Drivers Urged to Protect Pedestrians

October is National Pedestrian Safety Month, and the West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) is teaming up with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) urging drivers to slow down and be alert for pedestrians.
On average, a pedestrian dies every 72 minutes, and one is injured every eight minutes in traffic crashes. There were an estimated 68,244 pedestrians injured in 2023 and 7,314 pedestrians killed. Pedestrian fatalities accounted for…