While state officials have compiled a wealth of information profiling pedestrian traffic deaths and injuries, many of the details — ages, ethnicities, locations — defy easy categorization, safety officials say.

Burian, who doesn't fit easily into many of those categories, was jaywalking across Wilder Avenue between Punahou and Spreckels Street in 1993 when he was struck by a light truck, leaving him in a coma for more than two months. He's unable to walk without assistance and lives with permanent brain damage.

"My life is my warning," he said. "I think everybody was at fault somewhat."

Burian today is lobbying city officials to put a crosswalk in the area where he was hit. But without evidence of many other accidents at the same location, officials can't justify the expense, he said.

He's happy about a new law that requires drivers to stop when a pedestrian is on their side of a crosswalk, but thinks more could be done to protect walkers.

"I think there should be more crosswalks. Then drivers would know that they have an inherent liability if they infringe on that space," he said. "And pedestrians could use the crosswalk, knowing it provides a safe zone."