Detroit walkers beware: Michigan’s largest metropolitan area earned the 12th spot on a recent list of dangerous places for pedestrians compiled by a U.S. transportation advocacy group. Approximately 800 Detroit pedestrians were killed in accidents from 2000 to 2009, according to the list. Transportation for America released on Wednesday its “Dangerous by Design” report containing national and state trends and this fatalities map to shed light on what it calls “an epidemic of preventable pedestrian deaths.”
The number of pedestrians killed each year equals to a jumbo jet full of passengers crashing each month, according to the group. Other Great Lakes cities on the list of 52 most dangerous metropolitan areas are Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis-St. Paul.