Originally Posted by
Maelochs
The article did not say more people were being fatally hit versus people who were being hit and surviving in past years … did you see that information? In that article?
"[P]edestrian crashes have become both deadlier and more frequent."
The latest fatal data available is 2016. The latest injury data available is 2015.
So, we'll have to compare 2009-2015 here, from data from the annual NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts:
Total Crashes (unadjusted) (fatal,injury,property only): +15%
Total Crashes (adjusted) (fatal,injury,property only): +9%
Total Pedestrians Killed&Injured (unadjusted): +19%
Total Pedestrians Killed&Injured (adjusted): +10%
Total Pedestrians Killed (unadjusted): +31%!
Total Pedestrians Killed (adjusted): +13%!
So yeah, drivers are hitting more pedestrians. And of the pedestrians they are hitting, they are KILLING more of them.
We are doing "REALLY" well at keeping drivers from killing or injuring themselves and other occupants of vehicles. (Woohoo, but we are still killing tens of thousands of people a year! But it could be worse, yeah!)
The news is not good for people who are OUTSIDE vehicles.
As for the rest of your post....
-mr. bill