Pedestrian Deaths Continue to Climb in U.S., Study Finds quoting : "CBS Philly"

That would give the state one of the highest rates of pedestrian deaths per capita in the nation. The Governors Highway Safety Association issued its latest report on Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities. Alberto Gutier is the director of the Arizona Governor's Office of Highway Safety. Total deaths for the year are estimated to reach more than 6,000, making it the deadliest year in more than two decades. Arizona is projected to exceed 100 deaths for the year.


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Since 2010, pedestrian fatalities have grown at four times the rate of overall traffic deaths. Only one in five pedestrian fatalities occur at intersections. "It's not hard to imagine a pedestrian at the wrong place, wrong time, never being seen by the driver."Most pedestrian fatalities occur at night in road space designated for vehicles. A new report estimates that in 2016, the United States saw its largest annual increase in pedestrian fatalities since such record keeping began 40 years ago. The Governors Highway Safety Association looked at data from the first six months of 2016 that came from 50 state highway safety offices and the District of Columbia.


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