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Table 1
Factors Relating to Pedestrian Fatalities: 2000
Excel | CSV
Improper crossing of roadway or intersection |
1,415 |
Walking, playing, working, etc., in roadway |
1,214 |
Failure to yield right-of-way |
680 |
Darting or running into road |
612 |
Not visible |
460 |
Inattentive (talking, eating, etc.) |
124 |
Failure to obey traffic signs, signals, or officer |
86 |
Physical impairment |
84 |
Ill, blackout |
22 |
Emotional (e.g., depressed, angry, disturbed) |
21 |
Getting on/off/in/out of vehicle |
21 |
Mentally challenged |
17 |
Pedestrian pushing vehicle |
11 |
Other factors |
65 |
Unknown |
81 |
NOTE: The sum of the numbers is greater than the total pedestrians killed as
more than one factor may be present for the same pedestrian.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) database, available
at http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/,
as of April 2002.
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