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Legislators press MDOT and safety office on data gaps for pedestrian injuries and racial disparities
Summary
Committee members questioned state officials about a lack of nonfatal pedestrian injury data and limited visibility into how crashes affect people of color. Maryland officials said equity is a factor in corridor selection but acknowledged gaps in nonfatal injury reporting and called for continued health‑department partnerships and improved data.
Delegates pressed state transportation and highway safety officials on Jan. 16 about data gaps that make it hard to measure where pedestrian and bicycle injuries — especially nonfatal injuries — fall across racial and income groups.
“Some of the health‑impact data is just not available,” said a committee member who introduced the topic, noting studies showing higher pedestrian injury and death rates among…
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