Over-the-Rhine and Hyde Park are among 18 neighborhoods the Cincinnati Police Department is targeting in a traffic-safety blitz enforcing pedestrian, aggressive driving and speeding laws through May 3.

“(Cincinnati police) worked with neighborhood shareholders in all five (police) districts to identify high visibility areas to improve traffic safety using an integrated approach involving the three Es of safety: Education, Enforcement, and Engineering,” police said in a press release.

“The department will provide traffic safety information to the public, as well as focused enforcement to curtail pedestrian accidents and fatalities. District traffic cars will augment the efforts of Traffic Unit personnel in a coordinated blitz.”

Cincinnati police said officers will monitor the busiest roads in the following neighborhoods:

District One: Over-the-Rhine and the West End.

District Two: Hyde Park and Pleasant Ridge.

District Three: East Price Hill, Lower Price Hill, East Westwood and Westwood.

District Four: Avondale, Bond Hill, Paddock Hills, Roselawn and Walnut Hills.

District Five: Clifton Gaslight District, College Hill, Mount Airy, Northside and Winton Terrace.

At least 428 pedestrians were hit by a vehicle in Cincinnati in 2018, according to an Enquirer analysis of police crash reports.

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Pedestrians continue to be injured or killed in the area.

As recently as March 31, a 16-year-old-pedestrian from Delhi Township died after being struck by a car in Westwood.

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