America’s Pedestrian Safety Crisis Isn’t Getting Any Better

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By Angie SchmittMar 5, 2018, 4:10 pm155 pts
America isn’t making progress on pedestrian safety, with people on foot accounting for a steadily rising share of overall traffic fatalities. In 2017, for the second year running, nearly 6,000 people were struck and killed while walking in the U.S., according to a new report from the Governors Highway Safety…

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