This new analysis ranks all 435 US House districts by their average annual pedestrian fatality rate between 2020 and 2024.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari’s district (AZ-03) is the most deadly by both fatality rate (7.94) and total fatalities (324 from 2020-24).

https://wordpress.smartgrowthamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Dangerous-by-Design-2026_Congressional-Rankings_9.16.pdf

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[–] 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

All warmer weather states. Interesting. Optimistic me would have hoped for states where bicycles are more feasible year-round would invest more in infrastructure.

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  • Those are all places that were relatively sparsely populated until the widespread use of air conditioning, which coincided with the takeover of city planning by auto company interests. Also things like the interstate highway system.

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