“A shocking and unprecedented” 21% spike in the pedestrian fatality rate from 2019 to 2020 was the largest ever annual increase, according to a new analysis.
Pedestrian deaths rose in 2020 despite Americans driving fewer miles We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to these unacceptable numbers By Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press
Published: May 22, 2021, 6:04pm
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DETROIT Pedestrian deaths in the United States have been a problem for years, but in 2020, the rate of deaths hit a disturbing milestone even accounting for the impacts of the coronavirus.
New data released Thursday by the Governors Highway Safety Association for the full year show “the largest-ever annual increase in the pedestrian death rate” since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration established its Fatality Analysis Reporting System in 1975, according to the association.
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