According to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) 66% of pedestrian serious injuries and fatalities occur at night.
Rickey Dailey, TxDOT’s Public Information officer, added, “There were 19 pedestrian serious injuries last year in Corpus Christi, and unfortunately, there were 8 pedestrian fatalities.”
TxDOT Neighborhood News reporter Tony Jaramillo shared these statistics with some neighbors, like Robert Walton and Shiyeka Coleman on the Southside.”It doesn’t surprise me.” When Tony Jaramillo asked why, Walton said, “We just have careless drivers nowadays.”
“[Alot of] very close calls. They try to beat the traffic. We ask, ‘Are you gonna stop, or are you going to go?’ They get very close.” Coleman said.
Tony Jaramillo Walton prefers to walk to get around. He said he notices a lot of distracted drivers.
“The no texting and driving law was put to good use. A lot more people need to pay attention to that because that’s what’s causing a lot of the accidents,” Walton said.
Tony Jaramillo