We are taught that pedestrians should cross the street at a corner and that jaywalking, in the sense of crossing other than at a corner, is dangerous and illegal  It also seems true that drivers anticipate people crossing at corners more than drivers anticipate people crossing elsewhere  Thus we might infer that crossing at a corner is safer than jaywalking
Nevertheless, statistics show that more pedestrians die crossing at corners than while jaywalking
Good drivers anticipate jaywalkers as much as they anticipate pedestrians crossing at corners.