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2.5 Review of Crash Data ~ , <br />Crash data were reviewed in an effork to determine whether the statutory speed limit , <br />impacted pedestrian safety. The Task Force made the following observations based on the <br />2006 data, the most recent year for which data were available: <br />• Ii1 Minnesota in 2006, 494 fatalities were recorded on all categories of roadways, 38 <br />' of which. involvedpedestrians. <br />• Most of the pedestrian conflicts and fatalities occurred in Minnesota on collectors <br />and. arterial roadways. <br />• In Minnesota in 2006, 9 pedestrian fatalities occurred an roads with a 30 MPH <br />speed limit. <br />To get a further picture ofvehicle-pedestrian crash ineidena ava.ilablek Both of theseostatest <br />Iowa and Wisconsin, two neighboring states with good dat <br />have a 25 MPH speed limit on residential roadways, in contrast with Minnesota's 30 (for <br />the entire Urban District). <br />Table 2-3 summarizes the five-year (2002-2006) pedestrian fatality and injury crash history <br />for Mii~.nesota, Iowa .and Wisconsin. In order to obtain. a comprehensive view of pedestrian _ _ <br />___ .. _. <br />crash occurrences, data were obtained for multiple measureTables showingocamparisons for <br />Minnesota that are 30 and for Towa and Wisconsin are 2S <br />each individual measure lay year are included in the Appendix. <br />Table 2-3: <br />Pedestrian-Involved Crash Experience Summary <br />Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin <br />.Five-Year Averages, 2002-2006 <br />~ Population data source: U.S. Census Bureau <br />(z) Square mileage data source: U.S. Census Bureau <br />(3> Additional data sources: respective state databases <br />As shown, amongst these Three states Iowa has the lowest pedestrian crash rate experience <br />for x,11 of the indicated measures. For each measure, Minnesota ranks slightly behind Iowa. <br />Page 11 <br />-166- <br />