Surface Transportation Policy Project danger index misrepresents actual danger.
The incident rate is defined as the number of injuries and deaths
among pedestrians divided by the area's population and multiplied by
100,000, giving a standard measure of risk.
Incidence rates that are "different for different ages, genders and
races, which is the case with pedestrian incidents, need to be
adjusted for these factors so that valid comparisons between
populations with different mixes of age, race and gender can be made,"
Kirby D. Cooper, a statistician at the Travis Air Force Base campus of
Chapman University, wrote in his rebuttal. "This was not done in the report, so the
basic measure of risk for pedestrian incidents is flawed."