If a pedestrian is struck by a car at 40 mph, there is an 85% chance of death.
Children age 15 and younger accounted for 6 percent of the pedestrian fatalities in 2011 and 19 percent of all pedestrians injured in traffic crashes
In 2011, over 1/5 (21%) of all children between the ages of 10 and 15 who were killed in traffic crashes were pedestrians.
Between 20, all percentages stayed relatively level (Table 2). A majority of the pedestrian fatalities (70%) occurred during the nighttime (6 p.m. 88% of pedestrian fatalities occurred during normal weather conditions (clear/cloudy), compared to rain, snow and foggy conditions. Over 2/3 (70%) of pedestrian fatalities occurred at non-intersections versus at intersections.
In 2011, almost 3/4 (73%) of pedestrian fatalities occurred in an urban setting versus a rural setting.
In 2011, pedestrian deaths accounted for 14 percent of all traffic fatalities, and made up 3% of all the people injured in traffic crashes.
More than one-fifth (22%) of the traffic fatalities in the 14-and-younger age group were pedestrians.
There were a total of 4,743 pedestrian fatalities in 2012 the 14-and-younger age group accounted for 5% of those fatalities.
Teens have a death rate twice that of younger children and account for half of all child pedestrian deaths.
Unintentional pedestrian injuries are the fifth leading cause of injury-related death in the United States for children ages 5 to 19.
Driving while using a cell phone reduces the amount of brain activity associated with driving by 37%.
For drivers 15-19 years old involved in fatal crashes, 21% were distracted by the use of cell phones.
660,000 drivers are using or manipulating electronic devices while driving at any given daylight moment in America.
Sending or receiving a text takes a driver’s eyes from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the equivalent - at 55 MPH - of traveling the length of an entire football field, blind.
Instead of processing both cognitive tasks at once, the brain rapidly switches between the two activities.
Contrary to popular belief, the human brain cannot multitask.
Drivers talking or texting can miss seeing up to 50% of their driving environment, a phenomenon known as “inattention blindness.”.
Text messaging creates a risk 23 times worse than driving while not distracted.
In 2015, 3,477 people were killed nationally in crashes involving a distracted driver.
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