Walking in Miami shouldn’t feel like an extreme sport, but the numbers tell a different story.
According to a new report that tracks pedestrian deaths across the nation, the Miami metro area, which includes Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, ranked as the 17th most dangerous metropolitan area for pedestrians. The region had a yearly pedestrian fatality rate of 3.4 per 100,000 people, according to the report.
Florida ranks as the fifth most dangerous state in the country for pedestrians, with over 3,700 deaths from 2020 to 2024, an increase of over 370 deaths from the previous four-year period, according to Smart Growth America, a nonprofit group that researches and ranks pedestrian fatalities across the country…