""It's mind boggling. It's a humongous amount of money. To try to quantify human lives in that way is tragic, but it's so important to show the impact of unsafe driving, particularly for pedestrians.""
""Every pedestrian fatality is exceedingly traumatic. The people affected by it, the loved ones of the person killed; they never forget. There's a severe, notable emotional trauma that that goes on with each of these deaths, and that is not captured in this $40 billion figure.""
In the first half of 2025, pedestrian deaths in the U.S. resulted in over $40 billion in economic costs, according to the Governor's Highway Safety Association. This figure comes despite a 10.9 percent drop in fatalities compared to the same period in 2024. The analysis indicates that more than 3,000 pedestrians were killed, and the $40 billion estimate likely undercounts the true financial impact, as it does not include mental healthcare costs or the emotional trauma experienced by survivors and loved ones.
Read at Streetsblog USA
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