I find it deeply disturbing that kids don't walk in my neighborhood. It's due to parents feeling like it's unsafe because cars go 40 MPH. Oh wait, people drive the cars 40 MPH.
Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 aims to eliminate kids being killed by people speeding. Just read these sickening stats.
Please, slow down and take some initiative this year to make your neighborhood safer.
- On average, over 93 deaths occur each day from speeding vehicles. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
- 500 children under 14 years-old were killed while walking in what should be their safe haven - their neighborhood. (NHTSA)
- Each year over 4,000 sons, daughters, mothers & fathers were killed while walking in neighborhoods or crossing streets. (NHTSA)
- Each year 2.5 million people are injured in motor vehicle incidents. (NHTSA)
- The death rate on residential streets is over twice that of highways - measured per miles driven. (NHTSA)
- Speeding Triples the Odds of Crashing. (AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety)
- A pedestrian hit in a 30 mph speed zone is 3 times more likely to die than one hit in a 25 mph zone. (General Estimates Database of Police Reported Accidents-NHTSA)