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Advocate highlights Halloween pedestrian-safety statistic

3 Oct 27 6:17 AM · 16d ago · 3 posts · 2 sources · development 3 of 7

An urban-planning advocate shares a Vox-sourced statistic that more American child pedestrians die on Halloween from cars than on any other day, tying it to calls for safer streets.

Advocate highlights Halloween pedestrian-safety statistic
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“Forget tainted candy: The scariest thing on Halloween is parked in your driveway. More American child pedestrians die on Halloween from cars than on any other day of the year.”

brenttoderian (quoting Vox)

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