In Philadelphia, a total of 31
pedestrians were killed in motor vehicle crashes during 2012,
representing 29 percent of the city's total traffic
fatalities..
Deaths of African Americans and Hispanics as
pedestrians are disproportionately high: although African Americans
represent only 12.7 percent of the total U.S. population, they compose 17.3 percent of total
pedestrian fatalities, while Hispanics are 15.1 percent of the population but 18.6 percent of
pedestrian fatalities.