Where is the worst place to cross a street in Pittsburgh?

Shortly after dawn in November 2009, Ms. Gutierrez crossed East Carson Street in the South Side to catch her morning bus. She had a walk sign on 18th Street when the car struck her, breaking seven bones. The 63-year-old University of Pittsburgh teacher died three weeks later.

Sabrina Matteo holds a portrait of herself and Salome Gutierrez, her mother, at her Ingram home. Ms. Gutierrez was killed while crossing the street to her bus at 18th and East Carson streets in November 2009.

The article is accompanied by an interactive map of pedestrian related crashes

“She was constantly traveling, trying to save the world somehow,” said her daughter, Sabrina Matteo, of Ingram. “It was devastating … devastating that she was killed crossing the street.”

Unfortunately, this scene is not unfamiliar in Pittsburgh. Despite pedestrian-focused redevelopment projects and national nods from urban planners — Pittsburgh recently ranked No. 9 on George Washington University’s “Most Walkable Cities” list — this city of twisting streets still sees several hundred serious pedestrian injuries a year.

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