WS Item 4 - Most Dangerous For Pedestrians-2011 DANGEROUS BY DESIGN 2011 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
TRANSPORTATION FOR AMERICA
The Most Dangerous Large Metro Areas, Ranked by PDI
Total Avg. annual Percent of
pedestrian pedestrian workers Pedestrian
Rank Metro area deaths deaths per walking to Danger Index
(2000-2009) 100000 work
1& (2060-2009) (2005-2009)
1 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 557 3.0 1.2% 255.4
2 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 905 3.5 1.6% 212.7
3 Jacksonville, FL 342 2.8 1.6%* 177.8
4 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano 1,555 2.9 1.7% 167.9
Beach, FL
5 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 938 2.5 1.8% 139.2
6 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 421 2.5 1.9% 135.2
7 Memphis,TN-MS-AR 266 2.1 1.6%* 132.6
8 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale,AZ 867 2.3 1.7% 132.4
9 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown,TX 1,024 2.0 1.5% 128.2
10 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington,TX 942 1.6 1.4% 119.4
'These two metros have a margin of error of over 10 percent for the Journey To Work data.