Fatal pedestrian accidents in California keep rising. In fact, during the first half of 2019, pedestrian fatalities increased 12 percent. This is more than four times above the national average. Even worse, no one knows exactly why pedestrian fatalities keep rising in California.
California is not the only state with increasing pedestrian fatalities. Six states across the U.S. reported double-digit increases in pedestrian deaths last year. However, five states in the U.S. accounted for nearly half of all pedestrian deaths in the first half of 2019. Those states included Texas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia and California. Pedestrians in those states have a higher rate of losing their lives in pedestrian accidents.