A 21-year-old man from Troy was left with critical injuries Saturday night after being struck by a vehicle while crossing East Stadium Boulevard near Ferdon Street in Ann Arbor. The collision happened around 8:15 p.m., and the man was rushed to a hospital, where his condition had not been updated as of Sunday.
According to countryherald.com, the pedestrian was crossing East Stadium Boulevard when he was struck by an eastbound vehicle driven by a 63-year-old man from Birmingham. The driver remained at the scene and helped the injured man until first responders arrived, police said. Huron Valley Ambulance transported the victim to a hospital with critical injuries, per the same report.
Based on preliminary findings, police said speed and alcohol are not believed to have contributed to the crash. The driver is cooperating with investigators, and no citations or criminal charges had been announced as of Sunday. Authorities have also not released the injured man's identity, the outlet notes.
CBS Detroit separately reported that officers responded to the collision around 8:15 p.m. and that the driver provided aid to the injured man until paramedics took over.
A Corridor Already Flagged for Danger
The crash adds to a troubling pattern on Ann Arbor's streets. Safety advocates have specifically called for quick-build safety improvements on Stadium Boulevard, along with Packard Street and Green Road, as the city grapples with a surge in serious pedestrian crashes, according to MLive. A city Transportation Commission member said pedestrian injuries and deaths in 2025 had already outpaced any full year since 2014, with two fatalities and 11 serious injuries recorded by October of that year.
Ten of Ann Arbor's 13 serious and fatal pedestrian crashes in 2025 involved pedestrians in crosswalks where drivers failed to yield, Transportation Commission member Peter Houk told MLive. Multi-lane streets like East Stadium Boulevard make up only about 7% of the city's streets but were the site of 59% of serious-injury and fatal crashes last year, the outlet reported separately in coverage of a cyclist safety rally at city hall.
Other Recent Crashes Around Ann Arbor
Saturday's crash follows other close calls in the city this year. A Sept. 10 pedestrian crash outside Ann Arbor City Hall at Fifth Avenue and Huron Street left a woman critically injured, while a fatal crash at Huron and Fourth Avenue and a nonfatal one at Huron and Division streets both occurred in 2025. The city's Crash Response Investigation Dashboard tracks life-threatening crashes, with a cross-departmental team reviewing them monthly and updating its high injury network every two years to guide street design changes, according to the City of Ann Arbor.
Statewide, pedestrians and bicyclists were involved in less than 1.5% of Michigan crashes between 2020 and 2024 but accounted for roughly 20% of all traffic fatalities, per MLive's rally coverage. No further details on Saturday's crash, including the injured man's identity or condition, had been released as investigators continue looking into what happened on East Stadium Boulevard.
