American Community Survey, NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System
Over time, bicyclist and pedestrian deaths have become more prevalent in urban areas. In 1975, 50% of bicyclist deaths and 59% of pedestrian deaths were in urban areas. In 2020, 79% of bicyclist deaths and 82% of pedestrian deaths were in urban areas. The cities included in the Benchmarking project are the 50 most populous…
Read More →The United States ranks worse than almost all similarly wealthy nations in traffic safety. In 2019, the population-based death rate in the United States was the highest among the 29 high-income countries and was 2.3 times the average rate of the 28 other high-income countries. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2022,…
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