Pedestrian deaths rose as Vision Zero enters year 7: ‘We need to slow down cars’ (Charlotte Observer)
The Charlotte-Concord-Gaston metro area ranked 50th among the nation’s 101 largest metro areas for pedestrian fatality rate. Between 2020 and 2024, 287 people were killed while walking in the Charlotte region, up from 241 pedestrian fatalities between 2015 and 2019.