Traffic Statistics  •In Canada, nearly 3000 fatalities, and some 15,000 serious injuries resulted from traffic accidents. - Transport Canada's 2006 Statistics According to the same statistics, 12.9% of this were pedestrian fatalities, and 12% were serious injuries to pedestrians.  Bicyclists fatalities were 2.5%, and 3.3% were serious injuries. - Transport Canada's 2006 Statistics In 2007 in British Columbia, there were 1,861 collisions involving pedestrians.  There were 2,010 injured or killed (including the occupants of the motor vehicles), with pedestrians accounting for 96.6% of the victims. - ICBC Road Safety Research Crash involvement rates (crashes per 100,000 people) are the highest for 5 to 9 year old males, who tend to dart out into the street.  This problem may be compounded by the fact that speeds are frequently a problem in areas where children are walking and playing.  In general, males are more likely to be involved in a crash than females; in 2003, 69 percent of pedestrian fatalities were male, and the male pedestrian injury rate was 58 percent higher than for females. - Pedsafe, US Department of Transportation, Federal Highways Administration Canada's Road Safety Targets To 2010, aims to reduce the number of vulnerable road users (pedestrians, motorcyclist and cyclists) killed or seriously injured by 30%. - An Initiative By Transport Canada And The RCMP  •