Pedestrian Seriously Injured in Fairfield Accident
I’m Ed Smith, a Fairfield personal injury lawyer. A pedestrian in Fairfield was severely injured during an auto accident that occurred on Thursday, January 4, 2018. This is the first major Fairfield pedestrian/vehicle injury collision of the year 2018.
Accident Info
Officers from the Fairfield Police Department (FPD) reported that they received calls indicating that a pedestrian had been hit by a vehicle on Travis Boulevard at about 6:41 a.m. Responding officers said that the woman had been walking to work using the sidewalk before she attempted to cross the roadway. While crossing, she was struck along the 700 block near the intersection of Jefferson Street.
Police indicated that the woman had been wearing dark clothing and that the driver of the vehicle reportedly could not see the woman until the moment of the crash. Additionally, it was noted that the woman had not been crossing at a designated crosswalk area.
Injuries
The pedestrian, a 47-year-old woman from Fairfield, reportedly received severe injuries during the accident and was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital so that she could be given emergency medical treatment.
The particular nature of the individual’s injuries, as well as updates on her condition, were not available at the time of this report.
Causal Factors
FPD is investigating the accident in order to determine what causal factors were involved. Police have said that they do not suspect alcohol or drugs to have been involved. Furthermore, officers reported that the driver of the vehicle had been traveling within the speed limit of the area.
Factors that may have been involved in this auto accident include driver distraction, dangerous roadway conditions, faulty vehicle parts such as brakes, and more.
Pedestrian Accidents in Fairfield
During 2010-2016, 264 injury auto accidents involving pedestrians happened in the city of Fairfield. Only one of these accidents involved a motorcycle, none of them involved bicycles, and 263 involved passenger vehicles or semis.
These pedestrian accidents included 12 fatal injuries spread across 11 different accidents as well as 36 accidents involving severe trauma, 87 accidents involving visible injuries, and 130 accidents involving complaints of pain.
Pedestrian accidents in Fairfield most often occurred between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., with the highest density of accidents occurring between 6:00 and 9:00 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Dangerous Pedestrian Intersection
Some places tend to be the site of more auto accidents than others. Intersections where pedestrian accidents occur most often in Fairfield include:
- East Travis Boulevard and North Texas Street
- Cement Hill Road and North Texas Street
- Nightingale Drive and Dover Avenue
- Meadowlark Drive and Dover Avenue
- Acacia Street and North Texas Street
- West Texas Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
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