What’s the Deadliest Day of the Year for Children?
Especially if the holiday falls on a Monday, Tuesday, Friday, or Sunday, children are between three and ten times more likely to die in pedestrian collisions on Halloween. Roads have also become more dangerous for pedestrians in the past decade. In fact, more pedestrians and cyclists were fatally struck by cars in 2018 than any […]
The Danger in Being a Pedestrian
Pedestrians typically include walkers, joggers, and people who use wheelchairs and strollers – all, of course, are vulnerable to harm or death from cars. Smart Growth America recently provided statistics on pedestrian fatalities occurring between 2005 and 2014, claiming that cars killed 46,149 pedestrians. The organization tallied deaths for all 50 states and shows which […]
