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Springfield Is the Commonwealth’s Deadliest City for Traffic Violence
WalkMassachusetts has released its annual survey of fatal crashes for 2023, which highlighted the City of Springfield for having the Commonwealth's deadliest streets last year.
April 3, 2024
Cement Truck Driver Kills Man In Wheelchair In Boston’s South End
On Tuesday morning, an as-yet-unidentified driver of a Boston Sand and Gravel cement truck drove over and killed Fernando R. Pizarro of Boston near the intersection of Traveler Street and the I-93 Northbound Frontage Road in South Boston.
April 3, 2024
Ford F-150 Driver Kills 4-Year-Old Girl Next to Boston Children’s Museum
On Sunday afternoon, a truck driver struck and killed a 4-year-old girl in front of her family next to the Boston Children's Museum in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston.
March 26, 2024
D.C. to Dangerous Drivers: We Will Slow You Down!
Dangerous drivers would be forced to slow down thanks to in-car technology under a first-in-the-nation bill that just passed in the Washington, D.C. City Council.
February 8, 2024
Reforming a 44-Year-Old Insurance Law Could Prevent Thousands of Deadly Truck Crashes a Year
Insurance minimums for trucking companies haven't been raised in 44 years. Victims and survivors are paying the price.
January 30, 2024
Driver Kills Pedestrian On Route 1A In East Boston
On Saturday afternoon, a driver struck and killed a pedestrian on Route 1A (also known as the McClellan Highway) near Curtis Street in East Boston.
January 29, 2024
Driver Strikes and Kills Pedestrian Outside Boston Medical Center
A driver struck and killed an unidentified woman on Massachusetts Avenue outside Boston Medical Center in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
January 24, 2024
Highway Engineers Sought Exemptions From Safe Street Design Requirements In Springfield’s $19 Million Rebuild of ‘The X’
In Springfield, a city that ranks among the Commonwealth's most dangerous places for traffic violence, the intersection known as "The X" has a special distinction for the volumes of blood that drivers have spilled on its asphalt.
January 15, 2024
Truck Driver Kills Allston Man Near Union Square
On Tuesday morning, a garbage truck driver struck and killed a 21-year-old Allston man riding a bicycle near Union Square in Boston's Allston neighborhood.
December 20, 2023
Feds, Advocates Talk About What’s In The New MUTCD (And What Isn’t)!
The new MUTCD isn't the revolutionary rethink advocates were asking for, but it does offer transportation officials more flexibility to design roads safely. The only question is whether they'll take it — or stick to the status quo.
December 19, 2023
