Rank

Metro Area

Total Pedestrian Deaths (1997-1998)

Percentage of Commuters Walking to Work

1997-1998 Pedestrian Danger Index

1995-1996 Ranking

1

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

192

2.27%

91

1

2

Atlanta, GA

185

1.45%

83

4

3

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL

274

2.25%

81

2

4

Orlando, FL

139

3.46%

65

7

5

Jacksonville, FL

71

2.57%

64

11

6

Phoenix, AZ

190

2.65%

60

5

7

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL

49

1.99%

58

3

8

Memphis, TN-AR-MS

70

2.96%

52

15

9

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

192

1.86%

52

8

10

New Orleans, LA

88

3.09%

52

12

11

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX

205

2.26%

50

9

12

Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT

60

2.32%

49

17

13

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC

56

2.07%

48

18

14

Greensboro-Winston-Salem, NC

51

2.29%

46

13

15

Nashville, TN

42

1.94%

45

14

16

Las Vegas, NV

86

3.67%

44

6

17

St. Louis, MO-IL

98

2.15%

43

25

18

Oklahoma City, OK

36

2.11%

40

10

19

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA

737

2.94%

39

16

20

Kansas City, MO-KS

52

1.89%

38

19

21

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI

209

2.41%

38

20

22

Sacramento-Yolo, CA

71

2.68%

38

21

23

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

52

3.12%

38

28

24

San Antonio, TX

81

3.58%

36

26

25

Austin-San Marcos, TX

46

2.86%

36

23

26

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO

94

3.28%

29

29

27

Portland-Salem, OR-WA

79

3.27%

27

24

28

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA

268

3.63%

26

31

29

San Diego, CA

134

4.53%

26

35

30

Indianapolis, IN

35

2.17%

26

22

31

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV

279

3.87%

24

30

32

Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI

28

2.76%

24

27

33

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI

333

4.01%

23

33

34

Hartford, CT

34

3.40%

22

34

35

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA

104

3.53%

21

36

36

Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA

46

3.67%

20

37

37

Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN

47

2.99%

19

45

38

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI

70

3.22%

19

40

39

Columbus, OH

34

3.25%

17

42

40

New-York-No. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA

869

6.31%

17

41

41

Cleveland-Akron, OH

58

2.98%

16

43

42

Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY

32

4.38%

15

32

43

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD

197

5.26%

15

38

44

Milwaukee-Racine, WI

38

3.95%

14

39

45

Rochester, NY

24

4.34%

12

44

46

Boston, MA-NH

147

5.12%

12

47

47

Pittsburgh, PA

52

5.08%

10

46