Why pedestrian death rate is shooting up, and how to save more lives
IIHS says one vehicle type has an 81 percent spike in fatalities
Pedestrian deaths
in the U.S. are climbing at an alarming rate, jumping 46 percent since
reaching a low point in 2009, according to federal data. Now, a new
study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety identifies some trends behind the numbers and offers some recommendations.
Among the IIHS'
findings: Pedestrian crashes have become not only more frequent, but
deadlier, with deaths per 100 crashes with pedestrians rising 29 percent
from 2010, when they reached their lowest point, to 2015.
Unsurprisingly, the increase is happening mostly in urban and suburban
areas, in the dark, and the fatalities are generally happening away from
intersections, on busy main roads or arterial roads.
(AutoBlog.com)
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