A pedestrian was hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle around 2 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of North Davidson and East 33rd streets in NoDa. The pedestrian’s current condition has not been released, and information about what led up to the crash remains unknown.
According to WBTV, first responders said the crash happened at the North Davidson and East 33rd streets intersection in the early morning hours of October 31. No further details about the vehicle, the driver, or the circumstances leading up to the collision have been made public.
The crash adds to a troubling pattern across Charlotte, where pedestrian and bicycle crashes made up just 1.2% of all crashes in fiscal year 2026 but accounted for 37% of all fatal and serious injuries, the highest share in five years, according to the Charlotte Department of Transportation’s Vision Zero annual report. The city recorded 65 fatal crashes and 74 serious-injury crashes during that period. For FY2025, speeding and improper vehicle operation were identified as factors in 34% and 30% of fatal and serious-injury crashes, respectively.
A Neighborhood Already on Edge
NoDa has seen deadly traffic violence before. Twenty-five-year-old Lance Sotelo died in a hit-and-run crash in the neighborhood on January 14, the station’s report notes. Charlotte’s overall collision totals fell in 2025 even as fatalities increased, a pattern that also appeared between 2023 and 2024…