People being struck walking alongside a country road require a different solution than someone crossing a lane mid-block at night in an urban area. If the rise

People being struck walking alongside a country road require a different solution than someone crossing a lane mid-block at night in an urban area. If the rise in deaths is mostly people crossing the street away from crosswalks in urban areas, building sidewalks alongside rural roads won't solve much. The person that you are replying to could have certainly phrased it better if my interpretation is what they were really asking.