Bike-Pedestrian Safety

Pedestrian Statistics

This information is compiled and maintained by the Illinois Department of Transportation or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It is available on our web site as a service to you.

Illinois in 2006:

Nationally in 2006

4,784 pedestrians were killed and 61,000 injured in traffic crashes.
An average of one pedestrian is killed in a traffic crash every 110 minutes and one is injured every 9 minutes.
Alcohol was involved (either for the driver or the pedestrian) in 49% of the traffic crashes that resulted in pedestrian fatalities. Of the pedestrians involved, 35% were intoxicated with a BAC of .08 or greater.
Children age 15 and younger accounted for 8 percent of the pedestrian fatalities and older persons (age 70+) accounted for 15 percent of all pedestrian fatalities.
Nearly one half (49%) of all pedestrian fatalities occurred on Friday (16%), Saturday (17%) and Sunday (16%).
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of the 369 young (under age 16) pedestrian fatalities occurred in crashes between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Bicycle Statistics

This information is compiled and maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It is available on our web site as a service to you.

Illinois in 2006:

Nationally in 2006:

There were 773 bicyclists killed and 44,000 were injured.
Individuals under age 16 accounted for 14% of all bicyclists killed and 28% of those injured in traffic crashes.
14% of the bicyclists killed in traffic crashes were between 5 and 15 years old.
Alcohol was involved in more than one-third of the bicyclists fatalities.
73% of bicycle deaths occurred in urban areas, and 68% occurred at non-intersection locations.
Bicyclists fatalities are more likely to occur in the months of June, July and August between the hours of 5:00pm and 9:00pm.