Pedestrian awareness

1. Summer 2011 Safety Campaign Pedestrian awareness

2. Between FY06 and April 2011, there were 21 fatalities and 2,792 lost work days in Navy and Marine pedestrian mishaps • 116 reports (A, B, C and D) • At least two of the fatalities involved drunk drivers) data

3. In 2009, 4,092 pedestrians were killed and about 59,000 were injured in traffic crashes in the United States. • On average, a pedestrian was killed every two hours and injured every nine minutes in traffic crashes. • In 2009, pedestrian deaths accounted for 12 percent of all traffic fatalities, and made up 3 percent of all the people injured in traffic crashes. Data, cont.

4. Three-fourths (76%) of pedestrian fatalities weren’t at intersections. Almost 90 percent of pedestrian fatalities occurred during normal weather (not rain, snow and fog). Most pedestrian fatalities (almost 70 percent) were at night. Data, cont. • More than 90 percent of the pedestrian fatalities were in single-vehicle crashes.

5. March 2011, Naval Station Norfolk • 3 Sailors in a crosswalk by a fast-food outlet. • Hit by a driver who was at a stop sign, looking right while making a left turn. • All 3 Sailors taken to a hospital: scrapes, bruises, one broken nose. A typical, recent mishap

6. Of the pedestrians involved, 35 percent had a BAC of 0.08 or higher. Of the drivers involved in fatal crashes, only 13 percent had a BAC of 0.08 or higher. Alcohol Involvement • Alcohol was involved (for the driver or for the pedestrian) in 48 percent of the traffic crashes that killed a pedestrian.

7. When people who never walk anywhere (i.e., most people) are driving, they don’t share your perspective as a pedestrian. Don’t assume they know what you are thinking and doing. Tips for pedestrians • Lots of drivers don’t use their turn signals. Don’t assume they are going to do what they appear to be doing.

8. Don't hurry across a street just because a polite driver waves you across. Expand your situational awareness—an impatient driver behind the one who stopped might pull out to pass. Tips for pedestrians, part 2 • Don’t relax just because it is broad daylight, and you’re at an intersection that has a traffic light, and you have a walk signal.

9. Try to cross the street at a designated crosswalk. Stop and look left, right, and left again before crossing. If a parked vehicle blocks your view of the street, stop at the edge line of the vehicle and look around it before entering the street. Be visible at night. Carry a flashlight when walking and wear retro-reflective clothing. Tips for pedestrians, part 3

10. Don’t stop (or pause while waiting to make a turn) in a crosswalk—that area is off-limits to stationary vehicles. Tips for drivers • Don’t stop for pedestrians when you have the right-of-way. You will confuse them and other drivers.

11. Use your turn signal. • Stop using your cell phone while driving. Period. Tips for drivers, part 2 • If there is no marked crosswalk but there is still a stop sign or yield sign, stop behind the sign.

12. In a stern, professional and safe manner, confront drivers who you see speeding, not paying attention, texting or driving erratically. CAPT Dave Culler Jr., Executive Officer of Naval Station Norfolk, says, "I roll up next to Sailors and civilian almost daily and have a one-way conversation with them about their driving shortfalls. Maybe if folks know many are watching and engaging, behavior will change." What leaders can do