Pedestrian Accidents Lawyer

• Alberta laws regarding pedestrians
• legal precedents
• whether to involve their team of experts to investigate and assess evidence in police reports, eyewitness accounts, etc.
• how to prove fault
• how to deal with insurance companies.

• not yielding to a pedestrian in a marked or unmarked intersection
• looking in the opposite direction while entering an intersection or leaving a parking lot
• vehicle collisions that result in a vehicle hitting a pedestrian.

• darting between cars onto a roadway
• jaywalking
• ignoring a “Do Not Walk” sign
• not exercising due care because of inebriation, texting while crossing, etc.

In Alberta, a crosswalk does not need to be marked. The Use of Highway and Rules of the Road Regulation defines a crosswalk as follows:

(d) “crosswalk” means

that part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connection of the lateral line of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the roadway, or
any part of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by signs or by lines or by other markings on the road surface.

If you were involved in a pedestrian accident and have questions about your case and the applicable Alberta laws, you can call (780) 760-4878 (HURT) or contact me, Joseph A. Nagy, to discuss your accident. I can recommend the steps you should take to obtain fair compensation from the insurance company. You are under no obligation to hire me as your multi-vehicle accident lawyer.

Learn more about my team of personal injury experts and how I use use personal injury experts to help my clients obtain better compensation from insurance companies.

In 2018, Edmonton had 250 vehicle-pedestrian accidents resulting in 257 pedestrian injuries and fatalities. Vehicles failing to yield to pedestrians who had the right of way made up 163 (63.4%) of these injuries and fatalities. Pedestrians are vulnerable to serious accidents. Both vehicle drivers and pedestrians need to be vigilant.