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The most common actions that contribute to pedestrian and bicycle crashes include: <br />• Failure to yield - 11% <br />• Distracted Driver- 8% <br />• Careless/Reckless driving - 5% <br />• Failure to Obey Signal/Sign - 1% <br />• Speeding - 1% <br />Another notable data point is that the Minnesota pedestrian and bicycle fatal crash rate is lower than <br />neighboring states, despite having higher statutory speed limits. <br />In fact, 92% of communities in Minnesota experienced 0-1 serious pedestrian and bicycle crashes <br />in the ten-year period between 2011 and 2020. <br />• 69%of communities had zero serious or fatal crashes <br />• Law enforcement cited speed as a contributing factor in 4%of serious pedestrian and bicycle <br />crashes <br />• A plurality of crashes occur on city streets (44%) and a majority of these occur on <br />the Municipal State Aid (MSA) stytem <br />• 50% of crashes occur at intersection (42% highway and 62% MSA streets) <br />Of intersection crashes: <br />• 47%of intersection crashes occur at signals (61%for highways and 17%for city streets, <br />• 24%occur at stop signs (13%for highways and 44%for city streets) <br />Despite this data, public perception is that reducing speeds limits will save lives. This perception is <br />supported by the fact that the survivability of a pedestrian crash increases dramatically with lower speeds. <br />However, studies have shown that many speeders on the local system tend to be the residents that live in <br />the area and travel the streets most often. <br />Page 139 of 185 <br />