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Pedestrian injured in Blaine hit-and-run accident

Story Highlights:

• One injured in Blaine accident
• Pedestrian collision cause unknown

Date: September 11, 2011, 09/11/2011
Location: Blaine, Whatcom County, Washington
Type: Pedestrian accident, Motor vehicle collision
Outcome: One injured

A pedestrian was injured in a hit-and-run collision near Blaine early Sunday morning.

Around 12:30 a.m. a 20-year-old man was walking on the northbound shoulder of Drayton Harbor Road when a car drifted off the roadway and hit him. The driver did not stop.

The 20-year-old was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center with serious injuries.

Washington State Patrol is still investigating the accident and it was not reported whether the hit-and-run driver has been apprehended.

Blaine Fatal Accident Statistics

• Fatal accident count: 2
• Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 2
• Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 0
• Fatalities: 2
• Persons involved in fatal accidents: 4
• Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 2

Duty in case of personal injury or death or damage to attended vehicle or other property — Penalties. (RCW 46.52.020)

A driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in the injury to or death of any person or involving striking the body of a deceased person shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close thereto as possible but shall then forthwith return to, and in every event remain at, the scene of such accident until he or she has fulfilled the requirements of subsection (3) of this section; every such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
  

Pedestrian Accident Statistics

•     Pedestrian Deaths in 1995: 5,584
•     Pedestrian Deaths in 2005: 4,881 (NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts)
•     Pedestrian Injuries in 1995: 86,000 (NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts)
•     Pedestrian Injuries in 2005: 64,000 (NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts)
•     According to the National SAFEKIDS Campaign, more than 46,000 children are injured each year in pedestrian accidents
•     The total cost of pedestrian death and injury among children ages 14 and younger is $5.2 billion per year (Safe Kids Worldwide).
•     70 percent of pedestrian killed in 2005 were males.
•     Almost three out of every four pedestrian fatalities occur in urban areas (74 percent).
•     The top four states for pedestrian fatalities are California, Florida, Texas, and New York. These four states make up 42 percent of pedestrian fatalities nationwide while only accounting for 29 percent of the total traffic fatalities across the country.
•     Nearly half (48 percent) of pedestrian fatalities occur on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.

Seattle Pedestrian Accident Attorneys

Most pedestrian accidents occur on the weekends during the evening hours. Pedestrian accidents in the late afternoon increase when daylight savings time is removed in the winter and the sun sets earlier.If you or a family member has suffered as the result of a crosswalk or pedestrian accident in Washington state,  pedestrian accident attorney Chris Davis and the Davis Law Group, P.S. can help you.  We are committed to helping injured pedestrians recover the just and fair compensation they are entitled to receive under the law.