The Pedestrian Safety Crisis in America

Publication

Pedestrian deaths in the United States have surged, reaching numbers unseen not just in the past few years, but in decades. The number of pedestrians struck and killed by vehicles reached—and then surpassed—a 40-year high in 2021, according to the latest national data released by the Governors Highways Safety Association, a nonprofit representation of US state and territorial highway safety offices.

The Pedestrian Safety Crisis in America

Story by Isaiah Thompson
September 21, 2023

Issue
Bicyclists and Pedestrians