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Tempe Police Chief: Uber AV vs. Pedestrian Crash May Have Been Unavoidable

March 22, 2018 /

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After viewing the videos taken by two cameras equipped in the Uber autonomous vehicle that fatally struck 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg on Sunday, the chief concluded the crash was difficult to avoid. Also, lessons on the crash from David Leonhardt.

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https://www.planetizen.com/news/2018/03/97852-tempe-police-chief-uber-av-vs-pedestrian-crash-may-have-been-unavoidable

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States reported a total of 2,636 pedestrian fatalities for the first six months of 2017. Adjusting the raw data based on past trends, GHSA estimates that there were 5,984 pedestrian fatalities in 2017, essentially unchanged from the 5,987 pedestrians killed in 2016. https://www.ghsa.org/resources/spotlight-pedestrians18