Question

__________ percent of pedestrian fatalities in 2009 resulted from persons improperly crossing the roadway or intersection, walking, playing or working in the roadway.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: 38

The massive increase of this occurrence happened since the development of handheld technology. Such technology able to take up the most of the attention of the users,  which make it much more likely for pedestrians to cross the roads without paying attention and resulted in accidents.