Transportation for America has released a study ranking the most dangerous metropolises for pedestrians and Seattle ranks as the 5th safest out of the 52 areas in the US with over one million residents.

Fewer than 1 pedestrian is killed each year per 100,000 residents (5th lowest rate in the US), despite 3.1% people walking to work (10th highest in the US).

By contrast, the DFW area, where we used to live (and not walk as much), has 1.47 pedestrians killed per 100,000 residents each year (28th lowest rate), despite only 1.5% of workers walking to work (9th lowest rate in the US). Although, that's actually part of the problem - that walking isn't a mainstream activity, so safety initiatives aren't prioritized by the voters.

Surely there are safe and dangerous areas to walk in both areas, but I just thought the study results were interesting. Click the link above for more details.