Yet you can go many so many places where that is not the case. It also takes people to build and designate them
If by them you mean roads, then yea, that's the point.
You can do a lot without designated and built roads, as buring man up to that point obviously demonstrated. If it wasn't constantly growing, they probably could have gone several years without another death
Also drive on beaches would be a good example.
In Finland there are specific signposted pedestrian zones, where cars may enter but must not exceed 20kmh and must give priority to pedestrians (as must cyclists). They are typically the areas surrounding apartment building entranceways.