But it's no time for celebration: The 2023 number for pedestrian deaths is still 14.1% above pre-pandemic levels. Still, the news is somewhat heartening, said GHSA Chief Executive Officer Jonathan ...

After hitting a 40-year high in 2022, pedestrian deaths decreased in 2023, according to a report published Wednesday by the Governors Highway Safety Association. The report shows a 5.4% fall in ...

The rate of pedestrian deaths had especially skyrocketed amid ... Spring comes earlier, fall lasts longer. And frankly, there’s more warm, walkable days in the southern states than northern ...

Experts attribute the increase of deaths on faster driving speeds, a lack of pedestrian-friendly road ... help make cars safer for pedestrians. Last fall, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced ...

He cited an upcoming study by his association that analyzed California crash data from 2011-2019 and found that drivers turning right on red accounted for only about one pedestrian death and less ...

Priya Sarathy Jones, deputy executive director at the Fines and Fees Justice Center, is concerned penalties from right-on-red bans will fall disproportionately ... the odds a pedestrian would ...