Study finds Pennsylvania has one of the highest school zone crash rates in the U.S.

Pennsylvania sees higher school zone crashes

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A recent study has found that here in Pennsylvania, school zones might not be all that safe.

The study showed that Pennsylvania ranks fifth in crash rate in school zones across the United States.

A Georgia-based injury law firm, Bader Scott, conducted the study by looking at data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Their study found that 33 pedestrians and one cyclist were involved in school zone crashes from 2014 to 2021.

Around two percent of those crashes resulted in deaths.

Pennsylvania finds itself behind only Wyoming, Connecticut, Iowa, and Delaware.

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Patrick Damp is a Web Producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.