A pedestrian accident is a collision in which a person traveling on foot, or otherwise not inside a motor vehicle, is struck by a car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, or other vehicle. The term covers far more than someone hit while crossing a street.
This section covers people on foot struck by vehicles in Louisiana and Texas: where these crashes happen, the right-of-way rules at crosswalks and intersections, and how fault is decided between a driver and a pedestrian.