Interactive map shows where pedestrians fatalities occur in Macon

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow|March 21, 2023

Editor’s note: This page was originally published in June 2022 and is updated monthly.

Bibb County has one of the highest rates of pedestrian deaths in Georgia.

A record 17 people were killed on foot here in 2021. Three of the fatalities were hits-and-run.

In 2022, there were 17 pedestrian fatalities including two bicyclists. Seven of those deaths were reportedly hits-and-run.

So far in 2023, there have been four pedestrian deaths including a bicyclist. One of those deaths was a hit-and-run.

This interactive map showing each fatality that occurred January 2020 – March 21, 2023, was created by The Macon Newsroom using information from crash reports obtained from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. It is updated monthly.

Return to www.macon-newsroom.com for updates and future coverage of the Macon-Bibb Pedestrian Safety Review Board.

A man who was hit by a car on Gray Highway was lying in the road for about 25 minutes as he waited for an ambulance, patrol car and fire truck for help.
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Thomas Bemke, 60, walks a mile through knee-high weeds on the shoulder of Gray Highway in 90-degree heat one day early in May 2022 to buy groceries at Dollar Tree. Bemke said he is extra cautious on his trek because of the number and speed of semis on the highway.
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Some Macon residents choose to risk the walk across the busy road instead of heading in the oposite direction just to reach the sidewalk. “I don’t have much of a problem but I can see how someone who walks a little slower might,” said Mary Smith, who had just crossed the road on her way to the bus stop.
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To contact Civic Journalism Fellow Laura Corley, call 478-301-5777 or email [email protected]