Dangerous by Design
All States ¬
All metro areas over 1 million, ranked by Pedestrian Danger Index
| Rank | Metro area | Total pedestrian fatalities | Average annual pedestrian fatality rate (per 100,000 people) | Percent of people walking to work | Pedestrian Danger Index (PDI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 557 | 3 | 1.2% | 255.4 |
| 2 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 905 | 3.5 | 1.6% | 212.7 |
| 3 | Jacksonville, FL | 342 | 2.8 | 1.6% | 177.8 |
| 4 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | 1,555 | 2.9 | 1.7% | 167.9 |
| 5 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 938 | 2.5 | 1.8% | 139.2 |
| 6 | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 421 | 2.5 | 1.9% | 135.2 |
| 7 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 266 | 2.1 | 1.6% | 132.6 |
| 8 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 867 | 2.3 | 1.7% | 132.4 |
| 9 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 1,024 | 2 | 1.5% | 128.2 |
| 10 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 942 | 1.6 | 1.4% | 119.4 |
| 11 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 798 | 1.6 | 1.4% | 119.3 |
| 12 | Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 799 | 1.8 | 1.5% | 118.4 |
| 13 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | 162 | 1.7 | 1.5% | 117.2 |
| 14 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 204 | 1.4 | 1.3% | 109.7 |
| 15 | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 300 | 2.4 | 2.3% | 107.1 |
| 16 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 136 | 1.2 | 1.2% | 104.3 |
| 17 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 208 | 1.4 | 1.4% | 99.6 |
| 18 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 231 | 1.6 | 1.6% | 96.1 |
| 19 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 192 | 1.6 | 1.7% | 95.7 |
| 20 | Richmond, VA | 167 | 1.4 | 1.6% | 90.9 |
| 21 | Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 377 | 1.9 | 2.1% | 90.7 |
| 22 | Oklahoma City, OK | 167 | 1.4 | 1.6% | 89.5 |
| 23 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 387 | 1.4 | 1.6% | 88.2 |
| 24 | San Antonio, TX | 354 | 1.9 | 2.2% | 87.5 |
| 25 | Tucson, AZ | 212 | 2.3 | 2.7% | 84.7 |
| 26 | Kansas City, MO-KS | 234 | 1.2 | 1.4% | 83.3 |
| 27 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 2,533 | 2 | 2.6% | 76 |
| 28 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 623 | 2.1 | 2.8% | 74.7 |
| 29 | Denver-Aurora, CO | 397 | 1.7 | 2.3% | 74.3 |
| 30 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 274 | 1.6 | 2.3% | 68.4 |
| 31 | Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 180 | 1.1 | 1.7% | 63.5 |
| 32 | Baltimore-Towson, MD | 481 | 1.8 | 2.9% | 62.2 |
| 33 | Salt Lake City, UT | 131 | 1.3 | 2.1% | 60.2 |
| 34 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 854 | 1.7 | 3% | 54.6 |
| 35 | Columbus, OH | 171 | 1 | 2% | 49.2 |
| 36 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 163 | 1.4 | 2.9% | 49 |
| 37 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 135 | 1.2 | 2.4% | 47.9 |
| 38 | Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 1,322 | 1.4 | 3% | 46.8 |
| 39 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 965 | 1.7 | 3.8% | 43.6 |
| 40 | Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA | 186 | 1.2 | 2.8% | 41.6 |
| 41 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 685 | 1.6 | 4.3% | 38.5 |
| 42 | Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 172 | 0.8 | 2.2% | 37.7 |
| 43 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 165 | 1.1 | 2.9% | 37.3 |
| 44 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 170 | 1 | 2.8% | 37 |
| 45 | Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 243 | 1.2 | 3.2% | 36.3 |
| 46 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 398 | 1.2 | 3.5% | 35.9 |
| 47 | Rochester, NY | 122 | 1.2 | 3.4% | 35.1 |
| 48 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 254 | 0.8 | 2.3% | 35.1 |
| 49 | Pittsburgh, PA | 269 | 1.1 | 3.7% | 30.4 |
| 50 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 3,485 | 1.9 | 6.1% | 30.4 |
| 51 | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 139 | 0.7 | 2.2% | 29.4 |
| 52 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 483 | 1.1 | 5% | 21.6 |
These six metros have a margin of error of over 10 percent for the Journey-To-Work data: Jacksonville, Fl, Memphis, TN, Raleigh, NC, Birmingham, AL, Richmond, VA, Virginia Beach, VA
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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