Majority of pedestrian deaths in 2021-23 were avoidable

Most pedestrian fatalities involved alcohol, distraction or speeding.

A bar graph comparing total pedestrian deaths to those that involved speed, alcohol or distraction. Of the 130 pedestrian deaths in 2021, 101 involved those factors. In 2022, 109 out of 172 involved those factors. So far in 2023, 87 out of 117 have involved those factors.
Data from Jan. 2021 through Nov. 30, 2023. TREDS counts factors individually. A small number of crashes involved multiple factors. The crossover is not considered significant enough to affect overall data.
Chart: Ryan Nadeau/VCU Capital News ServiceSource: Virginia Traffic Records Electronic Data System (TREDS)Get the dataEmbedDownload imageCreated with Datawrapper