Additionally, there are certain locations more likely to be accident sites, with the vast majority of
pedestrian fatalities occurring in high - density urban areas such as downtown areas or within metropolitan area borders.
Nearly three - fourths (73 percent) of
pedestrian fatalities occur in urban settings.
«Figure 1 contains information on four environmental characteristics (land use, pedestrian location, light condition, and time of day and season) where / when
pedestrian fatalities occurred in 2013: ■ More occurred in urban areas (73 %) than rural areas (27 %).1 ■ More occurred at non-intersections (69 %) than at intersections (20 %) for pedestrian location (10 % was other locations such as parking lanes / zones, bicycle lanes, shoulders / roadsides, sidewalks, medians / crossing islands, driveway accesses, shareduse paths / trails, non-trafficway areas, and other).
Not exact matches
In 2012, nearly three - quarters of all
pedestrian fatalities, (73 percent) and more than two - thirds of all bicyclist
fatalities (69 percent)
occurred in urban areas.
The majority of
pedestrian and bicyclist
fatalities occur in urban areas.
In 2012, nearly three - quarters of all
pedestrian fatalities (73 %) and more than two - thirds of all bicyclist
fatalities (69 %)
occurred in urban areas.
Pedestrian injuries and
fatalities disproportionately
occur among older adults.
One recent project examined the locations of
pedestrian fatalities and used other data sources such as roadway characteristics and sociodemographic information to better inform where
pedestrian risk is
occurring at the neighborhood level.
An Australian study of child
pedestrian backover collisions
occurring between 1999 and 2009 found that males were involved in two - thirds of backover crashes that resulted in injuries and nearly three - quarters of backover crashes that resulted in
fatalities.
The accidents
occurring from this six - lane nightmare can range from fender benders to
pedestrian fatalities.
According to California Highway Patrol data, there are three common factors in most
pedestrian accident
fatalities occurring in Riverside County.
This may be due to the study results that revealed that the vast majority of
pedestrian fatalities in the U.S.
occurred in urban areas and involved
pedestrians who were in «non-intersection» areas.
«Of the 45
fatalities that
occurred in Rhode Island in 2015, the majority were motor vehicle occupants, nine were riding motorcycles and eight were
pedestrians.