Traffic Calming Statistics

> Road traffic crashes are the leading cause of death among young people (ages 10-24) in the world. (World Health Organization) They are also the leading cause of death among children in the United States. (United States Center for Disease Prevention)

> Speeding is the single most common traffic rule violation and contributes to one third of all road traffic crashes . (World Health Organization)

> Traffic Calming measures are a key intervention to road traffic crashes and deaths. (World Report on Road Traffic Injury Protection)

> If current trends continue, the number of people killed and injured on the world's roads will rise by more than 60% between 2000 and 2020. (World Health Organization)

> In 2005 there were nearly 3 million people injured on the roads in the United States. (US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration)

> There were 43,443 people killed on US roads in 2005 alone (US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration)

> There are an average of 117 fatalities per day due to traffic incidents (US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration)

> 30% of the people killed in traffic accidents each day are under 25 (US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration)

> Each year, 400,000 people under age 25 die in traffic accidents, averaging more than 1,000 deaths a day. (World report on Road Traffic Injury Protection)

> In 2005, traffic accidents killed an average of 4 children under the age of 14 each day and injured 556 daily. In total, 203,000 children were injuried and 1,451 were killed. (National Center for Health Statistics 2006 Report)

> 53% of fatal head injuries in an eight year study were to children who were playing in the street when injured (American Journal of Public Health)

> A study of 43 international traffic calming programs found that traffic calming solutions decreased traffic accidents by 8-100% (ITE Traffic Calming: State of the Practice)

> Two thirds of children who are hurt or killed in traffic accidents are struck and injured within several blocks (.25 miles) of their homes (American Journal of Public Health)

> Children who don't live within close proximity of a speed hump* are twice as likely to be injured in a vehicle collision (American Journal of Public Health)

> Speed humps were associated with a 53-60% reduction in the odds of injury or death among children struck by an automobile in their neighborhoods (American Journal of Public Health)

> Traffic calming has proven far more effective in preventing child pedestrian injuries than road safety education, which has been "unable to exert meaningful changes in the.behavior of children" (American Journal of Public Health)

* While the study shown uses a speed hump to illustrate the benefits of traffic calming, similar results could be expected from a speed table, speed cushion, or similar measure.