Publication
Overall, pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. soared more than 70% from 2010 to 2021 as total traffic deaths rose about 30%, according to a Smart Cities Dive analysis of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data. Experts cited distracted driving, reduced traffic enforcement, larger and heavier vehicles, more risky driving behavior and a higher incidence of driving while impaired as potential factors resulting in the outsized increase in pedestrian deaths.
Pedestrian Deaths Declined Modestly in First Half of 2023: GHSA
Story by Dan Zukowski
February 27, 2024
Issue
Bicyclists and Pedestrians