Pedestrian fatalities in U.S. traffic

Pedestrian deaths due to road crashes have been increasing in recent years. Fatalities among pedestrians had been on a downward trend between 2001 and 2009, but then began rising substantially. In 2022, pedestrian deaths reached their highest number over the past twenty-year period. In that year, pedestrian deaths on U.S. roads reached 7,522, compared to 4,109 in 2009.

Total and pedestrian fatalities in U.S. traffic crashes from 2001 to 2022

Characteristic	Total	Pedestrian
2022	42,514	7,552
2021	42,939	7,388
2020	39,007	6,565
2019	36,355	6,272
2018	36,835	6,374
2017	37,473	6,075
2016	37,806	6,080
2015	35,485	5,495
2014	32,744	4,910
2013	32,894	4,779
2012	33,782	4,818
2011	32,479	4,457
2010	32,999	4,302

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July 2024

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United States

Survey time period

2001 to 2022

Supplementary notes

The figures for 2001 to 2012 were taken from a previous edition of the publication.

Pedestrians are defined as any person on foot, walking, running, jogging, hiking, sitting or lying down who are involved in a motor vehicle traffic crash. A traffic crash is an incident that involves one or more vehicles where at least one vehicle is in-transport and the crash originates on a public traffic way.

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