Newsday is reporting the death of another pedestrian on Route 25 (Middle Country Road) in Selden (Suffolk County), which according to Tri-State’s Most Dangerous Roads report ranks as the most dangerous road in the tri-state region for walking. Newsday reports that 56-year-old Sean Slattery was struck at 11:05am near the corner of North Bicycle Path on Middle Country Road, according to the police report. The intersection of Route 25 and North Bicycle Path is six lanes wide and abutted by a bus stop and various retail outlets. The location of this most recent fatality lies almost directly in the center of  the deadliest section of the region’s deadliest road for pedestrians, according to Tri-State’s Cluster Analysis report of the Route 25 corridor.

Tri-State has advocated for safety improvements to Route 25 and similar roadways, known as arterials, which are often designed to move cars as fast as possible with little consideration for other users. Arterial roadways make up only 15 percent of the lane miles in New York State, but account for 60 percent of the pedestrian fatality locations. The New York State Department of Transportation made some improvements to Route 25 in Nassau County, but the portion throughout Suffolk County has yet to be addressed. It remains to be seen whether this most recent fatality will spur New York State DOT to action.