Police warning for distracted pedestrians

Police are urging distracted pedestrians across Victoria to look up from their phones and try using a single headphone when they are walking near traffic.

Police have warned distracted pedestrians that they need to pay more attention Source: AAP Image/David Crosling

Pedestrians in Victoria are being urged to look up from their phones and try using just one headphone, so they're not distracted when walking near traffic following a spike in pedestrian deaths.

Victoria Police says more pedestrians have died in the first six months of 2018 compared to 2017 - 17 this year compared to 11 in 2017.

"In the last 12 months we've had a significant increase in pedestrian deaths on our roads," Road policing assistant commissioner Doug Fryer told reporters on Saturday.

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