Pedestrian Death
Spooky Stuff: On Halloween, Some States Will Have Deadlier Roads Than Others
Find out how yours ranks — and what policymakers can do to make streets less scary.
October 30, 2025
Ambulance Data Reveals That Boston Drivers Are 4 Times More Likely to Run Over Pedestrians From Black Neighborhoods
"Overall, residents of predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods are about four times more likely than residents of predominantly white neighborhoods to be struck as a pedestrian."
July 1, 2025
What Do We Really Know About Drivers Who Kill Pedestrians?
America knows exactly who the average pedestrian who dies in a car crash is. But what about the driver who kills him?
February 26, 2025
The Deadly Cost of Unplowed Sidewalks in Winter
A mother was killed and her toddler critically injured when an icy sidewalk forced them into the street — and into the path of a driver. Some say better policy could have prevented the tragedy.
January 28, 2025
Drivers Keep Hitting Pedestrians In Front of An Iconic St. Louis Ice Cream Shop. Advocates Are Fighting Back.
A series of crashes outside a popular St. Louis landmark carries a larger lesson about traffic violence, and the cost of government inaction.
January 22, 2025
Walk this Way: Feds Finally Want Car Safety Standards to Apply to People Outside the Vehicle
In the midst of a two-decade rise, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed new rules to "reduce fatalities among pedestrians."
September 10, 2024
Friday Video: What It’s Like to Walk In Pedestrian-Unfriendly Florida
Advocates in the Sunshine State are casting daylight on the state's raging pedestrian safety crisis, and what it will take to finally stop the bloodshed.
August 9, 2024
Study: The Real Reasons Pedestrian Deaths Surged Along with COVID-19
COVID-19 up-ended almost everything about U.S. life — but America's pedestrian death crisis continued as normal, a new study finds.
August 1, 2024
Study: We Can Save Pedestrians After Dark — If Road Designers ‘See the Light’
Dark roads kill — and it shouldn't be pedestrian's responsibility alone to light their own way, a new study argues.
July 31, 2024
These Are the Most Dangerous Congressional Districts for Pedestrians
The deadliest congressional districts in America are dominated by BIPOC communities — and federal officials need to step up to save the most vulnerable road users.
July 16, 2024