MIAMI — If you need or want to go somewhere on foot in South Florida, watch your step. Walking could be hazardous to your health.
Miami-Dade and Broward counties are among the most dangerous places to be a pedestrian in the United States, and Florida is the second most perilous state in the nation.
Among the 100 biggest metropolitan areas, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach ranked No. 14 as the metropolis where a pedestrian is most likely to be struck and killed by a driver, according to the 2022 “Dangerous By Design” report from Smart Growth America and the National Complete Streets Coalition. About 240 miles north, Daytona Beach-Deltona-Ormond Beach earned the unwanted No. 1 ranking as the deadliest place to walk. Despite that, Florida, which placed seven metro areas in the top 20, slipped to No. 2 in the state rankings, behind New Mexico.
