A 75-year-old pedestrian struck by a vehicle last week has died from his injuries, Toronto police say.

The victim was hit as he was crossing Dufferin St., south of Eglinton Ave. W., by a 27-year-old man driving an Infiniti at about 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 16, police say.

He sustained life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital shortly after. He died in hospital on Tuesday, police said. Police haven’t released the victim’s identity.

Police are asking anyone with dash camera footage of the incident to contact investigators.

Including this latest death, six pedestrians have been killed on Toronto streets in 2019, a rate of more than one every four days.

On Jan. 7, a 60-year-old man was hit while operating a mobility scooter on Close Ave., south of Queen St. W. He died in hospital the next day.

On Jan. 8, a 69-year-old woman was hit while walking across O’Connor Dr., north of St. Clair Ave. E. She died in hospital on Jan. 16.

On Jan. 15, Hang Vo, 58, was hit and killed by a garbage truck in a laneway steps north of St. Andrew subway station. A building manager who works in the area told the Star that Vo, who was homeless, regularly slept in the area.

On Jan. 16, a 40-year-old man was hit and killed by a dump truck while crossing Lawrence Ave. W. at a marked North York intersection.

On Jan. 17, a man in his 60s was killed in a hit-and-run collision near the intersection of Bathurst St. and Bloor St. W. Police said reports indicate the man was hit by a garbage truck.

According to statistics compiled by the Star using police and media reports, five cyclists and 42 pedestrians were killed on Toronto streets in 2018. That total is higher than any single year in a police database that goes back to 2007.

It’s unclear if that number was an all-time record, as the Star does not have independent data on pedestrian and cyclist deaths before that year.

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Thirteen motorists and 10 motorcyclists were also killed on Toronto streets in 2018, according to Star data.

Mayor John Tory late last year said he remains committed to Vision Zero, the city’s plan to eliminate traffic deaths. He had received criticism for earlier saying the plan is “not working” in a year-end interview with the CBC.