Hispanics suffer highest pedestrian death rate From: washingtontimes.com
Tagged: blog, populationPosted on: June 11th, 2008
Hispanic pedestrians are run down by cars in greater numbers than members of any other ethnic group, according to new data that is prompting the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments to press municipal transportation departments to address the problem.
A resolution, scheduled for a vote Wednesday, calls for a public education campaign “with increased targeting of high-risk populations.”
In Northern Virginia, Hispanics stand an eight in 100,000 chance of getting struck by a car or truck, compared with three per 100,000 for Caucasians, two per 100,000 for Asian Americans and six per 100,000 for the black community, according to a recent report from COG, a regional planning agency.”*
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