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[quote=Anonymous]Bethesda Now Website has a discussion about whether pedestrian collisions are decreasing (because there are fewer fatalities, I think) or increasing (there are more of them). I'll post an excerpt below. It doesn't focus on, or break out, school zones, unfortunately. It surprises me how easily kids walking to school are just folded into pedestrians generally, even though children are (of course) younger and walking in particular patterns, on predictable streets and crossing identifiable intersections, towards a school:

Montgomery County says a recent analysis of car collisions with pedestrians proves its pedestrian safety efforts are working, despite that data showing a bump in pedestrian collisions in 2012 and seven pedestrian fatalities already this year.
 
An analysis at the May 8 CountyStat review of County Executive Isiah Leggett’s Pedestrian Safety Initiative showed the most severe collisions involving either debilitating injury or death decreased by 20 percent in 2012 compared to 2011. But total pedestrian collisions increased from 399 in 2011 to 423 in 2012, a result of what the county says was an increase in collisions in private parking lots and garages.

More at:
http://www.bethesdanow.com/2013/05/20/moco-claims-pedestrian-safety-progress-despite-increase-in-pedestrian-collisions/?utm_source=BethesdaNow.com+Afternoon+Update&utm_campaign=f3e563b8fa-BethesdaNow.com+Afternoon+Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_45ad56dcf7-f3e563b8fa-391098093
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