Marietta, Georgia
Pedestrian Accident Lawyer for Marietta, Georgia
The City of Marietta has been actively rebuilding crosswalks around the Square — new signals and crossings near Atlanta Street and Waverly Way, part of a broader push that already remade Powder Springs Road and Roswell Street. None of that changes what happens when a driver hits someone anyway. Our office is in Chamblee, and we represent people struck while walking throughout Cobb County — with no fee unless we recover for you.
Injury claims in Marietta
Marietta's downtown has been the subject of a multi-project pedestrian-safety push under the city's Envision Marietta plan. The city added new crosswalks and a traffic signal near Atlanta Street and Waverly Way, close to the Square. The Powder Springs Road corridor went through a multi-million-dollar rebuild — new sidewalks, medians, signals and a multi-use trail — and Roswell Street's streetscape project added wide brick sidewalks and lighting. Recently changed intersections and corridors like these are worth knowing about, because how a crossing was configured on the day of a crash doesn't always match what's there today.
That combination of heavy foot traffic around the square and recently changed corridors produces two recurring patterns: collisions at crosswalks near intersections that have recently been rebuilt or resignaled, and collisions on wider commercial stretches away from downtown, where drivers assume no one is crossing outside a signal.
Georgia law governs both patterns the same way: drivers owe pedestrians a right-of-way at crosswalks under O.C.G.A. § 40-6-91 and a broader duty of due care under § 40-6-93 even outside one, with fault apportioned under the state's modified comparative negligence rule (§ 51-12-33). Our statewide pedestrian accidents page covers exactly how those statutes work; here, the focus is how they apply to a Marietta claim specifically.
Local Considerations
Recently Changed Crosswalks and Intersections
Several of the city's own pedestrian-safety projects are newly completed or recently changed — the crossing and signal work near Atlanta Street and Waverly Way, the Powder Springs Road and Roswell Street corridors. A crosswalk or signal that was added or altered recently is worth documenting precisely, since its configuration on the day of a crash may not match older photos or maps.
Insurance Coverage After a Pedestrian Crash
Georgia's minimum liability coverage is $25,000, which frequently falls short of what a serious pedestrian injury actually costs — a pedestrian absorbs an impact with nothing between them and the vehicle. Your own uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, or a resident relative's, can apply even though you were on foot, not driving. Hit-and-run cases specifically turn on UM coverage, since there is no at-fault driver's policy to pursue at all until one is identified.
Getting the Police Report
Cobb County Police Department's Central Records office, separate from the City of Marietta's own police department, handles many accident reports in this area. Knowing which department actually responded to your crash — city or county — is the first step in getting the right report.
Georgia's Filing Deadline
Most Georgia personal injury claims, including pedestrian accident claims, must be filed within two years under O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33. If a City of Marietta or Cobb County vehicle or roadway defect was involved, a much shorter written-notice deadline applies — often a matter of months — and that possibility should be reviewed immediately.
How We Help Marietta Clients
Pedestrian accidents
Claims for people struck while walking near the Marietta Square and along the city's commercial corridors, built on signal data, footage and Georgia's crosswalk statute rather than assumption.
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