A pedestrian, as defied for this fact sheet, is any person on foot, walking, running, jogging, hiking, sitting, or lying down who is involved in a motor vehicle traffic crash. A traffic crash is defined as an incident that involved one or more motor vehicles where at least one vehicle was in transport and the crash originated on a public traffic way, such as a road or highway. Crashes that occurred on private property, including parking lots and driveways, are excluded. In this fact sheet, the 2013 pedestrian information is presented in the following order. * Overview * Environmental Characteristics * Time of Day and Day of Week * Age * Gender * Alcohol * Vehicle Type and Impact Point * Fatalities by State * Fatalities by City * Important Safety Reminders. In 2013, there were 4,735 pedestrians killed (Table 1) and an estimated 66,000 injured (Table 2) in traffic crashes in the United States. A total of 4,653 traffic crashes (Table 4) each had one or more pedestrian fatalities. On average, a pedestrian was killed every 2 hours and injured every 8 minutes in traffic crashes. (Author/publisher)
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