Which is even more worrying considering that this happens as far fewer people walk to school.

https://walkbiketoschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Fina...

""" In 1969, 48 percent of students in grades K through eight (ages 5 through 14) walked or bicycled to school.

In 2017, only 11 percent of students in grades K through eight walked or bicycled to school.

In 1969, 89 percent of students in grades K through eight who lived within one mile of school usually walked or bicycled to school.

In 2009, only 35 percent of students in grades K through eight who lived within a mile of school usually walked or bicycled to school even once a week """

The reasons seem to be more complicated than that article (and the common narrative) suggests

This page has a more clear statistical picture, though no interpretation.

https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/pedes...