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Dangerous roads like these have resulted in more people being struck and killed by drivers while walking, particularly among older Americans, people of color, and those walking in low-income communities.
Stay tuned for more information about the upcoming Dangerous by Design state reports that will include data for smaller metro areas and have more data on vulnerable populations.
Florida tops the list again
According to Dangerous by Design 2019, Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford is the most dangerous metro area in the country (in the most dangerous state in the country) for people walking.
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But there plenty of other dangerous and deadly places across the nation, with the most dangerous places largely clustered in the south—places that were designed first and foremost for the car, where wide multilane roads abound. Eight of the top 10 most dangerous metro areas are in Florida. While their rankings have shifted slightly this year, Alabama, Delaware, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and South Carolina round out the top 10 most dangerous states, in that order.