The Tri-State Transportation Campaign has identified the tri-state region's two deadliest roads for pedestrians as Hempstead Turnpike in Nassau County and Sunrise Highway in Suffolk County, according to Newsday.

The state's two deadliest roads are on Long Island, reflecting the need for local planners to rethink their priorities.The campaign, a Manhattan-based nonprofit whose mission is to reduce dependency on cars, made its assessment after compiling data on fatal pedestrian accidents in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut from 2005 through 2007.

During this period, 184 pedestrians were killed, a dozen of them on Suffolk County's portion of Sunrise Highway and seven on Nassau County's. Most of the 15 pedestrian deaths on Hempstead Turnpike occurred in the towns of Elmont, Franklin Square and Hempstead. In 1998, there were 10 pedestrian fatalities on Hempstead Turnpike, and last year there were two, said Skip Carrier, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation.

In New York City, Third Avenue and Broadway led in pedestrian fatalities, with 10 apiece. Queens Boulevard, whose nickname is the "Boulevard of Death," experienced five pedestrian deaths during the three-year period, a decline from earlier years.

“While we have made some progress, these numbers clearly show that we aren’t out of the woods yet. With more people looking for transportation choices, we have to step up efforts to design more balanced, walkable streets,” said Kate Slevin, the campaign’s executive director.