PEDESTRIAN RELATED BUS INCIDENTS: THE RESULTS OF RECENT RESEARCH

This paper examined the circumstances around bus accidents involving pedestrians and evaluated the possibility of using Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) technologies to reduce or eliminate pedestrian accidents. It is also intended to stimulate further discussion on human factors impacts with the use of IVI technologies to avoid pedestrian accidents. The study conclusions were drawn from four separate and distinct sources: the General Estimates System (GES), an anonymous transit property, and two studies conducted by the Carnegie Mellon University using Port Authority of Allegheny County Transit (Pittsburgh) data and Washington State accident data. Also presented are some general conclusions regarding the nature and cause of bus related pedestrian accidents, and whether the use of IVI technologies would have a significant impact on accident reduction.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Full conference proceedings available on CD-ROM.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Burke, L
• Conference:
  • Technical Information on Transit IVI Projects
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Date: 2002-10-28 to 2002-10-29
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 13p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus crashes; Crash data; Crash rates; Intelligent vehicles; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Technology assessment; Transit buses
• Identifier Terms: Intelligent Vehicle Initiative
• Geographic Terms: Allegheny County (Pennsylvania); Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00936279
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2003 12:00AM