Older adults are 11 percent of Los Angeles’ s population but account for 26 percent of pedestrian fatalities.
Drivers who fail to yield account for 42 percent of motorcycle KSI collisions.
Together, our youth and older adults make up nearly 30 percent of all those killed while walking or bicycling between 2009 and 2013. Vision Zero is our City’ s mandate to accommodate the unique needs of each age group and to ensure that the design of our streets work for everyone.
Older adults are 11 percent of Los Angeles’ s population but account for 26 percent of pedestrian fatalities.
Pedestrian 130 KSI by Age and Gender( 2009 – 2013)
125
120 110 105 100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45
Men
40 35
Women
30 25 20 15 10 5 0
0 – 4 5 – 17 18 – 21 22 – 34 35 – 54 55 – 64 65 – 74 75 + Age Groups
Annual Pedestrian KSI per 100,000 Population
A Spotlight on Motorcycles
Drivers who fail to yield account for 42 percent of motorcycle KSI collisions.
Motorcycle riders also belong in the category of vulnerable populations, given their exposure to risk and overrepresentation in the data. They make up only 3 percent of overall collisions but account for 15 percent of all traffic deaths. More than half( 52 percent) of all motorcycle KSI collisions were broadside collisions, which typically occur at intersections. An analysis of collision reports shows that a large number of motorcycle KSI collisions are caused by the other party; 42 percent of all motorcycle KSI collisions were the result of drivers failing to yield.
VISION ZERO SAFETY STUDY 19