Pedestrian dies a week after Bridford Parkway crash in Greensboro

A week after a crash on Bridford Parkway sent Tieisha Allred to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, Greensboro police said the 29-year-old died on April 24.

Officers were called April 15 at about 1:36 p.m. to the 1300 block of Bridford Parkway, near the Sportman's Warehouse entrance, after a pedestrian crash with injuries. Police said Allred was crossing the intersection east to west against a traffic control device for her direction when a northbound Ford Mustang struck her.

Allred, who lived in Greensboro, was taken by ambulance to a local hospital after the collision. Her death changed the case from a serious-injury crash investigation into a fatal crash investigation, and Greensboro police said the crash remains under investigation.

The stretch of Bridford Parkway is a busy Greensboro corridor lined with commercial traffic, parking lots and turning vehicles, which makes any pedestrian crash there a matter of immediate concern for people who drive, shop or walk in the area. A death tied to that roadway also raises the same questions residents often press after serious pedestrian crashes: how fast vehicles were moving, how visible the crossing was, whether drivers and pedestrians had clear right of way and whether the road design left too little room for mistakes.

The local case also fits a wider safety pattern in North Carolina. The state’s 2024 Traffic Crash Facts report says pedestrian deaths rose 12% from 2023 to 2024, even as total fatalities increased 2.7%. That makes pedestrian collisions a growing part of the traffic death toll and gives added weight to a Greensboro crash that began as an injury call and ended a week later as a fatality.

State transportation officials say crash data maps and crash statistics are used to identify trends and improve road safety. On Bridford Parkway, that kind of review can help determine whether this was an isolated tragedy or part of a familiar danger pattern on one of Greensboro’s more heavily traveled commercial stretches.