Risk Factors for Fatal Pedestrian Crashes on National Highways in India

In India, total numbers of persons killed in road crashes were 139,671 during 2014. Major share of fatal crashes (34% of total fatal crashes) are on National Highways in 2014. Considering high share of fatal pedestrian crashes, and importance of NHs in overall road network in India, which cater to 40% vehicular traffic, there is an urgent need to investigate factors contributing to fatal pedestrian crashes on NHs. In this study, an attempt is made to establish relationship between fatal pedestrian crashes and probable contributory factors on three NHs having varying lanes using binary logistic regression, based on fatal crash data for 2009 to 2013. The study results showed that fatal crash per kilometer per year is four times higher on six-lane NH as compared to two-lane NH. The model results also revealed that likelihood of fatal pedestrian crash are two times higher on four-lane NH and approximately one and half times higher on six-lane NH than two-lane NH. The probability of fatal pedestrian crash is twice with striking vehicle as “unknown” than “truck”. Therefore, pedestrian facilities combined with speed calming at pedestrian crash prone location(s) on undivided as well as divided highways are to be incorporated in design for two-lane highways, and when two-lane highways are upgraded to four-lane and six-lane highways.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF10 Standing Committee on Pedestrians.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Naqvi, Hasan Mehdi
  • Tiwari, Geetam
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
• Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: TRB 95th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fatalities; Highway traffic; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle interface; Risk assessment
• Geographic Terms: India
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01588683
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 16-4612
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 29 2016 9:25AM