Figures show Arizona ranks high for pedestrian deaths

AS A WOMAN WAS CROSSING THE ROAD IN PHOENIX THIS MORNING, TWO CARS COLLIDED AND SOMEHOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE IMPACT HIT HER AND KILLED HER. STEVE NILSSON JOINS HIS LIVES WITH MORE ON THIS INVESTIGATION, BUT ALSO MORE IN A NEW REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD THAT PHOENIX IS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST PLACES IN THE COUNTRY FOR PEDESTRIANS. STEVE AND AS WE COVER ANOTHER,

16TH STREET STATEWIDE, MORE THAN 300 PEDESTRIANS WERE KILLED LATEST REPORT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION. ARIZONA HAD THE LARGEST YEARLY INCREASE IN DEATHS IN THE COUNTRY AND THE IN ALL OF AMERICA THAT IN FACT, I GOT IN A WRECK MYSELF. YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT A LOT OF SAID HE NEVER FEEL SAFE WALKING . SOME KIND OF THESE PEOPLE JUST DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE

PEDESTRIANS RATHER GET TO WHERE YOU GOTTA GO IN WITH THE CITY OF PHOENIX SAYS THEIR ROAD SAFETY ACTION PLAN IS WELL UNDERWAY WITH MUCH MORE TO COME. INVESTMENT AND AWARENESS ARE KEY FACTORS IN THIS AND I THINK WE'VE GOT BOTH OF THOSE GOING IN TO TAKE TIME. MILLIONS WILL BE INVESTED YEARLY FOR THINGS LIKE HAWK PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS OPERATING SIMILAR TO A STREETLIGHT. TO STOP DRIVERS FOR

EDUCATION IS NEEDED. SO DRIVERS UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WORK. THEY'RE LIKE BLINKS. YELLOW DIDN'T BLINKS RED. SO THESE CARS BE LIKE, WELL, MAYBE THIS IS JUST IF THEY DON'T SEE NOBODY STANDING THERE, THEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STOP. IT MIGHT TAKE YEARS BEFORE THE CHANGES TO OUR STREETS REVEAL LOWER NUMBERS. IF YOU START INVESTING IN THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE YOU HAVE THIS SERIOUS, MOST SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATALITIES,

THEN THAT'S OUR GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE DOWN THOSE NUMBERS EARLIER RATHER THAN LATER. AND SECOND WORST NUMBERS IN THE COUNTRY FOR THIS, THIS IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM, NOT JUST A STATE PROBLEM. THIS REPORT ALSO FOUND THAT NATIONALLY THE AMOUNT