A new report by Agilysis and Living Streets has found that deprivation more than doubles the risk of becoming a pedestrian casualty, and those from ethnic minority communities are 25% more likely to be a casualty than white pedestrians. Whilst the link between deprivation and being a pedestrian causality is well established, this new research suggests that ethnic background might have an additional influence on the likelihood of being injured whilst walking. Further research is needed to understand why these inequalities exist and how they might be prevented.
The increased risk may be due to the amount of time spent as pedestrians, as people from ethnic minority groups and poorer communities are more likely to walk and less likely to have a car.