PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AWARENESS
At some point in the day, everyone is a pedestrian. Unfortunately, pedestrians were one of the few groups of road users to experience an increase in fatalities in the United States in 2015, totaling 5,987deaths. It’s important to raise awareness of the dangers to pedestrians, and provides leadership, expertise, and resources to Missourians to reduce deaths and injuries in these crashes.
Preliminary data indicates that in 2018, 97 pedestrians were killed in Missouri and 254 were seriously injured.
Videos on YouTube
Don't Miss What Matters- Driver
15 sec (English)
Don't Miss What Matters- Pedestrian
15 sec (English)
Safety is a Two-Way Street
30 sec (English)
Safety is a Two-Way Street
30 sec (Spanish)
Safety is a Two-Way Street
30 sec (ASL)
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