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.
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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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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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US Department of Transportation. (July 31, 2024). Total and pedestrian fatalities in U.S. traffic crashes from 2001 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/198475/total-and-pedestrian-fatalities-in-us-traffic-crashes/
US Department of Transportation. "Total and pedestrian fatalities in U.S. traffic crashes from 2001 to 2022." Chart. July 31, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/198475/total-and-pedestrian-fatalities-in-us-traffic-crashes/
US Department of Transportation. (2024). Total and pedestrian fatalities in U.S. traffic crashes from 2001 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/198475/total-and-pedestrian-fatalities-in-us-traffic-crashes/
US Department of Transportation. "Total and Pedestrian Fatalities in U.S. Traffic Crashes from 2001 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/198475/total-and-pedestrian-fatalities-in-us-traffic-crashes/
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