Articles Posted in Pedestrian & Bicycle Accidents

A skateboard rider who was hit by a car while crossing the road last month in Montgomery County has succumbed to his injuries. The now fatal pedestrian collision happened on Montrose Road at Evelyn Drive on Friday, November 27. The 1st and 2nd District officers and Fire & Rescue personnel responded to a report of…

The roads in our area are dangerous to drivers, but they are more dangerous to pedestrians. After all, pedestrians do not have tons of steel protection. Instead, they are at the mercy of the driver’s steel cage. This means that pedestrians involved in car accidents often have serious injuries, even death. This, unfortunately, happened last…

Many of us learned to bike as kids, and many of us continue to do so.  I know I don’t get to ride nearly as often as I’d like There is no reason to not to try and brush off those pedals and go for a spin, but if you’re over the age of 45,…

Bicyclists beware; DC Law says you can’t recover any damages even if you are only a little bit at fault. This means that any incident where you had even the slightest possibility of somehow preventing that situation, you can’t collect any damages from a negligent motorist.  This is made worse by a lack of understanding…

megha.venugopal@thomsonreuters.com March 13, 2016 Pedestrian & Bicycle Accidents This chart shows recent pedestrian and bicycle accident data from the District of Columbia: As you can see, pedestrian fatalities are getting more frequent and more severe. At Lewis & Tompkins PC, we are seeing more pedestrian and bicycle accident victims.  In our experience, inattentive drivers (I’m…