The Bloomberg administration released an ambitious traffic study last week, presenting New Yorkers with a wealth of statistical information on New York’s traffic accidents.

The 50-page report rejected some of the most commonly believed facts regarding traffic accidents, demonstrating that yellow taxis, trucks, and buses are involved in far fewer pedestrian accidents than private vehicles. No only that, but jaywalkers accounted for fewer pedestrian accidents than those who obeyed the traffic laws and wait for the ‘walk’ sign.

New York officials plan to re-engineer intersections and lower neighborhood speed limits in response to this data.

The study examined more than 7,000 crashes that involved the severe injury or death of a pedestrian in each of the  five boroughs between 2002 and 2006. Other interesting points of data include the fact that:

*Residents 65 and older make up 12 percent of the city’s population but account for 38 percent of pedestrian deaths.

*Motorcyclists were killed at a rate 18 times that of occupants of enclosed motor vehicles

If you or someone you know has been involved in a car accident, contact the Bronx car accident lawyers of Parker Waichman Alonso LLP at 1-888-244-2273 today.