A NEW report by the RAA has revealed 300 pedestrians are injured or killed in South Australia each year.
Between 2012 and 2016 there were an average of 300 casualty crashes per year that involved pedestrians.
Around 25pc of these casualty crashes were either serious or fatal, with this proportion changing little over the past five years.
RAA road safety spokesman Charles Mountain said pedestrian behaviour was “really critical and they are clearly putting themselves at risk”.
“Most of these are in and around the city centre where we have large pedestrian numbers and people are often not crossing at the designated location,” Mr Mountain said.
In terms of severity, the majority of pedestrian crashes tend to result in minor injury.
Where injuries were sustained as a result of the crash, 74pc were minor injury, 21pc resulted in serious injury, while there have been 66 fatal crashes involving pedestrians between 2012 and 2016.
The proportion of “hit pedestrian” casualty crashes compared to all casualty crashes rose in 2016, although has hovered around 5pc since 2012.
Winter is when most “hit pedestrian” crashes occur.
August has recorded the most crashes between 2012 and 2016, averaging 29 casualty crashes per year.
