A newly-released app uses police data to show users where recent crimes have happened - so they can pick safe routes to walk home. WalkSafe pins stabbings, muggings and burglaries on a map to warn ...

In the face of skyrocketing obesity and declining physical activity rates it's often easy to overlook simple solutions to tackle complex health issues. Getting on the right track to healthy living can ...

Using a smartphone while walking can be dangerous business — you could stroll right into a light pole, off a bridge, into traffic or away from reality. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Emma Kay, 37, is the founder and CEO of personal safety app, WalkSafe ...

According to the Office for National Statistics, half of the women in the United Kingdom have felt unsafe when walking alone at night. Most of them call a friend or share their location on their ...

MIAMI (CBS4) – A group of Miami elementary school students learned an important lesson Wednesday about the benefits of walking to school. In the program called "WalkSafe", the students learn about ...

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Research in social science has shown that mobile phone conversations distract users, presenting a significant impact to pedestrian safety; for example, a mobile phone user deep in conversation while ...

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BRADFORD is to become the world’s first WalkSafe city with the launch of a new initiative to help people make safe journeys on foot across the centre at any time of day or night. The city’s Business ...

This past May, 77-year-old Diane Clementine and her friend, both residents of Putney Meadows, were walking on the sidewalk near the Putney Food Co-op when a car jumped the curb and hit them. The ...

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