Overview
The goal of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is to continually improve highway safety by reducing pedestrian crashes, fatalities and injuries by 10 percent by the year 2008, saving 465 lives. Doing so helps us achieve our overall goal of reducing roadway related fatalities from 1.5 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) to 1 per 100 million VMT by the year 2008. Ensuring safe travel on roadways is the guiding principle throughout the FHWA. Pedestrian fatalities account for about 11 percent of all traffic fatalities and is one of the "Vital Few" focus areas of the FHWA's Safety Office.
For additional information on pedestrian crashes see Traffic Safety Facts 2003: Pedestrians - NHTSA - [PDF, 67 KB]
This site provides engineering guidance for designing communities to ensure pedestrian safety. In addition, FHWA has produced a number of products to improve the level of pedestrian knowledge for all road users and to assist communities in improving pedestrian safety.
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