March, 2020 | Road Safety USA

March 31, 2020

MEMORIAL PAGE – Hutchinson County Sheriff Kirk Coker – March 29, 2020

Around 11:50 p.m. on Sunday, March 29, 2020, Kirk Coker, the Sheriff of Hutchinson County, TX, died in a one-vehicle wreck.

Hutchinson County Sheriff Kirk Coker (Photo: Hutchinson County Sheriff’s Office)

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March 30, 2020March 30, 2020

What effect will the Covid-19 virus have on U.S. road deaths?

It is not something that most people ever think about, but significant financial recessions such as the one in 2008-10 have a massive effect on reducing the number of road deaths around the world.

An eerily empty I-80 Interstate, due to the Corona Virus. (Photo: Nebraska State Patrol)

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March 28, 2020

MEMORIAL PAGE – Trooper Nolan J. Sanders, North Carolina SHP – 27 March, 2020

At approximately 7:17 pm on Friday, March 27, 2020, Trooper Nolan J. Sanders of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol was involved in a single vehicle crash while on duty in his assigned duty station of Troop C, District 2.

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March 26, 2020March 28, 2020

MEMORIAL PAGE – Sergeant David P. Land, GA – 2003

Today marks 17 years since Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant David P. Land was killed in the line of duty.

Sgt. David P. Land, Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, GA

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March 25, 2020

MEMORIAL PAGE – Trooper Justin R. Schaffer, Washington State Patrol – March 24, 2020

Just before 4:00pm on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, Trooper Justin R. Schaffer of the Washington State Patrol was struck and killed by a fleeing driver while he was placing spike strips on the southbound side of Interstate 5 in Chehalis, WA, during a police pursuit.

Trooper Justin R. Schaffer #646, Washington State Patrol

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March 23, 2020March 23, 2020

MEMORIAL PAGE – Police Officer Kaia Grant, OH – March 21, 2020

At 8:30pm on Saturday, March 21, 2020, Police Officer Kaia Grant, aged 33, of the Springdale Police Department, Ohio, was run down by an armed and allegedly suicidal driver.

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March 22, 2020

How the cities of Oslo and Helsinki cut pedestrian deaths to zero

Several major cities in the USA, such as New York, are laudably working towards the same immensely important target, known as ‘Vision Zero’.

A three-section pedestrian crossing in Oslo, Norway. — This 3-stage pedestrian crossing in Oslo goes over four lanes of traffic and tram lines, plus a bus lane, and has two safety islands to break it all up into manageable sections. (Copyright image, 2019. All rights reserved.)

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March 21, 2020

NTSB Report into the 2019 fatal collision of a Tesla Model 3 car with a semi-tractor trailer, FL

Highway Accident Brief 20/01 details the NTSB’s investigation of the collision of a 2018 Tesla Model 3 car with a 2019 International semi-tractor trailer on U.S. Highway 441 in Delray Beach, in which the 50-year-old driver of the car died. The 45-year-old truck driver was uninjured.