Every year in the United States

• 4,500 pedestrians are killed every year.
• 110,000 pedestrians and bicyclists are injured every year.
• A pedestrian or bicyclist is killed every 3½ minutes.
• 68 pedestrians or bicyclists will be involved in a crash during each hour.
• Pedestrian injuries and fatalities result in $20 billion in societal costs.

Who dies as a pedestrian?

• 58 percent are working adults.
• 23 percent are elderly persons ages 65+
• 19 percent are children up to the age of 19.

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