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HOW DANGEROUS IS IT TO BE A PEDESTRIAN

HOW DANGEROUS IS IT TO BE A PEDESTRIAN ? 13% 4280 OF ALL TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN PEDESTRIANS WERE KILLED MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND AN ESTIMATED 70,000 CRASHES INVOLVED WERE INJURED IN TRAFFIC PEDESTRIAN DEATHS CRASHES IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 2001-2010 46,390 PEDESTRIANS DIED IN MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES. AMONG THEM 1T 33,907 (>2/3) WERE MALES 12,443 WERE FEMALES AND 40 WERE OF UNKNOWN SEX A 2010 STUDY CITED POOR INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AS BEING THE MOST DIRECTLY RELATED FACTOR TO TR AFFIC FATALITIES MOST AMERICANS LIVE IN PLACES WHERE WALKING IS RISKY BECAUSE ROADS ARE DESIGNED ONLY TO MOVE TRAFFIC ТOP TEN MOST DANGEROUS CITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS 1 ORLANDO, FLORIDA 6 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 2 TAMPA, FLORIDA 1 NEMPHIS, TENNESSE 3 JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 8 PHOENIX, ARIZONA O MIAMI, FLORIDA 9 HOUSTON, TEXAS 5 RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA 10 DALLAS, TEXAS AMPM 30% OF PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES OCCURED BETWEEN 8 P. M. & 11:59 P. M. 12 - 3:59 16 A.M. 30 °E 8- 1:59 4- 759 14 A.M. 8- 11:59 9 4- 7:59 23 "PM. A.M. 12 - 3:59 P.M. ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT EITHER FOR THE DRIVER OR THE PEDESTRIAN WAS REPORTED IN 96 OF ALL FATAL PEDESTRIAN CRASHES AGE STATS OLDER PEDESTRIANS (AGE 65+) ACCOUNTED FOR 19% OF ALL PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES 277 PEDESTRIANS AGED FROM 21-24 WERE KILLED IN MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC CRASHES IN 2010 1/5 OF ALL CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5 AND 9 WHO WERE KILLED IN TRAFFIC CRASHES WERE PEDESTRIANS SAFETY TIPS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IF NO SIDEWALKS ARE 1 PROVIDED IT IS USUALLY SAFER TO WALK FACING TRAFFIC ALCOHOL AFFECTS YOUR 2 ABILITY TO WALK JUST AS IT AFFECTS A DRIVER'S ABILITY ASSUME THAT A DRIVER DOES NOT SEE O YOU AND DO NOT COUNT ON A DRIVER TO BE PAYING ATTENTION MAKE YOURSELF VISIBLE WEAR LIGHT COLORS AND REFLECTIVE CLOTHING 5 CROSS THE STREET IN DESIGNATED CROSSWALKS ONLY DRIVER SAFETY 1 IF VISIBILITY IS POOR, REDUCE YOUR SPEED 2 PEDESTRIANS CAN BE FOUND ANYWHERE, BE A WARE USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN IN HIGH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ZONES SUCH AS NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS AT CROSSWALKS DRIVE 5 SLOWLY, BE CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO STOP PEDESTRIANS ARE HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT AND IN BAD WEATHER WALK SAFELY SOURCES: HTTP://WNW-NRD. NHTSA.DOT.GOV/PUBS/811625.PDF HTTP://WWW.HSAC. UNC. EDU/SAFETY_INFO/PEDESTRIAN/SAFETY_TIPS.CFM sl HTTP:// WWW.COC.6OV/FEATURES/PEDESTRIANSAFETY/ HTTP://WNW-NRD. NH TSA.DOT.GOV/PUBS/a10968.PDF HOW DANGEROUS IS IT TO BE A PEDESTRIAN ? 13% 4280 OF ALL TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN PEDESTRIANS WERE KILLED MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND AN ESTIMATED 70,000 CRASHES INVOLVED WERE INJURED IN TRAFFIC PEDESTRIAN DEATHS CRASHES IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 2001-2010 46,390 PEDESTRIANS DIED IN MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES. AMONG THEM 1T 33,907 (>2/3) WERE MALES 12,443 WERE FEMALES AND 40 WERE OF UNKNOWN SEX A 2010 STUDY CITED POOR INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AS BEING THE MOST DIRECTLY RELATED FACTOR TO TR AFFIC FATALITIES MOST AMERICANS LIVE IN PLACES WHERE WALKING IS RISKY BECAUSE ROADS ARE DESIGNED ONLY TO MOVE TRAFFIC ТOP TEN MOST DANGEROUS CITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS 1 ORLANDO, FLORIDA 6 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 2 TAMPA, FLORIDA 1 NEMPHIS, TENNESSE 3 JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 8 PHOENIX, ARIZONA O MIAMI, FLORIDA 9 HOUSTON, TEXAS 5 RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA 10 DALLAS, TEXAS AMPM 30% OF PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES OCCURED BETWEEN 8 P. M. & 11:59 P. M. 12 - 3:59 16 A.M. 30 °E 8- 1:59 4- 759 14 A.M. 8- 11:59 9 4- 7:59 23 "PM. A.M. 12 - 3:59 P.M. ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT EITHER FOR THE DRIVER OR THE PEDESTRIAN WAS REPORTED IN 96 OF ALL FATAL PEDESTRIAN CRASHES AGE STATS OLDER PEDESTRIANS (AGE 65+) ACCOUNTED FOR 19% OF ALL PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES 277 PEDESTRIANS AGED FROM 21-24 WERE KILLED IN MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC CRASHES IN 2010 1/5 OF ALL CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5 AND 9 WHO WERE KILLED IN TRAFFIC CRASHES WERE PEDESTRIANS SAFETY TIPS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IF NO SIDEWALKS ARE 1 PROVIDED IT IS USUALLY SAFER TO WALK FACING TRAFFIC ALCOHOL AFFECTS YOUR 2 ABILITY TO WALK JUST AS IT AFFECTS A DRIVER'S ABILITY ASSUME THAT A DRIVER DOES NOT SEE O YOU AND DO NOT COUNT ON A DRIVER TO BE PAYING ATTENTION MAKE YOURSELF VISIBLE WEAR LIGHT COLORS AND REFLECTIVE CLOTHING 5 CROSS THE STREET IN DESIGNATED CROSSWALKS ONLY DRIVER SAFETY 1 IF VISIBILITY IS POOR, REDUCE YOUR SPEED 2 PEDESTRIANS CAN BE FOUND ANYWHERE, BE A WARE USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN IN HIGH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ZONES SUCH AS NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS AT CROSSWALKS DRIVE 5 SLOWLY, BE CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO STOP PEDESTRIANS ARE HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT AND IN BAD WEATHER WALK SAFELY SOURCES: HTTP://WNW-NRD. NHTSA.DOT.GOV/PUBS/811625.PDF HTTP://WWW.HSAC. UNC. EDU/SAFETY_INFO/PEDESTRIAN/SAFETY_TIPS.CFM sl HTTP:// WWW.COC.6OV/FEATURES/PEDESTRIANSAFETY/ HTTP://WNW-NRD. NH TSA.DOT.GOV/PUBS/a10968.PDF

HOW DANGEROUS IS IT TO BE A PEDESTRIAN

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