A recent tweet by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration or NHTSA warns of the risk of pedestrian injury nationally. According to the NHTSA, a pedestrian is killed every 1.5 hours in car accidents and traffic crashes. The tweet urged drivers everywhere to be aware of pedestrians where ever they travel. The release recommended “extra caution when driving in hard-to-see conditions, such as nighttime or bad weather.”
The increase in fatal pedestrian accidents reminds all of us of two facts:
- Pedestrians are no match for a motor vehicle, and
- Wrongful death in a pedestrian accident is becoming much more common
Kentucky law defines the loss of life in an accident due to another’s negligence as a wrongful death. Nothing can replace the loss of a close family member. This is especially true when the cause is an accident which might have been avoided. Our laws provide an opportunity for the family to seek financial compensation for a wrongful death. This compensation is based upon many factors, including but not limited to:
- The loss of time you would have spent with a parent, spouse or child
- The loss of intimacy between spouses, or between a child and parent
- Lost income which provided for the family
- Final expenses for the victim
The NHTSA warns of the risk of pedestrian injury and the high number of fatal pedestrian accidents to raise awareness of the genuine risks to pedestrians, while urging additional caution from Louisville and Kentucky drivers.
The experienced personal injury and wrongful death attorneys at Hargadon, Lenihan & Herrington, PLLC have represented accident and injury victims as well as the families of those lost in a wrongful death in Louisville and across Kentucky since 1924. Our skilled trial attorneys each have decades of experience in these cases and work to achieve full and fair compensation for what has happened.
If you have been injured or lost a family member in an accident we invite you to review the recommendations of our clients and the legal industry and contact HLH or call (866) 583-9701 for a free consultation.