In the past two years, Nassau County has accumulated four cases where pedestrians were killed by a hit-run driver and the cases have not yet been solved. For the details, look at the column at the right and click on the category “Hit-run without arrest.”
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Backlog: 4 unsolved hit-runs
February 22, 2009Tri-State Transportation Campaign
October 29, 2008The Tri-State Transportation Campaign website links to a pdf file with a map of pedestrian deaths 2005-2007 on some streets of Nassau County. The advantage of their report is that it identifies where and when. Link to the pdf file is here.
Tally of 15 months
May 9, 2008After 15 months of recording fatalities on the roads within Nassau County, these are the sad totals:
78 people were killed in Nassau County highway accidents.
66 of these were killed on local streets.
12 of the total were killed on parkways or expressways (8 on Southern, 3 on Northern, 1 on Long Island Expressway)
2 occurred on Hempstead Turnpike.
22 pedestrians were killed, of which 6 were hit-run victims.
10 motorcyclists lost their lives.
3 bicyclists died.
14 deaths involved a single motor vehicle and no pedestrian.
15 involved left turns.
(My counting may contain errors. The beginning date is 2.3.2007. All these accidents are listed in the many pages of this blog. Also, one can surf this blog by using the Categories at the right. Corrections are welcome.
State Highway report
August 6, 2007Newsday of August 5, 2007, ran several articles about dangerous highways on Long Island. One link is here. Both the text articles and the lists are of importance, and as time goes on, it may become difficult to retrieve the stories. A keyword search as “dangerous” and “highways” might help, and also one’s public library may have an on-line connection to newspaper archives on Proquest. The articles differ from this blog in several ways: The report tallies accidents rather than fatalities. It covers only New York State highways on Long Island, thereby excluding fatalities on town or village streets. Also, the reports cover years preceding this blog. Collecting statistics on all accidents (not just fatalities) and adjusting these statistics to reflect traffic flow is said to be a more accurate measure of dangerous highways than merely listing and counting fatalities.
An explanation
February 9, 2007For some reason or other, individual traffic accidents in Nassau County, New York, are reported in the press, but the same press ignores cumulative information. Is the Southern State Parkway as deadly as it seems? To what degree do pedestrians risk their lives? It is sad and wrong that so many people are killed on the roads of Nassau County. This list may help understand where and when they happen. The “why” is left to others.
