More people were killed in vehicle collisions than homicides last year in metro Atlanta’s five core counties, according to a pedestrian-safety advocacy organization.
Why it matters: Gun deaths and homicides are more complex to solve, but simple design changes can make streets safer, Propel ATL executive director Rebecca Serna told Axios.
The latest: Vehicle collisions caused 425 deaths last year in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties, a 9.6% decrease from 470 in 2023, according to the group’s The Human Cost of Mobility: 2024 report.
- But that was more than the 410 people who were killed last year in homicides in the same five counties, according to Propel ATL.
What they’re saying: “This is a question of design,” Serna told Axios. “When decision makers design streets that are primarily about moving cars through quickly and trying to minimize congestion, we get people dying as a result.”…