Amid the bustling streets of Texas, a stark reminder emerges of the vulnerability pedestrians face on the roads, with the Mesquite Police Department highlighting a grim statistic: pedestrians, though involved in a mere one percent of traffic crashes, account for 19 percent of all roadway fatalities across the state. Drawing from a social media post by the Mesquite Police Department, in 2024, Texas roads witnessed 6,095 crashes involving pedestrians, resulting in 773 deaths and leaving 1,454 seriously injured.
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