Three-quarters of pedestrian deaths in 2022 were not at an intersection. You're most endangered when walking on what the GHSA called "non-freeway arterial roads," where 60% of deaths happened in 2022.

DETROIT (AP) — The number of pedestrians killed on U.S. roads last year was the highest in 28 years, an increase due in part to driver and walker distraction, alcohol ...

KVUE-TV Austin. US pedestrian deaths up 50% in 10 years. Posted: June 26, 2025 | Last updated: June 26, 2025. Every day, millions of Americans cross streets without a second thought.

KXAN Austin. AAA: Pedestrian deaths up 80% in 15 years across the US. Posted: February 12, 2025 | Last updated: June 11, 2025. Pedestrian fatalities rose more than 80% over the past 15 years, the ...

Another reason for the recent spike in pedestrian deaths is fueled, in part, by a trend toward larger vehicles like SUVs or pickup trucks, experts believe. These heavier, taller vehicles are more ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. pedestrian and bicyclist deaths rose in 2018 while overall traffic deaths fell 1 percent in 2018 to 36,750, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in a ...

Many of those deaths are occurring at night. From 2008 to 2017, the number of nighttime pedestrian fatalities increased by 45 percent while daytime pedestrian fatalities increased by 11 percent.

Priya Sarathy Jones, deputy executive director at the Fines and Fees Justice Center, is concerned penalties from right-on-red bans will fall disproportionately on lower-income drivers who have to ...

Using data reported by states, the Governors Highway Safety Association estimates that 6,227 pedestrians were killed last year. That’s up 4 percent from 2017 and 35 percent since 2008.

With pedestrian deaths rising, US cities consider bans Published: Nov. 06, 2023, 6:44 a.m. A passenger vehicle makes a right turn on red at an intersection that prohibits the turn Tuesday, Oct. 31 ...

The number of pedestrians killed on U.S. roads last year was the highest in 28 years, according to a report from a safety organization.

The number of pedestrians killed on U.S. roads last year was the highest in 28 years, an increase due in part to driver and walker distraction, alcohol and drug impairment and more SUVs on the ...