This traffic safety fact sheet contains statistics on pedestrian fatalities and injuries in traffic crashes in the USA in 2002 (including previous years). In 2002, 4,808 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes, a decrease of 13% from the 5,549 pedestrians killed in 1992. On average, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic crash every 109 minutes. There were 71,000 pedestrians injured in traffic crashes in 2002. On average, a pedestrian is injured in a traffic crash every 7 minutes. Most pedestrian fatalities in 2002 occurred in urban areas (71%), at nonintersection locations (78%), in normal weather conditions (89%), and at night (65%). More than two-thirds (68%) of the 2002 pedestrian fatalities were males. In 2002, the male pedestrian fatality rate per 100,000 population was 2.31, 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 2002 was 29, compared with 20 for females.
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