I recently saw a statistic where NYC has approx. 300 motor vehicle fatalities a year, of which 80+ are pedestrians. North Carolina which has a population similar to NYC has 1,300 motor vehicle fatalities per year. Moonshine?
Fatalities are much rarer on city streets and boulevards than the highways. Still the NC statistic of 1300 vhicular deaths is surprising. Ironically a few years ago the UNC mascot was killed when struck by a car during the NCAA tourney a few years ago, but it wasn't in Carolina.
