Dangerous by Design

TABLE 1A : PER CAPITA SPENDING OF FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDS ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY 1997-98
RANK	State	Spending on Pedestrian Projects per Capita	Spending on Highway Projects per Capita	Average Percent of All Spending to Pedestrians (1997-1998)	Pedestrians as Percent of Traffic Deaths
1	ALASKA	$10.73	$242	3.6%	12 %
2	DELAWARE	$2.86	$142	1.8%	11 %
3	VERMONT	$2.61	$122	1.4%	12 %
4	MONTANA	$2.14	$177	1.0%	4 %
5	NEW HAMPSHIRE	$2.09	$72	2.6%	9 %
6	MASSACHUSETTS	$2.05	$61	2.1%	20 %
7	CONNECTICUT	$1.91	$66	1.8%	15 %
8	NORTH DAKOTA	$1.88	$228	0.8%	5 %
9	IDAHO	$1.74	$90	1.6 %	5 %
10	OREGON	$1.63	$68	1.3 %	12 %
11	NEBRASKA	$1.43	$106	1.2 %	6 %
12	SOUTH DAKOTA	$1.23	$189	0.6 %	4 %
13	NEW YORK	$1.22	$47	1.2 %	24 %
14	WASHINGTON	$1.05	$52	1.2 %	11 %
15	KANSAS	$0.98	$73	1.2 %	7 %
16	OKLAHOMA	$0.95	$91	0.9 %	7 %
17	COLORADO	$0.90	$45	1.4 %	11 %
18	MAINE	$0.88	$71	0.9 %	9 %
19	GEORGIA	$0.79	$67	0.9 %	11 %
20	WYOMING	$0.79	$214	0.6 %	5 %
21	NEW MEXICO	$0.78	$88	0.7 %	14 %
22	NEVADA	$0.75	$70	0.9 %	15 %
23	FLORIDA	$0.71	$52	1.0 %	19 %
24	TENNESSEE	$0.67	$75	0.8 %	8 %
25	ILLINOIS	$0.59	$46	0.8 %	14 %
26	MISSISSIPPI	$0.53	$83	0.6 %	6 %
27	ALABAMA	$0.52	$65	0.7 %	8 %
28	OHIO	$0.49	$52	0.7 %	9 %
29	VIRGINIA	$0.43	$54	0.6 %	10 %
30	MISSOURI	$0.42	$82	0.4 %	9 %
31	ARIZONA	$0.34	$52	0.5 %	16 %
32	UTAH	$0.30	$34	0.4 %	12 %
33	MARYLAND	$0.29	$57	0.3 %	18 %
34	NO. CAROLINA	$0.28	$74	0.3 %	12 %
35	SO. CAROLINA	$0.27	$87	0.3 %	12 %
36	WISCONSIN	$0.23	$60	0.3 %	9 %
37	PENNSYLVANIA	$0.22	$58	0.3 %	11 %
38	IOWA	$0.21	$83	0.2 %	6 %
38	LOUISIANA	$0.21	$66	0.3 %	14 %
40	WEST VIRGINIA	$0.19	$161	0.1 %	8 %
41	MINNESOTA	$0.18	$48	0.3 %	9 %
42	KENTUCKY	$0.16	$97	0.1 %	8 %
42	MICHIGAN	$0.16	$58	0.2 %	12 %
44	INDIANA	$0.15	$75	0.3 %	8 %
44	RHODE ISLAND	$0.15	$86	0.1 %	12 %
46	HAWAII	$0.14	$95	0.3 %	18 %
47	ARKANSAS	$0.12	$91	0.1 %	8 %
48	NEW JERSEY	$0.08	$52	0.2 %	20 %
49	TEXAS	$0.07	$57	0.1 %	13 %
50	CALIFORNIA	$0.04	$40	0.1 %	21 %
Source: Federal Highway Administration; Surface Transportation Policy Project.

TABLE 3A : RACIAL BREAKDOWN OF HOSPITALIZED PEDESTRIAN INJURIES AND FATALITIES BY COUNTY —1998
COUNTY	ITEM	WHITE	BLACK	HISPANIC	NATIVE AMERICAN	ASIAN/ PACIFIC ISLANDER	OTHER/ UNKNOWN
ALAMEDA	Ped Incidents	92	66	34	1	25	31
	Population	661,887	253,327	235,748	6,888	270,483	n/a
CONTRA COSTA	Ped Incidents	55	25	15	0	8	4
	Population	599,575	85,113	123,136	4,910	104,165	n/a
FRESNO	Ped Incidents	46	11	67	0	15	2
	Population	355,957	37,598	302,246	6,657	82,684	n/a
IMPERIAL	Ped Incidents	1	1	19	0	0	0
	Population	33,541	5,203	101,260	1,222	2,125	n/a
KERN	Ped Incidents	64	15	30	0	3	3
	Population	373,943	37,038	202,345	6,583	20,148	n/a
KINGS	Ped Incidents	7	1	8	1	0	0
	Population	62,125	9,624	46,590	1,077	4,796	n/a
LOS ANGELES	Ped Incidents	554	330	969	7	112	52
	Population	3,201,507	979,724	4,223,905	27,407	1,207,227	n/a
MADERA	Ped Incidents	7	0	15	0	0	0
	Population	64,185	4,327	43,462	1,220	1,533	n/a
MARIN	Ped Incidents	22	1	2	0	0	2
	Population	199,268	8,365	24,787	611	11,966	n/a
MERCED	Ped Incidents	9	1	14	1	2	1
	Population	99,470	8,512	74,273	1,281	20,862	n/a
MONTEREY	Ped Incidents	28	1	36	0	2	2
	Population	179,251	23,023	149,864	2,488	29,522	n/a
NAPA	Ped Incidents	8	0	5	0	0	1
	Population	93,342	1,577	22,155	845	4,681	n/a
ORANGE	Ped Incidents	147	5	169	0	41	12
	Population	1,585,710	45,418	781,758	8,183	342,799	n/a
RIVERSIDE	Ped Incidents	111	16	97	1	3	4
	Population	890,340	78,510	421,350	11,289	56,989	n/a
SACRAMENTO	Ped Incidents	104	32	28	2	11	8
	Population	764,628	117,632	153,505	12,252	128,181	n/a
SAN BERNARDINO	Ped Incidents	122	41	92	1	5	6
	Population	910,223	143,148	503,430	10,475	78,513	n/a
SAN DIEGO	Ped Incidents	246	56	170	9	22	14
	Population	1,718,586	177,205	677,209	15,893	239,439	n/a
SAN FRANCISCO	Ped Incidents	91	40	44	1	63	6
	Population	319,192	77,602	124,855	2,775	265,043	n/a
SAN JOAQUIN	Ped Incidents	37	4	31	0	10	3
	Population	300,604	29,332	140,076	4,001	77,531	n/a
SAN MATEO	Ped Incidents	61	6	32	0	16	2
	Population	385,872	33,931	154,753	2,770	144,062	n/a
SANTA BARBARA	Ped Incidents	24	2	24	3	0	1
	Population	247,242	10,143	126,259	2,578	18,821	n/a
SANTA CLARA	Ped Incidents	81	5	92	1	30	12
	Population	853,466	60,744	402,454	5,552	379,210	n/a
SANTA CRUZ	Ped Incidents	15	0	10	0	0	3
	Population	176,746	2,760	59,900	1,363	10,020	n/a
SOLANO	Ped Incidents	19	9	9	0	3	3
	Population	217,026	53,627	57,844	2,590	54,390	n/a
SONOMA	Ped Incidents	51	2	9	2	0	0
	Population	358,456	6,745	57,058	4,098	14,162	n/a
STANISLAUS	Ped Incidents	41	4	13	0	3	1
	Population	284,329	8,251	107,576	4,158	26,783	n/a
TULARE	Ped Incidents	16	3	17	0	0	0
	Population	177,632	5,033	157,470	3,233	18,076	n/a
VENTURA	Ped Incidents	42	2	36	1	1	3
	Population	455,793	16,567	219,339	3,556	42,901	n/a
CALIFORNIA	Ped Incidents	2,247	682	2,105	36	383	181
	Population	17,275,835	2,357,377	9,938,776	197,521	3,724,845	n/a
Source: Latino Issues Forum; California Department of Health Services, Death Records; California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, Hospital Discharge Dataset; California Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control Branch; California Department of Finance.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOUR: SOLUTIONS

ONE: THE PROBLEM APPENDIX

TWO: THE VICTIMS METHODOLOGY

THREE: THE RESPONSE ENDNOTES

SELECTED TABLES

TABLE 1:
MOST DANGEROUS CALIFORNIA COUNTIES FOR PEDESTRIANS 1999 TABLE 4:
RACIAL BREAKDOWN OF PEDESTRIAN INJURIES AND FATALITIES BY CALIFORNIA COUNTY 1999

TABLE 2:
CALIFORNIA COUNTIES WHERE PEDESTRIANS REPRESENT HIGHEST SHARE OF ALL TRAFFIC DEATHS 1999 TABLE 6:
ECONOMIC COST OF PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS IN CALIFORNIA 1999

TABLE 2A: HIGHEST PEDESTRIAN INCIDENT RATES BY COUNTY — 1999 All California Counties Above 100,000 population as of 1/1/2000
Rank	COUNTY	Pedestrian Fatalities 1999 (1)	Pedestrian Injuries 1999 (1)	Population 1999 (2)	Incident Rate
1	SAN FRANCISCO	26	963	797,200	124.1
2	LOS ANGELES	203	5377	9,790,000	57.0
3	ALAMEDA	20	752	1,448,700	53.3
4	HUMBOLDT	4	54	126,100	46.0
5	SACRAMENTO	30	516	1,202,100	45.4
6	SAN DIEGO	81	1205	2,883,500	44.6
7	SAN JOAQUIN	12	227	562,600	42.5
8	SANTA CRUZ	1	104	253,400	41.4
9	SANTA BARBARA	6	161	408,600	40.9
10	SAN MATEO	7	290	727,300	40.8
NOTE: 1999 Fatality and Injury Data is Provisional. Incident rates include both fatalities and injuries. Source: 1999 Provisional Report of Fatal and Injury Motor Vehicle Traffic Collisions, Department of California Highway Patrol; 1999 Population Estimates, California Department of Finance.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	FOUR: SOLUTIONS
ONE: THE PROBLEM	APPENDIX
TWO: THE VICTIMS	METHODOLOGY
THREE: THE RESPONSE	ENDNOTES
SELECTED TABLES
TABLE 1: MOST DANGEROUS CALIFORNIA COUNTIES FOR PEDESTRIANS 1999	TABLE 4: RACIAL BREAKDOWN OF PEDESTRIAN INJURIES AND FATALITIES BY CALIFORNIA COUNTY 1999
TABLE 2: CALIFORNIA COUNTIES WHERE PEDESTRIANS REPRESENT HIGHEST SHARE OF ALL TRAFFIC DEATHS 1999	TABLE 6: ECONOMIC COST OF PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS IN CALIFORNIA 1999