The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a report ranking the top ten cities in traffic-related pedestrian fatalities based on their research for 2012. Dallas ranked number nine on the list. According to the report nationally fatalities were at a five-year high.
The NHTSA said on Friday that it is awarding grants to three cities to increase public education aimed at improving pedestrian safety. Louisville, New York City and Philadelphia will receive a total of $1.6 million as part of the department’s “Everyone is a Pedestrian” campaign to stymie the rise of pedestrian deaths.
“These are parents, these are children, these are our fathers and mothers and grandparents who are being affect by traffic crashes when they’re in their most vulnerable state,” said David Friedman, the acting head of the NHTSA. “They don’t have two tons of metal, glass and plastic surrounding them.”
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