Pedestrian Safety

Like younger generations, people age 50 or older are choosing to ride a bike or slip into comfortable footwear for exercise as well as for commuting to work and running errands.

Roadway environment, vehicle type, and design, weather, and road user behavior contribute to pedestrian crashes. Learn more about how you can help with pedestrian safety. 

Pedestrian bystander animation video by NHTSA. 

The tool presents data on people 65 and older involved in fatal traffic crashes, and is modeled after the information presented in the Older Population facts sheet. This is the ninth in a series of data visualization tools. 

NHTSA Pedestrian Fact sheet for 2023. This fact sheet defines a pedestrian involved in a motor vehicle traffic crash as any person on foot, walking, running, jogging, hiking, sitting, or lying down.

The New York State DOTH teamed up with the GTSC on a first-of-its-kind pedestrian safety campaign in NY state. The state continues to invest in critical three E of pedestrian safety. 

Safe, accessible, and well-maintained sidewalks are a fundamental and necessary investment for cities and have been found to enhance general public health maximizing social capital. Read more from NACTO about sidewalk safety. 

Age-Friendly Walking is a framework for planning and building cities and towns that are walkable for people of all ages. Walkability is key to ensuring that older adults can age in community, access goods and services and maintain health.