Sentences with phrase «while pedestrian fatalities»

The United Kingdom has seen results: After implementing its law, cyclist fatalities dropped 61 percent while pedestrian fatalities fell 20 percent.

Not exact matches

After two years of major declines in New York City's traffic deaths, the number of people killed in crashes dropped slightly last year while pedestrian deaths rose, leading to questions about whether Mayor Bill de Blasio's ambitious campaign to eliminate traffic fatalities has stalled.

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.

Blame car accidents, slip and falls, construction mishaps, pedestrian fatalities, home - improvement projects gone wrong - not to mention texting while walking, going to the bathroom and operating a motor vehicle.

While all of the above factors may contribute to pedestrian accident fatalities, a Palm Springs police spokesman believes the number one contributing cause of pedestrian - vehicle collisions is a «lack of attention» on the part of both pedestrians and drivers.

Approximately one in five pedestrian crashes involve hit - and - run drivers, while 60 percent of all hit - and - run fatalities are pedestrians.

While the March 18 incident was the first pedestrian fatality involving a self - driving car, it's not the first death involving an autonomous vehicle.