U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1996 Statistics:
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for every agefrom 6 through 27 years old.
Traffic fatalities account for more than 90 percent of transportation-relatedfatalities
In 1996, 41,907 people were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes,3,511,000 people were injured.
An average of 115 persons died each day in motor vehicle crashesin 1996 -- one every 13 minutes.
In 1996, 82,000 pedestrians were injured and 5,412 were killed in trafficcrashes in the United States, representing 2 percent of all the peopleinjured in traffic crashes and 13 percent of all traffic fatalities.
On average, a pedestrian is killed in a motor vehicle crash every97 minutes, and one is injured every 6 minutes.
In 1996, 761 pedalcyclists were killed and an additional 59,000 wereinjured in traffic crashes.
Pedalcyclists made up 2 percent of all traffic fatalities and 2 percentof all the people injured in traffic crashes during the year.
Most of the pedalcyclists killed or injured in 1996 were males (86 percentand 80 percent, respectively), and most were between the ages of 5 and44 years (74 percent and 88 percent, respectively).
Almost one-third (31 percent) of the pedalcyclists killed in trafficcrashes in 1996 were between 5 and 15 years old.
from MOBILIZING THE REGION
A Weekly Bulletin from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign
Pedestrians injured by vehicles in New York City per year:
| Pedestrians killed by motor vehicles: | 284 |
| Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles: | 13000 |
| Pedestrians on sidewalks hit by cars: | 483 |
| Pedestrians killed on sidewalks by cars: | 9 |
| Pedestrians killed by bicyclists: | 0 |
Figures are NYC annual averages, 1989-1994
1997 New York City Statistics through November:
Two pedestrians killed by a bicycles this year, and there was one suchfatality last year.
By comparison, 16 bicyclists have been killed by cars this year.
There have been 256 pedestrians killed by cars and 15 of them wereon the sidewalks.
It should also be noted that before the recent accident involving thedeath of a pedestrian hit by a cyclist the New York City police departmenthad already increased to 9,867 the number of summonses issued for bikingviolations. Last year, 6,111 summonses were issued.
No mention in the media of the summonses issued to motorists or pedestrians.
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