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It’s Getting Riskier to Walk and Bike After Dark

The last decade has seen a gruesome rise in nighttime traffic fatalities for walkers and bike riders, with no conclusive explanation.
A man pushes a stroller through a crosswalk after dusk in Atlanta, Georgia.
A man pushes a stroller through a crosswalk after dusk in Atlanta, Georgia.David Goldman/AP
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The most disturbing thing about Halloween isn’t the fake blood, urban legends, or sexy clown costumes. It’s that the streets are full of actual child-killers: Pedestrians under age 18 are twice as likely to be struck and killed by a car on October 31 than on any other day of the year.