Thanks to the efforts of One Less Car and others raising concern for cyclists and pedestrians safety Streets Smarts campaign is coming to the Baltimore Metro Area. From Baltimore Metropolitan Council BikePed Becon:
Street Smart Campaign coming in September....
Statewide in 2007 there were a total of 615 lives lost and 51,729 persons injured in 588 fatal crashes and 34,866 injury crashes (totaling 35,424 crashes). Another 65,519 crahses were property damage only (PDO) for a total of 100,943 reported crashes with the possibility of even more injuries unknown or unreported.
Statewide 110 lives lost were pedestrians and 2,667 pedestrians were injured, in a total of 2,928 crashes. Statewide 7 Bicyclist lives were loss and another 662 injured in a total of 809 bicyclist involved crahses.
In our Baltimore region we represent 39% of the toal fatalities and more than half the crashes and injuries across the state.
Street Smart is aimed to target local law enforcement to locations where enforcement can raise the awareness of the rights and responsibilities of drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists to look out for one another on the roadway. Drivers should stop for pedestrians in crosswalks. Pedestrians should use crosswalks, obey signals and cross at intersections. Learning to be Street Smart reminds us of the importance to use crosswalks, obey signals and Share the Road before it's too late.
In 2007 in the Baltimore region:
237 lives were lost
25,004 people were injured
52,898 crashes were reported
50 pedestrians lost their lives
2 bicyclists died
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