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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There were 35 traffic fatalities in 2022. Here's what happened per the DC government:

12 deaths -- pedestrian error
9 deaths -- speeding driver
4 deaths -- drunk/stoned driver
4 deaths -- driver error
2 deaths -- bicycle error
2 deaths -- medical emergency
1 death -- scooter/motorcycle/atv error
1 death -- hit and run/unknown

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This is a crock of bullshit.  The DC crash data doesn't provide attribution of fault. This person posting this is interpreting every crash involving a dead pedestrian or cyclist as them being at fault. They are wrong.

This is what's so $!@#*(& up about this "debate".  The idiots protesting road diet changes don't understand a goddamn thing about data yet say stuff like this like its fact.  Absolutely freaking ridiculous.[/quote]

This is all nonsense.

The figures come from the police department. Each year they put out a report that includes data on the causes of traffic deaths in the city. You can look them yourself.

For 2022, see page 24 of this report: https://mpdc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mpdc/publication/attachments/AR_2022_lowres.pdf[/quote]

"Pedesterian Error" I guess includes any pedestrian who died, since of course the driver will say "THEY CAME OUT OF NOWHERE" into the crosswalk, even though its the driver who is ignoring that they are driving on a city street and not yielding at the cross walk.  Where's Nina Larson in this in 2021?  Where are the two pedestrians mowed down by the driver at hanes point?  Where's the cyclists who were riding straight lines when a right-hand turning vehicle plowed over them? [/quote]

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