On average, 265 bicycle and 600 pedestrian crashes are reported to the Metropolitan Police Department each year in the District of Columbia. Approximately 2,700 pedestrians and bicyclists are injured every year in the Washington region, and 89 are killed. Pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities accounted for 23% of the total traffic fatalities in the District of Columbia, suburban Maryland and northern Virginia from 2004-2008.
MPD also provides statistics on pedestrian collisions in DC:
|
Year
|
Collisions Involving Pedestrian Fatalities
|
Total Collisions
|
|
2000
|
19
|
52
|
|
2001
|
14
|
73
|
|
2002
|
9
|
50
|
|
2003
|
21
|
70
|
|
2004
|
10
|
45
|
|
2005
|
16
|
49
|
|
2006
|
17
|
41
|
|
2007
|
25
|
54
|
|
2008
|
15
|
40
|
and basic information on pedestrians injured in traffic collisions between 2000 and 2007
|
Year
|
Pedestrian Injuries
|
Total Persons Injured
|
Percent of Total Injuries
|
|
2000
|
586
|
10,107
|
6%
|
|
2001
|
675
|
10,758
|
6%
|
|
2002
|
572
|
8,775
|
7%
|
|
2003
|
649
|
8,223
|
7%
|
|
2004
|
723
|
8,054
|
9%
|
|
2005
|
782
|
7,555
|
10%
|
|
2006
|
725
|
7,053
|
10%
|
|
2007
|
608
|
6,452
|
9%
|
We were unable to find similar data for cyclists.
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