Woman hit while crossing Newport Avenue; it's Quincy's 15th pedestrian crash this year

QUINCY − A woman is expected to recover from the injuries she suffered when she was hit by a car while crossing Newport Avenue on Tuesday night, police said.

Capt. Daniel Guarente said two pedestrians were crossing Newport Avenue just before 10 p.m. Tuesday when the woman was hit by a car in a southbound lane. The driver stayed at the scene, was cooperative with police and has not been charged, he said.

The pair were not in a crosswalk. The crash is still under investigation.

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State crash data shows Tuesday's was at least the 15th pedestrian crash in the city this year. Nine happened in January, four in February and at least two in March, according to the Department of Transportation.

Of those crashes, Tuesday's was the first on Newport Avenue and the 12th after dark. Two crashes were recorded as suspected of causing a serious injury, but none were listed as fatal.

State data shows there were 58 crashes involving pedestrians in Quincy last year, causing two deaths. There have been 401 pedestrian crashes statewide so far in 2023.

Last year's numbers show an increase over the previous years, and this year is on track to outpace 2022. There were 52 pedestrian crashes in 2021 and 55 in 2020. Those numbers are down from 86 crashes in 2017 and 85 in 2018.

Ed Grennon, head of the city's traffic, parking, alarm and lighting department, said in December that Quincy has focused heavily on speed mitigation to reduce crashes by implementing a 25-mph citywide speed limit several years ago, narrowing lanes, adding three dozen speed feedback signs on 24 streets and extending curbs to force slower turns.

The traffic department recently created a "transportation safety action plan," which Grennon described as a "playbook to curb the serious pedestrian crashes in the city." The plan states a goal of zero serious injuries caused by pedestrian crashes by 2040.

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Reach Mary Whitfill at mwhitfill@patriotledger.com.

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