By the Numbers: Pedestrian Safety

The number of cycling and pedestrian fatalities on American roadways has increased at an alarming rate during the last decade. Photo by Len Villano.

Compiled by Myles Dannhausen Jr.
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“For drivers, roads are as safe as they have ever been; for people on foot, roads keep getting deadlier.” 

— Peter C. Baker

41

Percent more pedestrians killed on American roads in 2018 than in 2008

777

Number of cyclists killed on American roads in 2017, a 25 percent increase compared to 2010

346

Number of people killed when two Boeing 737s crashed during the spring of 2019

773

Number of people killed in car crashes every week in the United States

2017

The first year when states were required to submit road fatality reduction targets to the federal government

19

The road fatality reduction target set by Wisconsin, from 361 in 2016
Source: The Guardian