Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Pedestrians
In 2024 there were 7,080 pedestrians killed in traffic crashes, a 3.9 percent decrease from the 7,367 pedestrian fatalities in 2023. In 2024 there were an estimated 71,635 pedestrians injured in traffic crashes, a 5.0-percent increase from 68,241 pedestrians injured in 2023. On average, a pedestrian was killed every 74 minutes and injured every 7 minutes in traffic crashes in 2024. Pedestrian deaths accounted for 18 percent of all traffic fatalities and 3 percent of all people injured in traffic crashes in 2024. Seventeen percent of the children 14 and younger killed in traffic crashes in 2024 were pedestrians. Sixty-nine percent of the pedestrians killed in traffic crashes in 2024 were males. Alcohol involvement (blood alcohol concentration [BAC] of .01 grams per deciliter [g/dL] or higher)—for the driver and/or the pedestrian—was reported in 43 percent of all fatal pedestrian crashes in 2024. Substantially more pedestrian fatalities occurred in urban areas (84%) than in rural areas (16%) in 2024. Seventy-three percent of the pedestrian fatalities occurred at locations that were not intersections, 18 percent occurred at intersections, and the remaining 9 percent occurred at other locations in 2024. More pedestrian fatalities occurred in the dark (76%) than in daylight (20%), dusk (2%), and dawn (2%) in 2024. Ninety percent of pedestrian fatalities occurred in single-vehicle crashes in 2024. Nearly 1 out of every 4 pedestrians killed in traffic crashes in 2024 (24%) were struck by hit-and-run drivers.
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Corporate Authors:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 - Publication Date: 2026-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Tables;
- Pagination: 17p
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Serial:
- Traffic Safety Facts
- Publisher: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Publication flags:
Open Access (libre)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash data; Fatalities; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Statistical trends; Traffic safety
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01992672
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 813 818
- Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jun 17 2026 4:11PM