One pedestrian killed near 3847 W CHICAGO AVE in Humboldt Park
A pedestrian was killed after a Wednesday afternoon collision in Humboldt Park on February 21, 2018 at 12:19 PM.
The crash occurred near 3847 W CHICAGO AVE, on an undivided road. The posted speed limit was 30 mph. The weather was clear and the roadway was dry. The police report attributed the cause of the crash to obscured vision.
A 2014 Freightliner operated commercially was heading east. The driver, a 63-year-old man, was wearing a seat belt and his vision was reportedly obscured by parked vehicles; he was uninjured.
The police report described the pedestrian, a 50-year-old man, as near a parked vehicle and failing to yield; he was killed.
Police were notified at 12:25 PM and made a report on scene. This was the 745th injurious crash reported in February 2018, and the 2,082nd injurious crash reported in 2018. It was the 12th fatal crash for 2018.
Where it happened
3847 W CHICAGO AVE
- Neighborhood
- Humboldt Park
- Ward
- 37th Ward
- Nearest streets
- W CHICAGO AVE
Street view: 41.8953° N, 87.7231° W
2 people and 1 vehicle
Reported Conditions
- Crash type
- PEDESTRIAN
- Primary cause
- VISION OBSCURED (SIGNS, TREE LIMBS, BUILDINGS, ETC.)
- Secondary cause
- UNABLE TO DETERMINE
- Weather
- CLEAR
- Lighting
- DAYLIGHT
- Road surface
- DRY
- Road defect
- NO DEFECTS
- Trafficway
- NOT DIVIDED
- Traffic control
- NO CONTROLS
- Speed limit
- 30 MPH
Raw data
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