LA County Pedestrian Deaths Keep Rising

Where Pedestrian fatalities are rising something must be done. Here at Walker Blocker we are committed to make streets safer for pedestrians by installing side guards on class 3 vehicles and above. Below is the latest from LA County.

Despite local cities’ ambitious goals to make their streets safer, the number of pedestrians dying in Southern California has risen for the last 10 years and the numbers continue to climb, surpassing the rate of fatalities from other traffic accidents, a new report found.

The number of people who were killed while walking on the streets or highways increased 27 percent from 2007 to 2016 nationwide, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association’s report, titled “Spotlight on Highway Safety: Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State,” released March 1. In the same period, other traffic deaths decreased by 14 percent, the study found.