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Although Americans drove far fewer miles in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the pedestrian death rate skyrocketed nationally, with blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans dying in disproportionate numbers when struck by motorists.
Preliminary data from the first half of last year shows that roughly the same number of pedestrian deaths occurred 3,000 or so. But those fatalities happened when the nation recorded a more than 16% decline in vehicle miles traveled.
And the deaths in 2020 continued an ugly, decade-long trend in which pedestrian killings increased 46%, compared with a 5% increase in the same period for other vehicular fatalities. The Governors Highway Safety Association reported the sobering data and observed this:
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COVID-19 kept cars off the roads, but pedestrian deaths remained high
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