Pedestrian Accident

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is once again designating the month of October as “Pedestrian Safety Month.” Despite ambitious efforts across the country, the problem of pedestrian accidents is ongoing – and the COVID-19 pandemic did not help. According to a report in Forbes, an estimated 6,721 pedestrians were struck and killed in 2020, a 21% increase from 2019. The National Safety Council reported that in 2019, 17% of all traffic deaths were pedestrians.