This analysis identifies the most dangerous roads in the tri-state region for pedestrian fatalities and offers recommendations for improving pedestrian safety in each state. Looking at federal data from 2011 to 2013, it includes factsheets and maps that identify the locations of pedestrian fatalities and the age and gender of those killed. Counties in downstate New York and New Jersey that had five or more pedestrian fatalities over the three-year period were analyzed, as was the state of Connecticut.

Interactive state maps show pedestrian fatalities from 2011 through 2013 in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut along with clickable layers which display counties, congressional districts, state senate district, state assembly/house district boundaries and other administrative boundary layers. The maps rely upon the most recent data available from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Encyclopedia as well as publicly available map files from the U.S. Census and county, state and city agencies in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

The Region's Most Dangerous Roads for Walking region-wide summary

The Region's Most Dangerous Roads for Walking recommendations

The Region's Most Dangerous Roads for Walking press releases: New York | New Jersey | Connecticut


Maps and Factsheets

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New Jersey
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The Bronx
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Atlantic County
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Middlesex County
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Brooklyn
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Bergen County
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Monmouth County
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Manhattan
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Burlington County
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Morris County
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Queens
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Camden County
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Ocean County
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Staten Island
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Cape May County
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Passaic County
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Nassau County
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Cumberland County
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Salem County
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Suffolk County
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Essex County
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Somerset County
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Dutchess County
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Gloucester County
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Sussex County
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Orange County
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Hudson County
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Union County
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Putnam County
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Hunterdon County
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Warren County
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Rockland County
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Mercer County
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  Westchester County
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Recommendations

The Campaign urges New York's elected officials and agency leaders to:

 Establish $20 million in dedicated funding for pedestrian and bicycling infrastructure—annually, and on top of what is already being spent in the state budget or in New York State Department of Transportation's Capital Program

 Increase New York City's contribution to transforming arterial roadways and fully implementing Vision Zero in the NYC Budget and capital plan.

 Create a Long Island Safe Routes to Transit program that would target areas around transit stations for pedestrian safety improvements

 Amend NYSDOT's "Preservation First" policy to include new bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and pass legislation that would amend the State's Complete Streets law to include maintenance and repair projects

 Grant local leaders home rule power to lower the speed limits on roads

 Adopt a Complete Streets policy for the metropolitan planning region of New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley

 Standardize the reporting of fatalities resulting from traffic crashes across municipal, state and federal agencies

The Campaign urges New Jersey's elected officials and agency leaders to:

 Identify new, long-term, sustainable revenue sources, such as an increase in the state's gas tax, to replenish the state's bankrupt Transportation Trust Fund

 Pass Safe Passing and Vulnerable User legislation to enhance safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, construction workers and law enforcement users

 Double the state's investment in programs that fund pedestrian improvements such as the NJ Transit Village Program ($1m to $2m) and Safe Streets to Transit ($1m to $2m)

 Ensure that state/local roads being rebuilt with Sandy recovery funds adhere to the NJDOT's Complete Streets policy

 Dedicate federal transportation funds, through NJDOT and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, to build and connect regional trails, such as the Circuit in southern New Jersey and roads that provide access to such trails

 Institutionalize NJDOT's successful Complete Streets trainings and workshops for local municipalities

 Standardize the reporting of fatalities resulting from traffic crashes across municipal, state and federal agencies

The Campaign applauds Connecticut lawmakers and Governor Malloy for enacting the Vulnerable User Law in 2014, but also urges state leaders and transportation officials to:

 Implement recommendations of existing studies on Route 1, such as those completed by the South Western Regional Planning Agency and the Greater Bridgeport Regional Council

 Complete the upcoming Highway Design Manual update in a manner that is consistent with the state Complete Streets law and ConnDOT Complete Streets policy

 Fully fund and implement the $101 million pedestrian and bicycle capital program in the state's 5-year transportation "ramp-up" plan

 Prioritize pedestrian safety near transit hubs, including new Hartford Line rail stations and CTfastrak bus rapid transit stations

 Create and fund a Safe Routes for Seniors program that implements pedestrian safety improvements in areas with high concentrations of senior pedestrians