Reports: Toll of automobility
Here you can view all crash and safety reports gathered by Twin Cities Streets for People.
Semi-weekly report: the toll of automobility
Posted September 28th, 2008 by Bill Lindeke
Crashes involving death or injury:
- Three children hit, hospitalized while crossing the sstreet in Columbia Hghts (Strib)
- 50-yr old Bicyclist killed by car in Summit Ave. bike lane (PiPress)
- 50-yr old pedestrian killed in Brooklyn Center, one more killed in crash in Blaine (Strib)
- Pedestrian killed by car in Fridley turn lane (WCCO)
- Mother dies after car hits guard rail in Edina (PiPress)
- Sept. 25: Cyclist, 18, dies after truck hits him in Minneapolis (Strib)
Semi-weekly report: the toll of automobility
Posted August 25th, 2008 by Bill Lindeke
Crashes involving death or injury:
- Four die in weekend crashes in Burnsville, Annandale, Fairbault, Aitkin (Strib)
- Semi hits and kills bicyclist on Hwy 24 in Clearwater (Strib)
- Truck hits and kills ATV rider in Lake Park (Strib)
- Motorcycle crash kills rider in DT StP (PiPress)
- Motorcycle misses curve, hits horse-drawn buggy in S WI; kills person, horse (PiPress)
- Pickup trucks collide, kill one on Hwy 63 in Fillmore Co. (Strib)
- Intoxicated driver flips Mustang while changing lanes on I-94 Rogers, three hurt (Strib)
- Multi-vehicle crash clogs I-94 (Strib)
- 84-yr old dies in crash on Co. Rd. 10 in Shakopee (Strib)
- Driver dies when semi hits guard railon Hwy 95 (Strib)
- Semi driver loses consciousness, crashes truck into empty school buses in Tyler (PiPress)
- Car turning left causes three car pileup on Hwy 63 (PiPress)
Updates:
- Cocaine driver charged with hit-and-run on I-35 in Blaine (Strib)
- DUI driver charged with hit-and-run death violates abstention sentence in Shakopee (Strib)
- Driver killed in Saint Paul crash ID'd (Strib)
- Teen charged as adult after stealing car, killing woman in S Mpls crash (Strib)
- 2nd man dies from headon collision on I-35 in S. MN (Strib)
- Police searching for motorcyclie that hit-and-run a bycyclist on Hwy 23 near Marshall (Strib)
Trends:
Semi-weekly report: the toll of automobility
Posted July 28th, 2008 by Bill Lindeke
Crashes involving death or injury:
- Scott McGerik's firsthand account of a drunk driver crash in his front yard in S. St. Paul
- Car runs into empty squad car in Fergus Falls (PiPress)
- Teen dies, runs into power pole in Watertown (Strib)
- Motorcyclist dies in accident in Eden Prarie (Strib)
- Runaway pickup kills fire cheif in Pulaski, WI (PiPress)
- 2-year old killed by car while crossing the street in Ramsey (PiPress)
- Man killed after missing curve on road, flipping car in Becker (Strib)
- Man killed, 8 injured when van, jeep collide at intersection in SW MN (Strib)
Updates:
Semi-weekly report: the toll of automobility
Posted July 20th, 2008 by Bill Lindeke
Crashes involving death or injury:
Updates:
Trends:
- 1/3 Fewer Auto Deaths, Thanks to Rising Gas Prices -- Escalating gas prices are depressing, but look on the bright side: a new study shows that they may reduce annual traffic deaths by as much as one-third. (AP -- via Planetizen)
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