The U.S. pedestrian fatality crisis isn’t actually getting better (opens in new tab)

## Signature reports After decades of preventable deaths, insufficient policy change, and broken promises, our streets are still dangerous by design\. Dangerous by Design 2026 ranks all 50 states and the largest 101 metro areas by pedestrian fatality rates\. Every one of them is too dangerous for people walking\. ## Dangerous by Design 2026 In April 2026, Jonathan Morrison, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, boldly declared that “American roads are sa...