Re:Roads Are Getting Deadlier for Pedestrians
by Someone on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @10:41AM
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FTA: “In 2019, 6,301 pedestrians were killed by vehicles on American streets — up 46% from 2010. Over the same timespan, the total for all traffic deaths rose by 5%.”
There, pedestrian deaths about decreased by a third over about the same period, and stayed at about the same percentage of all traffic deaths (figure 2, page 4), so non-pedestrian traffic deaths also must have decreased significantly.
(And no, it isn’t because US traffic deaths already are very low. They’re high, compared to the EU)
As always with traffic death data, it is eye-opening to compare with the EU (https://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/sites/roadsafety/...).
There, pedestrian deaths about decreased by a third over about the same period, and stayed at about the same percentage of all traffic deaths (figure 2, page 4), so non-pedestrian traffic deaths also must have decreased significantly.
(And no, it isn’t because US traffic deaths already are very low. They’re high, compared to the EU)