The country has become a global outlier, as fatality rates in such incidents have declined almost 30 percent in other developed countries in the decade ending in 2023.

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In addition, [in the US] more than 3,800 people were killed almost immediately when they were struck in 2023, an indication that high speeds and larger vehicles are making impacts more violent. The rate at which pedestrians are declared dead at the scene of the crash has more than doubled, according to The Post’s analysis.

That is insane.

It's a subset of hating cars generally, but it is also an infrastructure that is not pedestrian friendly, never really was, combined with aging road systems that were created with a different speed/size/flow rate than they support now. Add in possibly the fact that there simply are more people now, both in cars and on foot/bicycles than before in this problematic situation.

Of course, when you teach pedestrians they can step in front of 2 tons of steel because they magically have the right of way or, teaching people to walk facing traffic then of course there will be more accidents. Facing traffic is particularly dangerous because typically a car pulling out to the right (here in the USA) will be yielding to their left and won't see a pedestrian walking in front of them. Likewise, pedestrians facing traffic tend to walk on the road instead of the shoulder because eye contact gives them confidence they don't deserve.

Their must be a relation: higher number of asshole produced by society.???

This is really concerning. I had no idea pedestrian deaths had surged so much in the US. It's shocking to think that people are being killed while crossing the street. This highlights the importance of investing in road safety and proper infrastructure for pedestrians. It's unacceptable for anyone to be killed in such a way, especially in this day and age where we have technology to help us navigate safely.