ASPECTS OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

EFFECTS OF VARIOUS FACTORS ON PEDESTRIAN CASUALTIES ARE DISCUSSED. PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ARE SHOWN, INCLUDING TRENDS IN ACCIDENT RATES, ACCIDENT RATES FOR DIFFERENT CLASSES OF VEHICLES, AND THE EFFECT OF AGE ON PEDESTRIAN CASUALTIES. MEASURES TO REDUCE PEDESTRIAN CASUALTIES ARE NOTED, SUCH AS SEGREGATING PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC FROM MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND PROVIDING SAFE CROSSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS. THE ECONOMIC COST OF PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS AND DELAY IS SHOWN IN TERMS OF TIME LOSSES IMPOSED BY PEDESTRIANS ON VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND THE COST OF PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS AND DELAY COMPARED WITH THAT OF VEHICLE DELAY. THE EFFECT OF DARKNESS AND WEATHER WITH THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES ON DARK WET NIGHTS, THE EFFECTS OF POLICE PRESENCE ON DRIVER AND PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF ACCIDENTS ARE ALSO EXAMINED. /HSL/

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 2, No 3, PP 1-25, 15 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  London School of Economics and Political Science

  Houghton Street, Aldwych
  London WC2A 2AE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Smeed, R J
• Publication Date: 1968-9

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
  • Publisher: University of Bath
  • ISSN: 0022-5258
  • Serial URL: http://www.jtep.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Costs; Crash rates; Fatalities; Highway traffic; Moisture content; Night; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Police; Safety; Trend (Statistics); Vehicles; Weather
• Uncontrolled Terms: Wet conditions
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular traffic
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223648
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1971 12:00AM