This thing about pedestrians often being at fault wants
clarification surely?

The situation is spelt out quite clearly in the highway code.

Just try crossing a road at a junction to see how many drivers actually
respect the highway code and how many think 'I'm in a car so I can barge
pedestrians out of the way'.

Until the highway code is re-written I will stand by my claim that at least
70% of drivers have distorted views of when it's "OK" to run a pedestrian
over.