With more people choosing walking and bicycling as healthy and economic transportation alternatives to driving, law enforcement agencies are increasing efforts to foster safer environments for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Pedestrians and bicyclists are at high risk for serious injury in crashes with motor vehicles. The number of people killed while walking and biking in the United States reached a five-year high in 2012. In 2012, 4,743 pedestrians and 726 bicyclists were killed, a 6 percent increase in pedestrian and bicyclists fatalities over 2011.1 In the same year, many more people were injured—76,000 pedestrians and 49,000 bicyclists.2
