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Pedestrian safety is a growing concern across the United States, with an alarming increase in pedestrian fatalities over the past decade. This report highlights the most dangerous metro areas and states for pedestrians, based on a detailed analysis of fatality rates from 2018 to 2022. The data underscores the critical need for comprehensive safety measures, urban planning, and policy interventions to protect vulnerable road users.
Ranking the most deadly states
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided support for data analysis and synthesis used in the report under cooperative agreement OT18-1802 supporting the Active People, Healthy NationSM Initiative, a national initiative led by the CDC to help 27 million Americans become more physically active by 2027.
Learn more: https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/activepeoplehealthynation/index.html. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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