Pedestrian Fatalities and Serious Injuries

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

Methodology

Methodology: Pedestrian Fatalities and Serious Injuries

Pedestrian fatalities is the total number of pedestrians killed in a traffic crash on Florida's public roads within 30 days of the crash. The measure, pedestrian serious injuries, is the total number of incapacitating injuries sustained by pedestrians in a traffic crash on Florida's public roads.

Calculation

`"Pedestrian Fatalities" = ∑"Pedestrians killed from traffic crashes"`
`"Pedestrian Serious Injuries" = ∑"Pedestrian Seriously Injured (incapacitated) from traffic crashes"`

Reporting Periods

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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.
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Date of last refresh: 01/19/2024

SOURCES

For 2022: Signal Four Analytics (S4) database as of November 15, 2023; any figures that include the 2022 data are preliminary and may change with future updates;
Prior years: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) - Traffic Crash Facts Annual Report, FDOT State Safety Office