Levittown, PA is a suburb of Philadelphia which is located in eastern Bucks County, PA. Levittown was the first planned community of its kind in Bucks County, PA. With construction commencing in 1952, Levittown was built as its own self-contained community with space for public swimming pools, parks, schools, ball fields, and worship centers.
The main thoroughfares running through Levittown, PA such as Levittown Parkway, were slated to accommodate shopping centers, entertainment outlets and other public facilities. Considered an innovative suburban concept for its time, Levittown, PA has outgrown its original boundaries and, while still a popular place to live within Bucks County, has become a highly congested area prone to car accidents.
Heavily traveled roadways such as I-95, U.S. Route 1, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and Route 13 run through Levittown, PA. These thoroughfares present hazardous driving conditions and are prime car accident sites for many reasons. The roads are old and in need of repair, motorists drive aggressively and at excess speeds, many of the road signs are worn and hard to read and there is very little “merge space” available to oncoming traffic.
Levittown, PA is home to many restaurants, entertainment venues, shopping centers, supermarkets, business parks, self-storage facilities, and car dealership lots along roads such as U.S. Route 1 (Lincoln Highway), Trenton Road, New Falls Road, Newport Fallsington Road, Tyburn Road, Mill Creek Parkway, Lower Morrisville Road, and Levittown Parkway. Most of these roads are two-lane roads built in the 1950s and not meant to carry the volume of traffic which travels upon them today.
Due to the congestion on these roads in an effort to access commercial outlets, the inattentiveness of drivers talking on cell phones or texting, the aggressive speeds at which people tend to drive and the running of red lights, Levittown, PA is a common place for Bucks County car accidents.
Because Levittown is still a very residential community, it is not unusual to see pedestrians walking along some of the many streets and avenues which run through town, as well as some of the busier roadways. Because the streets and roads are already overcrowded with cars and trucks, pedestrian traffic creates an additional peril for drivers. Great care must be taken to obey road rules and to be alert for pedestrians in order to avoid serious car accidents involving personal injury.
Levittown, PA car accident lawyer, Michael L. Saile, Jr., Esq., of Saile & Saile LLP, is experienced in handling personal injury cases resulting from car accidents. If you are injured in a Bucks County car accident, contact our office for a free consultation.
