State

1997-1998 Child Pedestrian Deaths

Percentage of All Pedestrian Fatalities Under 18 Years of Age

Average Annual Pedestrian Fatality Rate (per 100,000 children)

South Carolina

37

17%

1.91

Mississippi

26

23%

1.71

Utah

24

29%

1.70

North Carolina

61

16%

1.63

Alabama

32

19%

1.46

Arizona

35

11%

1.46

Florida

101

9%

1.43

Alaska

5

28%

1.34

Louisiana

33

13%

1.33

Kentucky

25

20%

1.28

Arkansas

17

18%

1.28

Tennessee

34

18%

1.26

Michigan

65

19%

1.26

Georgia

47

13%

1.17

Maryland

30

14%

1.16

Texas

127

14%

1.14

Missouri

32

16%

1.13

Wyoming

3

23%

1.13

Delaware

4

14%

1.11

New Mexico

11

9%

1.08

West Virginia

9

16%

1.08

California

191

13%

1.06

Minnesota

26

23%

1.03

Indiana

31

22%

1.02

Pennsylvania

59

17%

1.02

Vermont

3

13%

1.02

Illinois

63

16%

0.98

Ohio

56

21%

0.98

New Jersey

38

13%

0.95

Connecticut

15

15%

0.94

Nevada

8

8%

0.91

Oregon

15

12%

0.91

Oklahoma

16

14%

0.90

New York

78

10%

0.86

Idaho

6

23%

0.84

Iowa

11

21%

0.76

South Dakota

3

23%

0.74

Kansas

10

16%

0.71

Nebraska

6

15%

0.67

New Hampshire

4

18%

0.67

Washington

19

13%

0.65

Hawaii

4

9%

0.65

Rhode Island

3

17%

0.64

Colorado

13

10%

0.63

Massachusetts

17

10%

0.60

Wisconsin

16

13%

0.59

Virginia

18

9%

0.54

Montana

2

9%

0.43

North Dakota

1

11%

0.30

Maine

1

3%

0.17

Nationwide

1496

14%

1.07

Total Deaths 1997

803

Total Deaths 1998

693