US Pedestrian deaths rose a troubling 77% between 2010 and 2021. - eviltoast

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/12581895

GHSA previously issued a report finding that 3,434 pedestrians were killed on U.S. roadways in the first half of 2022, based on preliminary data reported by State Highway Safety Offices. A second report analyzing state-reported data for all of 2022 found that roadways continue to be incredibly deadly for pedestrians. There were 2.37 pedestrian deaths per billion vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in 2022, up yet again and continuing a troubling trend of elevated rates that began in 2020.

The report also includes an analysis of 2021 data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System to provide additional context on when, where and how drivers strike and kill people on foot. This analysis uncovered a shocking safety disparity for people walking: Pedestrian deaths rose a troubling 77% between 2010 and 2021, compared to a 25% rise in all other traffic fatalities. The data analysis was conducted by Elizabeth Petraglia, Ph.D., of research firm Westat.

To combat this pedestrian safety crisis, GHSA supports a comprehensive solution based on the Safe System approach outlined in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS). Each of the five elements of this approach – safe road users, safe vehicles, safe speeds, safe roads and post-crash care – contribute in different but overlapping ways to provide a multi-layered safety net that can protect people on foot as well as other road users. The report includes examples of how states are utilizing Safe System principles to improve pedestrian safety.

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    10 months ago

    I was listening to a breakdown of this study on a New York Times podcast. It has to do with huge cultural differences between how Europeans and Americans interact with smartphones in cars

    Funny thing, someone posted this Podcast, and there’s absolutely no mention at all about this: https://lemmy.ml/post/10124633

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        10 months ago

        No, that is, in fact, a podcast by the New York Times. You do understand you can click on these things called links and then you’ll land on another page?

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          10 months ago

          Yeah, it took me to the article, not the podcast. You being an asshole about it doesn’t change that fact.

          Blocked

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            10 months ago

            Ah, yes, I’m an asshole because you cannot click through to that podcast. Have fun here, you fucking clown 😂