Texas Had The Third Highest Number Of Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities In 2018

Texas ranks third in a report about pedestrian traffic fatalities that analyzed data from January to June of 2018. The study was done by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), which used preliminary data from the State Highway Safety Offices. Jonathan Brooks, Director of Policy and Planning with LINK Houston, was also on Houston Matters to discuss the situation in the Bayou City. He noted that statewide 1.04 pedestrians per 100,000 people were killed in the first half of 2018. But in Houston, 2.73 pedestrians per 100,000 people were killed, according to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)….”