Statistics show that approximately 137,000 pedestrians were significantly injured and treated in emergency rooms in 2017. Furthermore, almost 50% of all pedestrian-involved crashes are linked to either drunk pedestrians or drivers or general consumption of alcohol. This displays that drivers are not the only ones who can become liable for an accident as there are a number of pedestrians who commit negligent acts that result in catastrophic accident. Thus, pedestrians become liable or ineligible for compensation if they're found to have a fault in the accident. This is where comparative negligence comes in. Comparative negligence is a law of the systematic and fair process of calculating the compensation value of people involved where it allows the victim to recover damages and reduce the amount of person's negligence and contribution in the accident that occurred in a form of scaling such as percentages.
More about it here from an article by Ryan LLP, a trusted personal injury law firm in Ohio:
https://ryanllp.com/blog/jaywalking-caused-road-accidents/
