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Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities: Exploring 2025 State Data and National Safety Trends

Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities: Exploring 2025 State Data & National Safety Trends
GHSA Event
July 16, 2026 Virtual

GHSA will hold a webinar to examine 2025 state data on pedestrian traffic fatalities and the trends it uncovers, and explore what two states are doing to make it safer for people walking and using a wheelchair.

Preliminary state data points to an encouraging trend – pedestrian deaths fell again in 2025, the third consecutive annual decrease. Despite this long overdue progress, fatalities remain above pre-pandemic levels and U.S. roads continue to be disproportionately deadly for people on foot. Join us to learn:

  • What GHSA’s new data analysis says and the key roadway safety issues it highlights
  • The innovative approaches two states are taking to pedestrian safety
  • The role of telematics in making our roads safer for all vulnerable road users

After brief presentations from our experts, we’ll take questions from the audience and have an open discussion about how to continue the recent momentum in pedestrian safety.

Opening remarks by Anderson Abernathy, President & COO, Michelin Mobility Intelligence

Speakers

  • Paula Raymond, Director of Behavioral Science, toXcel
  • Jack McNeely, Director, West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program
  • Cayla McDonell, Deputy Director, Program Planning and Grant Operations, California Office of Traffic Safety

Moderated by Adam Snider, Director of Communications, GHSA