Another Bad Year New For Walkers: Deaths Highest In 40 Years

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For walkers in this country, the news is sobering: Drivers struck and killed nearly 7,500 people on foot in 2021 – the most pedestrian deaths in a single year in four decades and an average of 20 deaths every day. In addition, the percentage of speeding-related pedestrian crashes involving children ages 15 and younger more than doubled in the previous three years.

Another Bad Year New For Walkers: Deaths Highest In 40 Years

Story by Tanya Mohn
May 31, 2022

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Bicyclists and Pedestrians