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Table 4-4 - Pedestrian Crash Types

Monday, September 10, 2012

Table 4-4 - Pedestrian Crash Types

Crash type Percentage of crashes
Crossing at intersection 32
Crossing midblock 26
Not in road (e.g., parking lot, near curb) 9
Walking along road/crossing expressway 8
Backing vehicle 7
Working or playing in road 3
Other 16
Total 100

SOURCE: W.W. Hunter, J.C. Stutts, W.E. Pein, and C.L. Cox, Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Types of the Early 1990s (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1996).