Dangerous by Design 2011 State Info

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Nebraska

Between 2000 and 2009 106 people were killed while walking in Nebraska, which cost the state $455.8 million. Reducing pedestrian fatalities just 10% would have saved Nebraska $45.58 million over 10 years. Nebraska's overall Pedestrian Danger Index (PDI) is 18.8, which ranks 48th out of 50 states. — Download Nebraska report/factsheet PDF

Fatality Statistics

Deaths per 100,000 people, from 2000-2007

by Race/Ethnicity
African-Americans	1.26
Hispanics	1.18
Non-Hispanic whites	0.7

by Age
65 and over	1.02
65 and over fatality rate national rank	51st
Under age 65	0.7

16 children under 16 died between 2000 and 2007

The African American, Hispanic and 65 and over cohorts suffered fewer than 20 total pedestrian fatalities from 2000 to 2007. Therefore the fatality rate may be unstable and should be referenced with caution.

Metro Data (2000-2009)

Metro area	Total pedestrian fatalities	Percent of all traffic deaths that were pedestrians	Fatality rate per 100,000 persons	2009 population
Lincoln	12	4.4%	0.4	298,012
Omaha-Council Bluffs	64	8%	0.8	849,517
Sioux City	14	8%	1	144,360

County Data (2000-2009)

County	Total pedestrian fatalities	Percent of all traffic deaths that were pedestrians	Fatality rate per 100,000 persons	2009 population	Percent of population in poverty
Adams	0	0%	0	33,324	13.3%
Antelope	1	4.3%	1.3	6,652	12.4%
Arthur	0	0%	0	339	4.9%
Banner	0	0%	0	647	17.5%
Blaine	0	0%	0	458	7.6%
Boone	0	0%	0	5,427	7.4%
Box Butte	1	4%	0.9	10,891	12.2%
Boyd	0	0%	0	2,063	9.1%
Brown	0	0%	0	3,062	19.5%
Buffalo	3	3%	0.7	45,814	15%
Burt	0	0%	0	6,922	8.9%
Butler	0	0%	0	8,400	9.4%
Carson City	9	25%	1.6	55,176	12.3%
Cass	2	3.3%	0.8	25,485	5.1%
Cedar	0	0%	0	8,362	10%
Chase	0	0%	0	3,625	11.5%
Cherry	0	0%	0	5,474	8.5%
Cheyenne	2	5.6%	2	9,720	10.6%
Churchill	3	3.5%	1.2	24,897	8.7%
Clark	421	19.1%	2.5	1,902,834	10.9%
Clay	0	0%	0	6,205	11.2%
Colfax	0	0%	0	10,332	11%
Cuming	1	3.6%	1.1	9,132	11.9%
Custer	0	0%	0	10,784	10%
Dakota	2	7.7%	1	20,651	14.5%
Dawes	1	4.3%	1.1	8,735	27.4%
Dawson	2	2.9%	0.8	25,076	15%
Deuel	1	3.1%	5.4	1,839	13.8%
Dixon	0	0%	0	6,289	10.2%
Dodge	1	1.9%	0.3	35,640	12.1%
Douglas	1	1.4%	0.2	45,464	7.8%
Douglas	43	13.1%	0.9	510,199	12.9%
Dundy	0	0%	0	1,957	8.8%
Elko	3	1.7%	0.7	47,896	8.5%
Esmeralda	0	0%	0	626	6.9%
Eureka	0	0%	0	1,707	4.8%
Fillmore	0	0%	0	5,962	10.3%
Franklin	0	0%	0	3,089	16.4%
Frontier	0	0%	0	2,516	9.8%
Furnas	1	4.3%	2.1	4,556	13.5%
Gage	1	1.8%	0.4	22,653	12.2%
Garden	1	16.7%	4.4	1,739	14.4%
Garfield	0	0%	0	1,709	9.7%
Gosper	0	0%	0	1,844	10.8%
Grant	0	0%	0	560	18.6%
Greeley	0	0%	0	2,251	14%
Hall	6	7.4%	1.1	57,487	11.3%
Hamilton	0	0%	0	9,280	7.2%
Harlan	0	0%	0	3,234	12%
Hayes	0	0%	0	959	7.9%
Hitchcock	0	0%	0	2,806	12.9%
Holt	2	7.7%	1.8	10,011	10.3%
Hooker	0	0%	0	723	10.3%
Howard	0	0%	0	6,443	12.7%
Humboldt	2	2.7%	1.3	18,260	13.5%
Jefferson	0	0%	0	7,238	12.1%
Johnson	0	0%	0	5,077	11.9%
Kearney	0	0%	0	6,460	9.3%
Keith	1	2.3%	1.2	7,760	9.7%
Keya Paha	0	0%	0	802	19.7%
Kimball	1	5.3%	2.6	3,576	10.9%
Knox	0	0%	0	8,378	15%
Lancaster	10	4.5%	0.4	281,531	13.2%
Lander	0	0%	0	5,159	16%
Lincoln	0	0%	0	4,794	16.7%
Lincoln	3	4.8%	0.9	35,670	9.5%
Logan	0	0%	0	732	4.9%
Loup	0	0%	0	661	10.9%
Lyon	5	4.7%	1.1	52,641	11.4%
Madison	2	5.9%	0.6	34,505	12%
McPherson	0	0%	0	488	7.7%
Merrick	0	0%	0	7,666	7.3%
Mineral	0	0%	0	4,662	20.9%
Morrill	0	0%	0	4,911	15.5%
Nance	0	0%	0	3,460	11.4%
Nemaha	1	5.6%	1.4	6,856	13.3%
Nuckolls	1	10%	2	4,334	18.4%
Nye	10	5.6%	2.6	44,234	16.2%
Otoe	1	2.2%	0.6	15,214	12.2%
Pawnee	0	0%	0	2,614	11.2%
Perkins	0	0%	0	2,769	4.2%
Pershing	2	5.4%	3.1	6,286	12.2%
Phelps	2	10.5%	2.1	9,032	10.7%
Pierce	0	0%	0	7,184	10.3%
Platte	1	1.7%	0.3	32,515	7.8%
Polk	0	0%	0	5,079	7.7%
Red Willow	2	10.5%	1.8	10,651	9.2%
Richardson	0	0%	0	8,125	12.5%
Rock	0	0%	0	1,509	13.7%
Saline	0	0%	0	13,872	9.8%
Sarpy	2	2.2%	0.2	153,504	6%
Saunders	0	0%	0	20,057	6.8%
Scotts Bluff	2	3.6%	0.5	36,865	16.1%
Seward	2	3.8%	1.2	16,481	8.9%
Sheridan	0	0%	0	5,264	15.8%
Sherman	0	0%	0	2,881	12.8%
Sioux	0	0%	0	1,281	10.4%
Stanton	0	0%	0	6,311	11.1%
Storey	1	9.1%	2.9	4,441	6.2%
Thayer	1	5.9%	1.7	5,003	15%
Thomas	0	0%	0	565	9.8%
Thurston	2	11.1%	2.8	7,306	26.9%
Valley	0	0%	0	4,108	15.8%
Washington	1	4%	0.5	19,718	4.7%
Washoe	84	21.9%	2.2	414,820	11.8%
Wayne	0	0%	0	9,249	15.3%
Webster	0	0%	0	3,431	15.7%
Wheeler	0	0%	0	763	8.5%
White Pine	1	1.8%	1.1	9,188	13.9%
York	0	0%	0	13,837	8.2%

Preventable Pedestrian Deaths

The decades-long neglect of pedestrian safety in the design and use of American streets is exacting a heavy toll on our lives. From 2000 to 2009, 47,700 pedestrians were killed in the United States, the equivalent of a jumbo jet full of passengers crashing roughly every month.

Despite the magnitude of these avoidable tragedies, little public attention — and even less in public resources — has been committed to reducing pedestrian deaths and injuries in the United States.

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