Common crash types and locations

Pedestrians

• 70% of pedestrians are killed or seriously injured when crossing a street and being hit by a person driving straight on that street.
• 20% are killed or seriously injured by drivers turning into them – 14% are drivers turning left and 6% are drivers turning right.

Injuries and deaths of pedestrians by location, 2017-2021

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People bicycling

• 53% of people bicycling are killed or seriously injured when crossing a street and being hit by a person driving straight on that street.
• 45% are killed or seriously injured by drivers turning into them – 25% are drivers turning right and 20% are drivers turning left.

Injuries and deaths of people biking by location, 2017-2021

View full size image of An infographic of biking injuries and deaths by location from 2017 to 2021 showing 60% at a location with no signal.

People in motor vehicles or on motorcycles

• 24% of deadly or serious injury crashes are rear-end crashes where one driver rear-ends another. Half of these types of crashes occur mid-block, not at an intersection.
• 22% are turning crashes where a person makes a turn and collides with a driver traveling straight; about half of these crashes occur at signalized intersections.
• 19% are fixed object crashes where one person drives off the street and runs into a large object like a utility pole. More than half of fixed object crashes involve speeding, driving under the influence, or both. Fixed object crashes have increased by 18% in the past 5 years.

Injuries and deaths of people in motor vehicles or on motorcycles by location, 2017-2021

View full size image of An infographic of people in motor vehicles or on motorcycles injuries and deaths by location from 2017 to 2021 showing 67% at locations with no signal.