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.

Pedestrian fatalities rose more than 80% over the past 15 years, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety detailed in new research released Tuesday.

After hitting a 40-year high in 2022, pedestrian deaths decreased last year to just over 7,300, according to a new report by the Governors Highway Safety Association.

Pedestrian deaths between 1980 and 2009 dropped in half, from 8,070 to 4,109. Data from FARS is available for more years than the SHSO but is treated as a separate source by the report because of ...

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 ...

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 ...

As deaths among vulnerable road users continue to rise in the Southern Nevada, officials are exploring ideas of how to ...

Overall traffic-related deaths in New Jersey also jumped in 2024 — with at least 687 people losing their lives on Jersey roadways. That accounts for a 13.4% spike over 2023, when 76 fewer fatal ...

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 ...

With pedestrian deaths rising, US cities are considering bans. By ... is concerned penalties from right-on-red bans will fall disproportionately on lower-income drivers who have to drive to work ...

With pedestrian deaths rising, US cities are considering bans A commercial vehicle makes a right turn on red at an intersection that prohibits the turn Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, in Chicago.