Pedestrian fatalities and injuries,
1992-2001

Detailed Findings

Tables 1 and 2 present the pedestrian fatalities and injuries by jurisdiction and include fatalities and injuries of unknown gender, if any were coded as such. From 1992 to 2001, a total of 4,162 pedestrians died from injuries suffered in collisions with motor vehicles and 142,515 were injured. As shown in the tables, pedestrian fatalities and injuries decreased in most jurisdictions over the period and, in total, fatalities were at their lowest level in the 10 year period with 334 in 2001 compared to a high of 479 in 1993. The number of injuries was at the lowest level of the 10-year period in 1998 and stayed slightly above the 1998 level in the last three years. Fatalities averaged 416 per year and decreased 24.1 percent over the 10 years. During this period, pedestrian injuries averaged 14,252 per year, and decreased 10.2 percent from 1992 to 2001.

Pedestrian fatalities in 2001 decreased 10.2 percent from the previous year and represented 12 percent of all road user fatalities, while the 13,475 injuries accounted for 6.1 percent of all road user injuries and decreased 2 percent from 2000. On average, 0.9 pedestrian fatalities (0.58 males and 0.33 females) and 36.9 injuries (19.1 males, 17.6 females and 0.2 of unknown gender) occurred each day in 2001.

Table 2. Pedestrian Injuries by Jurisdiction, 1992-2001