CITY COMMENDED FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

The city of Jackson has been awarded a Pedestrian Safety Citation in the American Automobile Association's 55th annual Pedestrian Safety Inventory.

Pedestrian accident summaries and safety activity reports were compiled by the AAA-Auto Club of Missouri and submitted to a national judging panel, according to AAA district sales representative Jim Burke.

Some 2.200 cities from throughout the nation entered this year's inventory. The panel reviews accomplishments and programs designed to reduce pedestrian accidents. Cities are evaluated in comparison to others of similar population size.

Awards are presented to cities and states based on low pedestiran death and injury rates for 1993 and on accident prevention programs which are evaluated in seven key areas -- accident records, safety legislation, enforcement, traffic engineering, traffic safety organization, school safety programs and public information.

Jackson was judged along with 697 other cities in the 5,000 to 10,000 population group, and Jackson had no deaths compared to the average rate of 1.3 deaths for cities of similar size.

Jackson has had no pedestrian deaths in the past six years.