# Dangerous by design

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2024-05-31
**Categories:** car-oriented-design, dangerous-by-design, mobility, pedestrian-deaths, planning, smart-growth-america, traffic-fatalities, traffic-fatality-rate, urbanism
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/dangerous-by-design

## Content

This is a shocking report from Smart Growth America on traffic fatalities in the US. Since 2010, the number of pedestrians struck and killed has increased by almost 75%. As of 2022, this number sat at just over 7,500 fatalities per year: Here are also the top 20 most deadly metro areas: Not surprisingly, these hot spots tend to be in the south, as opposed to in older northern cities. And that's because these tend to be car-oriented places. As the name of the report suggests, they are "dangerous by design." If you optimize for cars, it means you're making trade-offs in other places. Charts: Smart Growth America

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