CDC Predicts That On Average, 1 Pedestrian Will Be Killed Every 2 Hours

• The highest incidence of pedestrian-related injuries involved pre-teens and teens;
• The risk of a pedestrian dying from a motor vehicle crash generally increases with age.
• Other than the elderly, those at the greatest risk for significant injury in a car crash are children because 1) their small size makes them harder for drivers to see; 2) children have greater difficulty judging accurately the speed and distances of passing vehicles.
  

Here's one final statistic that's worthy of mention: more children between the ages 5 and 14 have been killed as the result of car accidents than any other cause.