A new study shows the number of pedestrians killed in traffic crashes in 2015 nationally increased 10 percent in the past year — the largest jump since nationwide records have been kept.
In its annual “Spotlight on Highway Safety Report,” the Governors Highway Safety Association compared the number of pedestrian fatalities for the first six months of 2015 (2,368) with the same time period of the previous year (2,232).
After adjusting for anticipated underreporting associated with the preliminary data, researchers anticipate the final 2015 pedestrian fatality total will be approximately 10 percent higher than 2014.
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