Most of them are in Florida In 2014, 13 pedestrians were struck and killed by a car every day in the U.S., 105 more people than the year before. Walkers in this country are now seven times more likely to be killed walking than in a natural disaster. This is nothing less than a public health epidemic?and it?s getting worse.
The annual ?Dangerous by Design? study by Smart Growth America?s National Complete Streets Coalition assigns each of the 104 largest cities in the country what?s called a Pedestrian Danger Index (PDI). This is calculated by comparing the number of residents who walk to work and the rate of pedestrian fatalities.
Not surprisingly, the deadliest places for walkers are in car-dependent communities with little pedestrian infrastructure and extra wide streets:

Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
Jackson, Mississippi
Memphis, Tenneseee-Mississippi-Arkansas
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Florida
Bakersfield, California
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas

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