3 ms·

Here’s a detailed breakdown (although no deaths/mile figures). Proportional to population, pedestrian fatalities have risen significantly since 2010. https://

• dekhn 3y ago
  It has deaths/mile, in that they provide deaths, and we know the miles. I do not disagree the numbers are trending up (although, I believe rates/miles driven might show a different story, but I didn't grab the miles driven for years 1975-2021 to normalize). Americans drive 400 MILLION miles before a pedestrian death. Let that sink in. 400 million miles per ped death. That's just absolutely gob-smacking amazingly good for something involving direct human control of an enormous ton+ vehicle.