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According to a 2011 report by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, Hempstead Turnpike is the region’s most dangerous road for the third consecutive year in for pedestrians. The report, Most Dangerous Roads for Walking, found that between 2007 and 2009, 12 pedestrians were killed, including three seniors.
The Nassau County highway is four to six lanes across most of its length, is lined with restaurants and shopping centers. The Hempstead Turnpike is considered a wide suburban “arterial” road, according to the article posted on the Tri-State Transportation Campaign’s blog and in the tri-state area these type of roads account for 63 percent of pedestrian fatalities.
“The Campaign’s findings confirm previous reports which concluded that road design — and in particular, the design of conventional arterials — is a primary contributor to pedestrian risk. With multiple lanes, long sightlines, and fewer interruptions from cross traffic or pedestrians, arterials encourage traffic to speed. Prevailing travel speeds on arterials tend to be upwards of 40 mph. A pedestrian struck by a vehicle traveling at this speeds has a dismal 15 percent chance of survival,” the article stated.
Manhattan’s Broadway ranked second with 11 fatalities over the three-year period. The Burlington Pike in New Jersey saw 10 pedestrians killed in the same three-year period.
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