Study finds pedestrians at risk on Halloween
MEDICINE HAT AB — It’s Halloween. A day for fun, costumes and candy.
However, that causes a lot of excitement, turning Halloween into a day that can turn deadly.
A recent study states pedestrian deaths spike by 43 per cent on Halloween night, putting children specifically at risk.
Canadian researchers based the study on four decades of American traffic data, including 608 pedestrian deaths on 42 Halloween nights.