TEKNET: Pedestrian deaths on the rise

Federal stats show pedestrian deaths nationwide rose four percent last year and will hit the highest levels we’ve seen since 1990. Even though overall traffic deaths dropped by one percent
50,000 pedestrians have died in the United States since 2009. A recent report says on average, 13 pedestrians are struck and killed every single day.
That upward trend is one we’re also seeing right here in Arizona. Recent statistics from the Arizona Department of Transportation show 245 pedestria