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Bicyclist injured in Marysville accident

Story Highlights:

• One injured in Marysville accident
• Motor vehicle collision caused by failure to stop

Date: September 14, 2011, 09/14/2011
Location: Marysville, Snohomish County, Washington
Type: Bicycle accident, Motor vehicle collision
Outcome: One injured

One person was injured in a bicycle accident near Marysville on Wednesday night.

Just before 9 p.m. a 54-year-old male bicyclist was heading north on State Avenue when he failed to stop at a red light at the 88th Street NE intersection and was struck by a car.

The cyclist was taken to Harborview Medical Center with injuries to head, arm, and leg. His condition was not known. The driver of car was uninjured.

Washington State Patrol is investigating the accident and charges may be pending.

Marysville Fatal Accident Statistics for 2009

    Fatal accident count: 2
    Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 3
    Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
    Fatalities: 2
    Persons involved in fatal accidents: 4
    Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1

Vehicle entering stop or yield intersection.(RCW 46.61.190)

Preferential right-of-way may be indicated by stop signs or yield signs as authorized except when directed to proceed by a duly authorized flagger, or a police officer, or a firefighter vested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering a marked crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the roadway, and after having stopped shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways.

Bicycle Accident Statistics

• Head injuries account for 60 percent of cycling fatalities.
• 1 in 8 of the cyclists with reported injuries has a traumatic brain injury. Two-thirds of bicycle accident deaths are from traumatic brain injuries.
• In 2009, 630 bicyclists were killed and 51,000 were injured nationally.
• Cyclist deaths made up 2 percent of all motor vehicle traffic deaths.
• Seventy percent of bicyclist deaths occurr in urban areas.
• The average age of bicyclists killed in traffic accidents in 2009 was 41. The average age for those injured was 31.
• More than eighty-five percent of people killed in 2009 in bicycle crashes were male.

Seattle Bicycle Accident Attorneys

Motor vehicle operators are required to exercise reasonable care when sharing the road with bicyclists. If a car driver's reckless or negligent driving caused you or a family member to be injured, you may be entitled to compensation. Seattle bicycle accident attorney Chris Davis and the Davis Law Group, P.S. can help you. We understand the devastation that can occur as a result of being in a serious bicycle accident.