Rate of Indiana pedestrians killed by cars continues to climb [Video]

(WXIN/WTTV) — A new study finds an increasing number of pedestrians across the county and in Central Indiana are being killed in crashes with automobiles.

The non-profit organization Smart Growth America (SGA) issues a report every two years called Dangerous by Design. It looks at data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and calculates the rate of pedestrians killed by vehicles.

The area of Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson finished in the middle of the pack of the 101 largest urban areas in the country, ranking 51st. But its rate of pedestrian deaths of 1.73 per 100,000 residents is larger than much more populated cities like Washington (1.70), San Francisco (1.64), New York (1.51), and Chicago (1.51).

The national picture is no better. SGA finds that in 2022 there were 7,522 pedestrian deaths in the US. That is a 75% increase since 2010.

The chief culprit is how streets, particularly urban streets are designed says …