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Analysis of pedestrian fatalities and contributing factors
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Chief Obe provides a detailed analysis of pedestrian fatalities, including statistics, trends, and contributing factors.
- Reports 32 pedestrian fatalities out of 36 total fatalities year-to-date
- Identifies most common locations, times, and days for pedestrian fatalities
- Highlights an increase in senior (60+) pedestrian fatalities
- Notes failure to yield to pedestrians and speeding as primary contributing factors
Olufunmilola "Lola" Obe
0:17:10
We're up by we're down by we're down by four.
0:17:13
But so thirty two of the thirty six.
0:17:17
So thirty two pedestrian fatalities versus thirty six total.
0:17:19
That accounts about sixty one percent of our fatalities.
0:17:22
What we see mostly is 30 versus 33.
0:17:25
That's on street levels outside crosswalks, nine versus seven, on highways, two versus two.
0:17:31
The worst times that we see is during the day shift with about 14.
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The worst day is Friday with 10.
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The worst boroughs, Brooklyn, with 12.
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And the types of vehicles, truck slash bus, we have nine ebike, one motor vehicle.
0:17:44
We have 22 with one leaving the scene.
0:17:48
Contributing factors, and this is where we focus our summonses, for the most part, is driven by failure to yield to pedestrian and also by by by speeding.
0:17:58
What we see that's troubling is an uptick in our senior fatalities.
0:18:04
We say seniors of older adult pedestrian fatalities.
0:18:07
Those are people who are 60 or older, and we have 14 versus 12.
0:18:11
In that category, we're up by two.
0:18:14
So age group again from 62 by 95, and locations where there's pedestrians who struck mostly again intersections, mid block, and we had one on the highway.
0:18:23
What is the plan?