Every year there are numerous collisions in which pedestrians are injured by motor vehicles.
Many of these accidents involve children, and more specifically, young children. The Federal Highway Administration reports that as many as 90,000 pedestrians are injured nationally every year. On average, there are between 450 and 500 reported collisions involving pedestrians annually in Seattle. In 1999, five of these collisions were fatalities. The City of Seattle is working diligently to help reduce these instances and further increase safety.