Caught in the Crosswalk

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN CALIFORNIA

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY: DEFINING THE PROBLEM

WALKING: IT AIN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE

ADDING INSULT TO INJURY: BLAMING THE PEDESTRIAN

YOU CAN’T GET THERE FROM HERE: THE ROLE OF SPRAWL

CHILDREN AT RISK: LOSING MOBILITY AT AN EARLY AGE

SOLUTIONS FOR SAFER STREETS

POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS

METHODOLOGY

TABLES

TABLE 1: MOST DANGEROUS CALIFORNIA COUNTIES FOR PEDESTRIANS

TABLE 2: CALIFORNIA COUNTIES WHERE PEDESTRIANS REPRESENT HIGHEST SHARE OF ALL TRAFFIC DEATHS

TABLE 3: CALIFORNIA COUNTIES WITH HIGHEST CHILD PEDESTRIAN INCIDENT RATES

TABLE 4: CALIFORNIA COUNTIES WHERE CHILD PEDESTRIANS HOLD MOST DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF INCIDENTS RELATIVE TO POPULATION

TABLE 5: RACIAL BREAKDOWN OF ALL CHILD PEDESTRIAN INCIDENTS IN CALIFORNIA