It’s only three months into the year and pedestrians are dying at a faster pace than last year.
On Wednesday, a pedestrian death happened on Speedway just east of the Walmart at Speedway and Kolb. Police say the man crossed in the middle of the block. It was daylight. Police say the driver who hit him was not impaired.
“You know there's a number of reasons why these incidents can happen distracted driving impaired driving jaywalking, there's a number of reasons but the reality is is that 94% of all motor vehicle collisions are the direct result of human error, whether you're just not paying attention to the road looking at your phone, DUI, any number of reasons but these collisions are completely preventable,” Lyons said.
Total pedestrian accidents tell a larger story with 213 pedestrian incidents of all types last year and 67 this year so far. To help get everyone's attention his office is sending departments around the state just under a half million dollars in grant money to pay for more police enforcement. He says Tucson Police are getting about 50 thousand. And he just met with Tucson’s new Police Chief.
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