic injuries and fatalities. And Texas has a much higher rate of pedestrian-vehicle crashes than the national average.
Continue to Part 2 to learn more about the regional problem of pedestrian safety.