Pedestrian deaths caused by vehicles are hitting record levels.

There was a slight decrease from the end of the 1970s to 2009, but since then, the number has just kept climbing, with pedestrian fatalities accounting for nearly 17% of total traffic deaths from 2017 to 2021, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration .

A recent in-depth story by The Washington Post determined that deaths caused by being struck by a vehicle on the road increased by 70% from 2010 to 2023.

What’s causing the increase? Many things.

The most dangerous states for pedestrians are Arizona, Tennessee and North Carolina, according to The Washington Post, and Nick Ferenchak, chairman of the Transportation Research Board’s pedestrian committee, went as far as to say that some parts of the state

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