A pedestrian is defined as any person not in or upon a motor vehicle or other vehicle. In 2005, 4,881 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes in the United States — a decrease of 13 percent from the 5,584 pedestrians killed in 1995. On average, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic crash every 108 minutes and injured in a traffic crash every 8 minutes. There were 64,000 pedestrians injured in traffic crashes in 2005. Most pedestrian fatalities in 2005 occurred in urban areas (74%), at nonintersection locations (80%), in normal weather conditions (89%), and at night (67%). More than two-thirds (70%) of the pedestrians killed in 2005 were males. In 2005, the male pedestrian fatality rate per 100,000 population was 2.35 — more than triple the rate for females (0.96 per 100,000 population). In 2005, the male pedestrian injury rate per 100,000 population was 26, compared with 17 for females. (Author/publisher) All HTML Files of 2005 Traffic Safty Fact Sheets: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSF2005/2005TSF/index.htm
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