New York City Pedestrian Accidents are an all too common occurrence.  Many young residents of New York walk to school, to the store and to transit every day.  There's a new way that schools can get students active, involved and educated in pedestrian safety, according to the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT).

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Our New York Pedestrian Accidents Lawyers understand the dangers that pedestrians in our area face along our busy streets.  For this reason, NYCDOT has launched a new campaign, "Walk Ways," to help schools to create safer walk-to-school routes for students.  This campaign will also be used to educate students about the benefits of walking.  The campaign offers lesson plans and connections to DOT educators to assist in customizing their own safe routes.

All a school has to do is visit the NYCDOT website and register to get started.  Once a school is registered it can choose from a number of lessons. Administrators can choose to conduct these lessons with individual classes or with the entire school.  Schools are urged to take on the DOT's curriculum from the recent "We're Walking Here" competition. 

Lastly, schools are urged to build their own "Walk-to-School Plan."  Once the students complete the curriculum, students and teachers can work alongside certified DOT educators to design custom walk-to-school routes.

Student curriculum is provided for kindergarteners through 12th graders.  School-wide curriculum is also available. 

In New York, there were nearly 16,500 pedestrian-vehicle accidents in 2010.  In these accidents more than 300 pedestrians were killed.

The most accidents occurred on Fridays. But the most fatalities occurred on Mondays.  Recent statistics also illustrate that these accidents were most likely to happen from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

With the proper pedestrian education, we can all help to reduce these fatal accidents and help to make our roadways safer for everyone.