Any efforts to reduce the area's
pedestrian death rate will likely be embraced.
Pedestrian death rates increased by 100percent.
Not exact matches
What I find also interesting is that the
rate of injuries and
deaths among
pedestrians is actually declining.
Except there is not much evidence of this, and even Kelly Sanders notes that New York City, where everybody is looking at their phones, has a much lower
rate of
pedestrian death because there are so many people in the streets and the cars travel more slowly.
Teenagers have a
death rate twice that of younger children and account for half of all child
pedestrian injuries in the past five years.
However, studies have shown that the design and construction of Orange County roads also contribute to the extraordinary
rate of
pedestrian injuries and
deaths.
Death or injury of
pedestrians and cyclist happen on the roadways that has more published speed
rate limitation such as minor arterial roadway.
In 2012 (the latest year for which there are figures), traffic
deaths fell slightly but traffic injuries increased with
pedestrian injuries rising at the highest
rate in Napa County.
Traffic data for 2012 (the latest year for which there are figures) show that, fortunately, the traffic
death rate has gone down however, traffic injuries for motor vehicle occupants,
pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists have increased significantly.