Traffic Safety Facts 2022 Data: Pedestrians

In 2022 there were 7,522 pedestrians killed in traffic crashes, a 0.7-percent increase from the 7,470 pedestrian fatalities in 2021. It is the highest since 1981 when 7,837 pedestrians died in traffic crashes. In 2022 there were an estimated 67,336 pedestrians injured in traffic crashes, an 11-percent increase from 60,579 pedestrians injured in 2021. On average, a pedestrian was killed every 70 minutes and injured every 8 minutes in traffic crashes in 2022. Pedestrian deaths accounted for 18 percent of all traffic fatalities and 3 percent of all people injured in traffic crashes in 2022. This fact sheet for 2022 covers the following: age and sex; alcohol; crash characteristics; time of day and day of week; vehicle type and impact point; and data by state and city.

• Record URL:
  • https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813590
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78004
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2024-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; Tables;
• Pagination: 17p
• Serial:
  • Traffic Safety Facts
  • Publisher: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash data; Crash injuries; Fatalities; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01924754
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 813 590
• Files: HSL, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 19 2024 4:40PM