From my new Taki’s column:
Steve Sailer
January 03, 2024Why are American pedestrians getting run over so much more often than a decade and a half ago?
You’re not just imagining it: It really has gotten more dangerous to cross the street.
Since 2009, the worst year of the Great Recession, pedestrian death rates per 100,000 people increased 63 percent by 2022, while motorist (driver and passengers) death rates per capita have gone up only 10 percent.
Why are black pedestrians being killed in car crashes twice as often per capita as 15 years ago? In contrast, why hasn’t the Asian-American pedestrian death rate gone up much?
Also, here are per capita death rates from CDC WONDER for motorist (driver and passenger) deaths in motor vehicle accidents. The motorist increases have been more moderate than the huge growth in pedestrian deaths, although the racial patterns aren’t too different.
