More pedestrians aged 60 and above were involved in road accidents and died in the first six months of this year compared to 2018.
The road fatality rate hit a new low in 2017, dropping from 141 deaths in 2016 to 122 last year, even as more elderly pedestrians got into accidents.
The Land Transport Authority is taking steps to rectify the problem of poorly designed designated crossings where pedestrians have been knocked down.
The number of accidents involving jaywalking pedestrians rose by 21 percent in the first half of this year, said the police on Wednesday 11th October.
The number of people found jaywalking has increased in the first quarter of this year, compared to figures in the same period last year.