Canada Ministry of Pedestrians

"Videos posted online show a police vehicle roll towards a Tasered woman before running over her with the front wheels and then reversing back over her. Officers then remove the car and appear to detain her"

Data for Canada on pedestrian fatalities and modal share for walking

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Reported road casualties in Great Britain: pedestrian factsheet, 2023

UK: (pedestrian) "fatalities were down 40% from 671 to 405"

"For all trips in 2024, car driver was the most frequent mode to begin a trip, with 38%, followed by walk (34%) and car passenger (20%)"

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Another comparison, on pedestrian fatalities:

Canada averages 300 pedestrian fatalities a year (pop 41 mil) - 5% of us walk to work. 80% drive.

UK: 405 ped fatalities in 2023 (pop 70 mil), but with a huge proportion starting their trip by walking (34%), more transit use

Death toll on Calgary roads reaches a 10-year-high, police report | Globalnews.ca For the third time in 24 hours a pedestrian has been killed in a Calgary traffic accident, prompting a plea from police that both drivers and pedestrians need to be more careful.

Though Calgary is already on 30 fatalities this year, 11 pedestrian.
Three pedestrians killed within 24 hours last week
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and Halifax

a triple pedestrian fatality in 24 hours should result in major changes, system-wide.
Instead incident locations may be reviewed, then business as carnormal resumes

3 fatal pedestrian collisions in 24-hour span in Calgary | CBC News In the last 24 hours, three pedestrians have been killed in what Calgary police are calling "entirely preventable" collisions.

Three fatal pedestrian crashes in a 24 hour period for Calgary, the 11th pedestrian fatality of this year.
There is rarely any focus on root causes, very evident from the video footage - extremely hazardous wide pedestrian crossings, no safety infrastructure.
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Request for revised guidance on signalized intersections (updated 30 September 2023) A request for amended TAC guidance that reflects the severity of harm and danger caused by current traffic signal phasing and types in Canada Relevant invitation I would be pleased to pass on to our...

advocates fix upon RTOR. Yes, it is cruel policy that kills and harms those most vulnerable including seniors, people with disabilities & children.
But stats from Canadian cities show combining a green light for turning vehicles with ped movements is far more harmful
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Can you believe that N American engineers combine turning movements on a green light with pedestrians on the walk sign, resulting in multiple times more injuries and fatalities than the deadly RTOR
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area in which the 60 year old pedestrian was struck and killed "by a vehicle" in Mississauga.

The dead pedestrian is often implicitly portrayed as the wrong-doer, "crossing mid-block", dressed in dark clothing, etc.

This whole area belongs to vehicles, who do their own killings

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Man in his 60s dead after being struck by vehicle in Mississauga A man in his 60s has died after being struck by a vehicle in Mississauga late Friday night, Peel police say.

RIP, another senior struck and killed.
In Canada when a pedestrian dies, the driver is introduced by police and media as the hero and helper - "stayed at the scene", "attempted to deliver aid"

Prior to that, the act itself is always the Vehicles doing

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Calgary police investigate the death of NE toddler, residents say it could be speed - LiveWire Calgary Calgary police are investigating the death of a two-year-old girl who was struck by a vehicle Monday night.  At around 7 p.m. on Aug. 4, the girl was hit by a white truck in an alley near the 600 bloc...

The @livewirecalgary.bsky.social article on the tragic death of a Taradale child by a driver brings up the notion of the removal of nearby speed humps as a contributing factor to excessive speed. City put in temporary bumps but removed before permanent goes in.🤔

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Police investigate fatal collision in city’s southeast Last weekend, our Traffic Section responded to reports of a serious-injury collision that resulted in an 83-year-old pedestrian being transported to hospital.At approximately 2:15 p.m., on Sunday, Jul...

But, before completing their investigation, police deliberately frame this as an elderly pedestrian who "entered into the path of the truck", instead of the vehicle being driven into the elderly pedestrian's path

Why @calgarypolice.bsky.social , @calgary.ca ?

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83-year-old woman dies after being struck by truck, police investigating Police say the woman was believed to have entered a forest lawn crosswalk, as a light turned green and the 2012 Ford F150 began to turn.

"As the light turned green, investigators said in a news release that “the truck proceeded to turn. It is believed the woman entered into the path of the truck and was struck.”

walk light usually comes on as the light turns green - turning drivers must yield
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driver charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian. But let's call it "struck by vehicles"

2 children struck by ADULTS DRIVING VEHICLES. Adults who are supposed to be responsible behind the wheel.

A man in his 40's driving a vehicle did not stop for a 9 year old kid scooting across the street.

#VisionZeroNow #SafeStreetsForKids

Pedestrian dead, three in critical condition after crash in northeast Calgary Emergency crews were called to the 3200 block of 52nd Street N.E. just before 5:30 a.m. for reports of a crash.

when a person drives the wrong way up a highway, strikes and kills a pedestrian, continues driving causing an additional crash & life threatening injuries, should journalists write: "Pedestrian killed by truck driving the wrong way"
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99-year-old pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle in North York A 99-year-old woman who was struck by a vehicle in North York last week has died in hospital police say.

The very regular senior pedestrian fatalities at intersections go almost unnoticed and acknowledged. Canadian signalized intersections in no way accommodate the safety needs of elderly pedestrians, especially left turns like here - which come from behind them

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Miles has no appreciation the brilliant Urbanism of Winnipeg. Canada should be proud of ploughing freeway-sized stroads through the heard of its biggest central city. Don't listen to Miles, Winnipeg, you are a beautiful, walkable paradise, second only to Amsterdam.

Safer streets without police The threat that drivers pose to cyclists and pedestrians cannot be resolved through policing.

Here's our latest blog post, on the epidemic of traffic violence against pedestrians and cyclists in Winnipeg and why we can't look to the cops to keep us safe

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"This study shows why it’s so important to use real-time data to expedite critical safety decisions”

Incident data showing consistent alarming risks and levels of harm to vulnerable road users has prompted little to no action

"More than half (55 per cent of pedestrians and 50 per cent of cyclists) had a close call with a vehicle" (right turns)

more than a third (34 per cent of pedestrians and 36 per cent of cyclists) were involved in conflict with a left-turning vehicle"

Ontario can’t lead on road safety without cycling infrastructure Prioritizing cars over cycling to ease traffic is at odds with the province’s ambitious safety goals. Investment in protected bike lanes is crucial.

Ontario can’t lead on road safety without cycling infrastructure.

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"be a safe pedestrian" by vaporizing yourself out of this destruction

Snowy Toronto street shown with no cars and tram with message "Canada is the proof that the world can be kind, diverse and breathtakingly beautiful all at once"

An empty and bleak four lane section of Yonge Street Toronto

Canadian streets: Fantasy vs reality

still an absurd amount of space for cars?

"engineering" is a generous term for this

61% of pedestrian crashes from 2020 to 2022 were at signalized intersections.
Ottawa residents should be asking what @en.ottawa.ca engineers should be doing to ensure their safety at complex & dangerous locations.

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these kind of PSA's are built upon the myth that we can see and avoid being struck by dangerous drivers