One pedestrian killed near 8518 S COTTAGE GROVE AVE in Chatham
A pedestrian was killed after a Tuesday morning collision in Chatham on January 22, 2019 at 9:25 AM.
The crash occurred near 8518 S COTTAGE GROVE AVE, on a divided road. The posted speed limit was 30 mph. The weather was snowy and the roadway was snowy or slushy. The police report attributed the cause of the crash to failing to reduce speed to avoid a crash.
A 2007 Nissan Maxima was heading south. The police report described the driver, a 21-year-old woman, as going too fast for conditions. She was uninjured.
An 82-year-old man (pedestrian) was killed.
Police were notified at 9:28 AM and made a report on scene. This was the 752nd injurious crash reported in January 2019, and the 752nd injurious crash reported in 2019. It was the 8th fatal crash for 2019.
Curated articles about this crash
- 82-year-old man fatally struck by vehicle in Chatham
Robert Green was crossing the street when he was struck at 9:25 a.m. in the 8500 block of South Cottage Grove, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The driver told police the man stopped in the middle of the street to pick something up just before he was hit, police said.
Where it happened
8518 S COTTAGE GROVE AVE
- Neighborhood
- Chatham
- Ward
- 6th Ward
- Nearest streets
- S COTTAGE GROVE AVE
Street view: 41.7397° N, 87.6051° W
2 people and 1 vehicle
Reported Conditions
- Crash type
- PEDESTRIAN
- Primary cause
- FAILING TO REDUCE SPEED TO AVOID CRASH
- Secondary cause
- UNABLE TO DETERMINE
- Weather
- SNOW
- Lighting
- DAYLIGHT
- Road surface
- SNOW OR SLUSH
- Road defect
- NO DEFECTS
- Trafficway
- DIVIDED - W/MEDIAN (NOT RAISED)
- Traffic control
- NO CONTROLS
- Speed limit
- 30 MPH
Raw data
View the crash's underlying records: exactly as published by the city, or as transformed for crashstop.org