Boca Raton Pedestrian Accident Attorneys
Pedestrian accidents can be devastating for the victim and their loved ones. Survivors often suffer a lifetime of disability or chronic pain. Relatively minor injuries sustained when hit by a car in your youth can come back to haunt you years later requiring medical treatments to keep you going. You only get one chance to recover the compensation you will need for the rest of your life.
Causes of Pedestrian Accidents
Pedestrian accidents typically involve driver negligence, but not always. Dangerous premises, defective roadways, and defective vehicles can also be behind Pedestrian accidents. Common causes of pedestrian accidents include:
- Violation of pedestrians’ right of way in crosswalks
- Poorly designed or improperly marked crosswalk
- Failure to observe traffic signals
- Malfunctioning traffic signal
- Failure to use caution in s areas where children are known to be present, such as school zones and near parks
- Improper passing of school buses
- Failure to use caution in construction zones
- Unmarked or improperly marked construction zones
- Failure to use caution when passing vehicles stopped on the side of the road
- Failure to check blind spots before backing up
- Poorly designed intersection or parking lot
- Poorly designed bus stop
- Potholes, cracked sidewalks and other tripping hazards
- Poor or faulty lighting in parking lots and parking garages
- Faulty streetlights in areas where pedestrians are likely to be present such as intersections and roads without sidewalks
- Bicyclists illegally riding on sidewalks
- Construction zones in pedestrian areas without proper pedestrian protection such as a covered walkway or marked and safe pedestrian detour
- Distracted driving
- Failure to use turn signals
- Intoxication
- Fatigue
- Excessive speed
- Defective vehicle
If you have been injured in a pedestrian accident please call the Boca Raton pedestrian accident attorneys at (888) 239-6950 or contact us online today. We can help you and your family get the injury compensation that you need and deserve. Your initial consultation with our Boca Raton accident attorney is free of charge, and if we agree to handle your case, in most cases we will work on a contingency fee basis, which means we get paid for our services only if there is a monetary recovery of funds. In many cases, a lawsuit must be filed before an applicable expiration date, known as a statute of limitations. Please call right away to ensure that you do not waive your right to possible compensation.