[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Motorists and pedestrians reminded to watch out for each other as days get shorter [/title][fusion_text]Tuesday, October 6th 2015
As the days get shorter and the nights longer, motorists and pedestrians should watch out for one another. The fall months are the deadliest months for pedestrians, according to MNDOT. Last year, 17 pedestrians were killed and 837 were injured. This year so far, 23 pedestrians were killed and 655 were injured. Because the sun rises later and sets earlier, there are more pedestrians before and after daylight hours, increasing the risk of crashes. Children are going to or getting out of school or walking to their bus stop, and adults are walking to or home from work. About 30 percent of pedestrian crashes happen during the weekday rush hour driving time, defined as 6:00-9:00am and 3:00-6:00pm. One out of every four pedestrian fatal crashes occurred between 9:00pm and 3:00am. The most cited contributing factors to all pedestrian crashes is driver failure to yield and driver distraction or inattention.
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