The DeKalb County Board of Health is working with the police department and safety advocates to try to lower the number of pedestrian injuries and fatalities on the county’s roads.
Health board officials plan to hold a roundtable discussion on Thursday with the DeKalb County Police Department, the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and other pedestrian safety advocates. The local leaders will “provide an overview of recent pedestrian safety efforts and ... discuss how to enhance these efforts.”
Statistics provided by the health board shed light on the prevalence of the issue in the county.
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DeKalb, the fourth most populous county in Georgia, ranks second in the state for pedestrian injuries, after Fulton County.
According to the board, 67 pedestrians died on DeKalb’s roads from 2014 to 2016. That accounted for nearly a third of all roadway deaths in DeKalb during that time period.
The pedestrian deaths and injuries are concentrated around several major thoroughfares across the county: Buford Highway, Covington Highway and Memorial Drive, according to the Board of Health.
The roundtable will take place Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Bridge at Austin Community Center, located at 1989 Austin Dr in the Decatur area.
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