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01.03.2024 - 03:31 / forbes.com / Jonathan Adkins
Drivers in the United States struck and killed an estimated 3,373 walkers in the first six months of 2023, for an average of 18 deaths every day. Those numbers represent a 4% decline from the same period a year before.
While good news, the bigger picture is not: pedestrian deaths remain high. They have risen 14% since 2019, the last year before the pandemic, and the number of people killed while walking reached a four-decade high in 2022.
Those are the main findings of a new report released on Tuesday by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), a nonprofit organization representing state highway safety offices, that found that despite modest progress, dangerous driving and inadequate infrastructure continue to “pose deadly threat to people walking.”
The rise in pedestrian deaths is even more stark when looking back at the past decade – fatalities have risen 58% between the first half of 2013 and 2023, according to the report.
“After witnessing pedestrian deaths rise each year, it’s encouraging to finally see a small decrease,” Jonathan Adkins, chief executive of the safety group said in a statement. “But the fact remains that 18 people go for a walk every day and don’t return home due to preventable crashes. The only acceptable number of traffic deaths is zero.”
“Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2023 Preliminary Data (January-June),” the safety group’s most recent report in its annual “Spotlight on Highway Safety,” series, was based on preliminary data provided by State Highway Safety Offices.
The decline in pedestrian deaths in the first half of 2023 mirrors the recent trend in overall traffic fatalities, which fell 3.3% during the first six months of last year, but remain “far above” pre-pandemic levels, according to the data analysis.
Main findings from the report:
Researchers said a number of factors contributed to the fact that people on foot remain at risk:
“We must seize on this recent momentum and continue to push for a safer system that protects people on foot from the dangerous driving behaviors that are all too prevalent,” Adkins added.
To read the full report, click here.
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