New York City Pedestrian Safety Study & Action Plan
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:36 pm
Aug 16, 2010: The first, unprecedented, Pedestrian Safety Report and Action Plan examines over 7,000 records of crashes that have caused serious injuries or fatalities to pedestrians, and indentifies underlying causes. DOT will use this data to inform the work the agency does to reduce traffic fatalities and make New York City streets safe for everyone.
Key Findings
NY Times article Deadliest for Walkers: Male Drivers, Left Turns
Key Findings
- 2009 was the safest year on record in New York City history.
Traffic fatalities in 2009 were down by 35% from 2001.
NYC’s traffic fatality rate is about a quarter of the national rate and less than half the rate in the next 10 largest U.S. cities.
Traffic crashes cost the City’s economy $4.29 billion annually.
Pedestrians are 10 times more likely to die than a motor vehicle occupant in the event of a crash.
Pedestrians accounted for 52% of traffic fatalities from 2005-2009.
Driver inattention was cited in nearly 36% of crashes resulting in pedestrians killed or seriously injured.
27% of fatal pedestrian crashes involved driver failure to yield.
Pedestrian-vehicle crashes involving unsafe speeds are twice as deadly as other crashes.
Serious pedestrian crashes are about two-thirds deadlier on major street corridors than on smaller local streets.
Most New Yorkers do not know the city’s standard speed limit is 30 m.p.h.
80% of crashes that kill or seriously injure pedestrians involve male drivers.
79% of crashes that kill or seriously injure pedestrians involve private vehicles, not taxis, trucks and buses.
Serious pedestrian crashes are about two-thirds deadlier on major street corridors than on smaller local streets.
Manhattan has four times as many pedestrian killed or severely injured per mile of street compared to the other four boroughs.
43% of pedestrians killed in Manhattan lived in other boroughs or outside New York City.
NY Times article Deadliest for Walkers: Male Drivers, Left Turns