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Pedestrian injured in Camano Island crash

Story Highlights:

• One injured in Camano Island accident
• Pedestrian collision cause unknown

Date: August 16, 2011, 08/16/2011
Location: Camano Island, Island County, Washington
Type: Motor vehicle collision, Pedestrian accident
Outcome: One injured

A man was injured in a pedestrian collision on Camano Island on Tuesday afternoon.

Around 12:15 p.m. on Highway 532, a Ford truck rear-ended a Honda Accord that was stopped at a red light. The collision forced the vehicles into a Department of Transportation worker who was outside his van at the time.

The worker suffered a serious leg injury and was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center. The other two drivers were not injured.

Washington State Patrol is investigating the cause of the collision.

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.