Europe reports rising road collisions
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Authorities in several countries reported rising road collisions and shifting casualty patterns, with icy conditions causing hundreds of crashes in Berlin, Italy recording more overall accidents, and pedestrian trends disputed.
by David Peetz
"Based on a four-year rolling average, [Victorian] pedestrian deaths have increased 27% since 2015, while driver and vehicle passenger deaths have fallen 10%%…
[In] the United States, pedestrian deaths hit an all-time low in 2009 but then grew 77% to hit a 40-year-high in 2022."
[In] the United States, pedestrian deaths hit an all-time low in 2009 but then grew 77% to hit a 40-year-high in 2022."
SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Pedestrian fatalities reach 17-year-high. This trend could be why
Fifty-one pedestrians had been killed on the state’s roads this year as of Saturday – the most in any calendar year since 2008.
www.theage.com.au
December 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"Based on a four-year rolling average, [Victorian] pedestrian deaths have increased 27% since 2015, while driver and vehicle passenger deaths have fallen 10%%…
[In] the United States, pedestrian deaths hit an all-time low in 2009 but then grew 77% to hit a 40-year-high in 2022."
[In] the United States, pedestrian deaths hit an all-time low in 2009 but then grew 77% to hit a 40-year-high in 2022."