I wasn't talking so much about deaths.  I was talking about the disappointment for kids who are confused, frightened and just plain unhappy?  It's not fun to try to describe to a crying child why no one could see his costume that his mother had made or he couldn't go to a particular house that was too far to go in the dark, or why their halloween was not what they expected? Maybe they didn't get hit by every driver, but a lot of them had 'close calls' because, well, it's dark and they are with a group and they haven't been reminded of what reduced visibility can cause and Mom and Dad can only do so much because they're out of practice, too.

Halloween was supposed to be a fun time for the kids.  The fun was the casualty - not the statistics.  It's not always easy to be a kid - or a grandpa.  Give'em a brake, there's not a lot of fun going on right now.