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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]

DP. You get that vision zero includes factors that apply to all traffic deaths right? [/quote]

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