In 2022, the U.S. had the highest number of pedestrian deaths since 1981. Experts attribute the trend to reckless driving, skyrocketing sales of trucks and large vehicles, and higher rates of people moving to suburbs with roads ill-suited for pedestrians.
have shot up 77% since 2010, according to the report, which was based on state government data. Last year, about 20 people a day were killed walking in the street. increase in reckless driving
“It has been getting worse every year,” Fischer said. “We’ve focused so much on making vehicles safer for the people inside, but we’ve sort of lost track of what we are doing for the folks outside vehicles to really address their safety.”The pandemic brought an increase in reckless habits like speeding and texting while driving, experts said, since drivers encountered more open roads and fewer law enforcement officers.
“We see it in younger drivers, certainly, but I think across the board driver distraction is a problem,” Hamann said. “More and more people have smartphones and are using social media apps and things like that.”Sales of larger, more dangerous vehicles have climbed “The challenge is these are new vehicles, and the average age of a vehicle these days is about 12 years,” Harkey said. “So it takes a long time for the fleet to turn over before you get the overwhelming majority of vehicles on the roadway that have this technology.”
The GHSA report found that 69% of pedestrian fatalities happened on roads without sidewalks in 2021, compared to 59% in 2017.
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