PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT STUDY

THIS STUDY DEALT WITH 1965-69 PASSENGER CARS INVOLVED IN PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS DURING 1968 AND 1969. STUDY VARIABLES INCLUDED DRIVER AGE AND SEX, VEHICLE WEIGHT, WEATHER AND LIGHT CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT, AND THE ACCIDENT LOCATION (AT OR BETWEEN INTERSECTIONS). THE INCIDENCE OF ACCIDENTS AND THE DEGREE OF ACCIDENT SEVERITY WAS CONSIDERED. THE FINDINGS INDICATED THAT A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS OCCURED IN CLEAR AND DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS AND INVOLVED PEDESTRIANS UNDER 18, DRIVERS AGE 30 TO 54, AND MALES. PEDESTRIANS WERE GENERALLY HIT WHEN CROSSING FROM BEHIND PARKED CARS AND BETWEEN INTERSECTIONS, OR, IF AT INTERSECTIONS, WHERE TRAFFIC CONTROL WAS AVAILABLE AND WHEN CROSSING AGAINST THE LIGHT. FATALITY RATES WERE HIGHEST AT INTERSECTIONS OR WHEN CROSSING FROM BEHIND PARKED CARS, IN NON-DAYLIGHT HOURS, AND DURING PRECIPITATION. FATALITY RATES WERE ALSO HIGHEST FOR AGE 55-90, AND FOR FEMALE PEDESTRIANS. IN FATAL ACCIDENTS THE DRIVERS TEND TO BE MALES, DRUNK DRIVERS, AGE 16-29, AND OTHER DRIVERS LEAVING THE ACCIDENT SCENE. FINDINGS ALSO INDICATED A HIGHER FATALITY RATE FOR PEDESTRIANS PAST AGE 55.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • VSDSS STUDY NO 20
• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Motor Vehicles

  Division of Vehicle Safety Services, Empire State Plaza
  Albany, NY  United States  12228
• Authors:
  • Kuziomko, L
• Publication Date: 1971-8

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Crash severity; Gender; Intersections; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Vehicle characteristics; Weather
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224177
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1973 12:00AM