Nevada Pedestrian Accident Lawyer - Las Vegas Hit & Run Accident

This information relates to the safety of Pedestrians. If you came directly to this page from a search engine, may want to read the Nevada Personal Injury Law Introduction on our home page. Also, you can get an overview of the different types of accidents such as Wrongful Death, Auto Accidents, Premises Liability, and Products Liability before you explore Pedestrian Safety Facts.

The following gives safety facts on Pedestrians for the year 2002:

In 2002, 4,808 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes in the United States — a decrease of 13 percent from the 5,549 pedestrians killed in 1992. On average, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic crash every 109 minutes. There were 71,000 pedestrians injured in traffic crashes in 2002. On average, a pedestrian is injured in a traffic crash every 7 minutes.

Most pedestrian fatalities in 2002 occurred in urban areas (71 percent), at nonintersection locations (78 percent), in normal weather conditions (89 percent), and at night (65 percent).

More than two-thirds (68 percent) of the 2002 pedestrian fatalities were males. In 2002, the male pedestrian fatality rate per 100,000 population was 2.31 — more than double the rate for females (1.05 per 100,000 population). The male pedestrian injury rate per 100,000 population in 2002 was 29, compared with 20 for females.

In 2002, almost one-fourth (23 percent) of all children between the ages of 5 and 9 years who were killed in traffic crashes were pedestrians. Nearly one-fifth (17 percent) of all traffic fatalities under age 16 were pedestrians, and 6 percent of all the people under age 16 who were injured in traffic crashes were pedestrians.

Older pedestrians (ages 70+) accounted for 17 percent of all pedestrian fatalities and 6 percent of all pedestrians injured in 2002. In 2002, the death rate for this group, both males and females, was 3.21 per 100,000 population — higher than for any other age group.

Pedestrian fatalities accounted for 86 percent of all nonoccupant fatalities in 2002. The 662 pedalcyclist fatalities accounted for 12 percent, and the remaining 2 percent were skateboard riders, roller skaters, etc.

Forty percent of the 434 pedestrian fatalities under 16 years of age were killed in crashes that occurred between 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Nearly one-half (47 percent) of all pedestrian fatalities occurred on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday: 16 percent, 18 percent, and 13 percent, respectively.

Alcohol involvement — either for the driver or for the pedestrian — was reported in nearly one-half (46 percent) of the traffic crashes that resulted in pedestrian fatalities. Of the pedestrians involved, 34 percent were intoxicated, with blood alcohol concentrations (BAC) of 0.08 grams per deciliter (g/dl) or greater. The intoxication rate for the drivers involved was only 13 percent, less than one-half that for the pedestrians. In 5 percent of the crashes, both the driver and the pedestrian were intoxicated.

All facts excerpted from: Traffic Safety Facts 2002 - Pedestrians (DOT HS 809 608), National Center for Statistics and Analysis, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, online at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSF2002/2002pedfacts.pdf (visited on 12/17/03).

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