United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis (2024). Traffic Safety Facts 2022 Data: Pedestrians (Report No. DOT HS 813 590). United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78004
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis. Traffic Safety Facts 2022 Data: Pedestrians. Report no. DOT HS 813 590. United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2024. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78004.
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis Traffic Safety Facts 2022 Data: Pedestrians. United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2024, Report no. DOT HS 813 590, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78004.
In 2022 there were 7,522 pedestrians killed in traffic crashes, a 0.7-percent increase from the 7,470 pedestrian fatalities in 2021. It is the highest since 1981 when 7,837 pedestrians died in traffic crashes. In 2022 there were an estimated 67,336 pedestrians injured in traffic crashes, an 11-percent increase from 60,579 pedestrians injured in 2021. On average, a pedestrian was killed every 70 minutes and injured every 8 minutes in traffic crashes in 2022. Pedestrian deaths accounted for 18 percent of all traffic fatalities and 3 percent of all people injured in traffic crashes in 2022. This fact sheet for 2022 covers the following: age and sex; alcohol; crash characteristics; time of day and day of week; vehicle type and impact point; and data by state and city.
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis (2024). Traffic Safety Facts 2022 Data: Pedestrians (Report No. DOT HS 813 590). United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78004
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis. Traffic Safety Facts 2022 Data: Pedestrians. Report no. DOT HS 813 590. United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2024. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78004.
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis Traffic Safety Facts 2022 Data: Pedestrians. United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2024, Report no. DOT HS 813 590, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78004.
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