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Most pedestrians
involved in crashes (52%) were under 20
years of age. This same age group
represented 33% of fatalities
(Figure 3.06). While 5% of
pedestrians involved in crashes were over
the age of 65 years old, this age group
accounted for 4% of injured pedestrians
and 21% of the fatalities.
Table 3.13 shows the gender of
pedestrians involved in crashes.
The majority of the pedestrians involved
in crashes were male (59%). This group
represented an even larger percentage of
pedestrian fatalities (67%).
The actions of the pedestrian prior to
the crash are shown in Table 3.14. The
leading pedestrian actions prior to the
crash occurrence were 'crossing the
roadway not at an intersection' (21.2%),
and 'crossing the roadway at intersection
with signal' (13.5%). 'Walking in
roadway with traffic' (20.9%) and
'crossing at intersection diagonally'
(14.4%) were the leading actions of
pedestrians injured in a crash. The
primary pedestrian actions prior to a
fatality were 'walking in roadway with
traffic' (33.3%) and 'crossing at
intersection diagonally' (20.5%).
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