Study Indicates The Rise In Pedestrian Deaths Is Due To That New SUV You Just Bought

While the 50 percent increase in light truck-related pedestrian deaths looks bad, during the same five-year span pedestrian fatalities caused by passenger cars rose 30 percent. Hardly blameless in the rise in fatalities.

So what’s to blame for the rise in deaths? Vehicle type is one factor, but an increase in the total number of miles driven doesn’t help, nor does the population boom in major urban centers. That’s where people are moving, and that’s where an increasing number of vehicles exist. NHTSA data shows a steep increase in the number of urban vehicle miles driven in the past decade, with a corresponding decrease in rural miles.

PUGPROUD - 2/28/2019 2:32:15 PM

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Not to mention drivers texting and using phones as well. Enough blame to go around to both pedestrians and drivers alike. Lets throw some pot into the mix too and see how the numbers change over the next five years.

Car4life1 - 2/28/2019 6:54:53 PM

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OBESITY, ppl are fatter and slower than ever, move your ass before I leave a 3 pointed star logo on it!

MDarringer - 2/28/2019 8:42:13 PM

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Not only that they are more entitled and will walk out in front of a car without even looking around.