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Fatal or Serious Injury Crashes' <br />• Most pedestrian crashes resulting in an injury or fatality occurred in St Paul. <br />• Maplewood and White Bear Lake have the second highest number of <br />pedestrian crashes resulting serious injury or fatality. In these communities, <br />fatal and serious injury pedestrian crashes account for 29 and 26 percent of <br />the community's pedestrian crashes, respectively. <br />• In Vadnais Heights, over two-thirds of all pedestrian crashes resulted in a <br />fatal or serious injury. <br />Only reported crashes were used in this analysis. These crashes were severe enough <br />to warrant reporting and data collection. Data concerning less severe crashes or <br />near -miss events that may indicate a safety problem is not available and is not <br />included on this map. <br />The likelihood of a pedestrian fatality is directly tied to the impact speed of a crash. <br />This relationship is well documented nationally and is illustrated by the experiences <br />within Ramsey County communities. <br />This can be seen based on an analysis of Ramsey County crash data.' On streets <br />with speed limits of 50 mph or below, the rate of fatal or serious injuries in crashes <br />involving pedestrians is under 20%. On streets with speed limits of 55 mph or higher, <br />this number jumps to 40%. It is important to note that the posted speed limit does <br />not indicate the actual travel speed of the motor vehicle involved in the crash. <br />Injury Level of Pedestrian Involved Crashes in Ramsey County (2004-2014) <br />Possible Injury <br />53% <br />.No Injury <br />1% <br />Killed <br />�f 3% <br />g <br />11171n3jiusry <br />2B-19 I SYSTEM ANALYSIS <br />