Twin Cities Safety Stats

Pedestrians of all age brackets have been involved in pedestrian crashes with a fairly uniform distribution across all age brackets. A major source of concern from this information is the alarming number of senior citizens (aged 65+) and minors (18 or less) involved in such crashes. A total of 208 senior citizens have been involved while 400 minors have been involved. Many would agree that, as drivers, they would pay close attention and drive as safely as possible around these demographics; however, there are still a substantial number of crashes involving senior citizens and minors. 

The next major concern, would be understanding under what conditions a majority of crashes occur and weather conditions for the pedestrian crashes, it is interesting that a majority of crashes occur under what many would consider ideal conditions (dry weather during daylight). Most crashes occur during these conditions is most likely not related to driving conditions or safety in general, but the amount of traffic present. A majority of driving and pedestrian traffic occurs during the day and especially when the weather is try, thus pedestrian crashes naturally occur more often when there is more traffic present. What is the most important to take from this, is that pedestrians crashes can occur to anyone at any time of the day under any weather condition. It is important to always remain vigilant and as safe as possible at all time, not only for yourself but for others around you as well.