The same report showed that
pedestrian deaths accounted for 14 percent of all traffic fatalities in motor vehicle accidents.
Not exact matches
Vulnerable road users, such as
pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, still
account for almost half of Europe's road fatalities and bicyclists»
deaths are on the rise in many countries.
Although crashes involving
pedestrians, bicyclists and motorcyclists are less common than car accidents in Chicago (
accounting for 1.7 percent, 1.3 percent and 1.5 percent of the total crashes in Illinois, respectively), these accidents are more likely to cause serious injury or
death.
Florida happens to be the deadliest state for
pedestrians,
accounting for 11.1 percent of
pedestrian deaths nationwide.
Teenagers have a
death rate twice that of younger children and
account for half of all child
pedestrian injuries in the past five years.
Did you know that the elderly, adults over the age of 65,
accounted for 19 % of all
pedestrian deaths and 13 % of all
pedestrians that were injured in 2015?
Pedestrians accounted for 51 of those
deaths.