Traffic Safety Facts 1998: Pedestrians

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• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Alcohol-related Fatalities Bicycle Crashes Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Blood Alcohol Levels Demographics Fatalities Human Factors In Crashes Nonoccupant Fatalities Pedestrian-vehicle Crashes Statistics Tables (Data) Traffic Crash Victims

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  HS-808 958
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00798271
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLES-PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLES ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety ; NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics
• Abstract:
  In 1998, 5,220 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes in the United States - a decrease of 24 percent from the 6,870 pedestrians killed in 1988. On average, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic crash every 101 minutes. There were 69,000 pedestrians injured in traffic crashes in 1998. On average, a pedestrian is injured in a traffic crash every 8 minutes. The tables in this fact sheet break down the statistics as to age, sex, time and day of week, alcohol involvement and by state. 2 Figures, 6 tables.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:09c4cede56f2d677137a6e1fdb6f4b7eaa11090dbb672daa2d28c743182dcbea
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4851/dot_4851_DS1.pdf
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