In Anchorage, an effort toward safer streets — for drivers and pedestrians alike:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A recent national report from the Governor’s Highway Safety Association showed an increase in vehicle-pedestrian crashes across the country, but while Alaska Department of Transportation data shows a, the Municipality of Anchorage is tracking its own trends in Southcentral Alaska.
“When you have the combination of inattentiveness with disregard for traffic control, that’s like a perfect storm of what are causing or contributing to a lot of these vehicle-pedestrian incidents,” Coy said. “Inattentiveness, distraction, or what I might say, just not being mindful. While 2022 data is still being reviewed, overall, pedestrian crashes in general were up by about 15% in 2022, compared to the year prior.
Over the five-year window from 2017 to 2021, for which the department has released a detailed report already, only 67 of the 569 vehicle-pedestrian crashes were classified as non-injury. While nine deadly vehicle-pedestrian crashes were reported within the MOA in both 2017 and 2018, that number went down to five in 2019, then back up to eight in 2020, before spiking to 13 in 2021.
In November 2018, findings from a study titled Safer Streets for Everyone were released in a public report. At that point, the report showed, 19 people died on Anchorage streets yearly, and 43% of those deaths were people walking, riding a motorcycle, or riding a bike.
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