Las Vegas has won the dubious distinction of being named one of the nation’s most dangerous cities for pedestrians. Sin City was rated as the third worst city for pedestrians in a study released last week by shoe company Kuru.
The report said Las Vegas had 3.41 pedestrian deaths per 100,000 people, only trailing No. 2 Jacksonville, Florida, (3.54 pedestrian deaths per 100,000 people) and No. 1 Albuquerque, New Mexico, (4.68). Two Arizona cities rounded out the Top 5 most dangerous cities for pedestrians with Mesa ranked No. 4 (2.96) and Phoenix No. 5 (2.96).
The five safest cities for pedestrians were New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Nashville, Tennessee.
Las Vegas also received low scores in walkability and overall safety, netting scores of 42 and 29 out of 100, respectively.
