This traffic safety fact sheet contains statistics on pedestrian fatalities and injuries in traffic crashes in the USA in 2001 (including previous years). In 2001, 4,882 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes, a decrease of 16% from the 5,801 pedestrians killed in 1991. On average, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic crash every 108 minutes. There were 78,000 pedestrians injured in traffic crashes in 2001. On average, a pedestrian is injured in a traffic crash every 7 minutes. Most pedestrian fatalities in 2001 occurred in urban areas (69%), at nonintersection locations (79%), in normal weather conditions (90%), and at night (64%). More than two-thirds (68%) of the 2001 pedestrian fatalities were males. In 2000, the male pedestrian fatality rate per 100,000 population was 2.35, which was more than double the rate for females (1.05 per 100,000 population). The male pedestrian injury rate per 100,000 population in 2000 was 32, compared with 23 for females.
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