Pedestrian Fatalities and Serious Injuries
Updated Using 2023 Data

Pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries are the total numbers of pedestrians killed on Florida’s roadways within 30 days of a crash or seriously injured due to traffic crashes on Florida’s roadways during a calendar year.

Methodology

Methodology: Pedestrian Fatalities and Serious Injuries

The pedestrian fatalities are the total number of pedestrians killed in a traffic crash on Florida's roadways within 30 days of the crash. The pedestrian serious injuries are the total number of incapacitating injuries sustained by pedestrians in a traffic crash on Florida's roadways.

Calculation

`"Pedestrian Fatalities" = ∑"Pedestrian killed from a traffic crash"`
`"Pedestrian Serious Injuries" = ∑"Pedestrian seriously injured (incapacitated) from a traffic crash"`

Reporting Periods

  • Peak Hour
  • Peak Period
  • Daily
  • Yearly
Definitions

Definitions: Pedestrian Fatalities and Serious Injuries

  • Number of fatalities: Total number of people killed on roadways as a direct result of a traffic crash within thirty days of the crash occurrence.
  • Number of serious injuries: Number of disabling/incapacitating injuries (such as broken bones, severed limbs, etc.) from traffic crashes that prevent the injured individuals from engaging in normal activities and that usually require hospitalization and transport to a medical facility.
  • Pedestrian: An individual who is not occupying a motor vehicle, bicycle or other mobile conveyance and who travels on feet.
  • Reporting Periodo Yearly: Includes all the calendar days in a year.
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Date of last refresh: 10/07/2024

SOURCES

For 2023: Signal Four Analytics (S4) database as of March 1, 2024
For 2022: Signal Four Analytics (S4) database as of November 15, 2023
Prior years: FDOT State Safety Office's historic Crash Analysis Reporting (CAR) database