LITERATURE REVIEW AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

THE STATISTICAL ANALYSES OF ACCIDENT VICTIMS CONCENTRATE ON THREE GROUPS--YOUNG (SCHOOL) CHILDREN, ELDERLY ADULTS, AND MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. PROBABLE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO ACCIDENTS IN THESE GROUPS ARE DISCUSSED. ARTICLES ON THE PEDESTRIAN HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH NIGHT AND WINTER DRIVING AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. DEVICES FOR ACCIDENT PREVENTION APPLICABLE TO SPECIFIC GROUPS OF PEDESTRIANS ARE DESCRIBED, AS ARE MORE GENERAL METHODS, SUCH AS TOWN SAFETY CAMPAIGNS, TOWN ENGINEERING PLANS, AND INTERSECTION CONTROL. THE QUESTION OF WHERE TO PLACE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCIDENTS COMES UP CONSTANTLY AND IS DISCUSSED FROM VARIOUS POINTS OF VIEW. THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE FINDINGS OF THIS RESEARCH. THERE IS ALSO A NEED FOR RESEARCH LEADING TO A TOTAL CITY PLAN INSTEAD OF "PATCHWORK READJUSTMENT." SUCH A PLAN WOULD CONSIDER THE INTERESTS OF BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE PEDESTRIAN FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT ASPECTS, AS THOSE OF SAFETY, PRACTICALITY, AND AESTHETICS. /SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept Huf-3, 57 PP, REFS
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Authors:
  • SHAPIRO, L
  • Mortimer, R G
• Publication Date: 1969-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Bibliographies; City planning; Crashes; Pedestrian safety; Statistical analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian protection
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223457
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 16 1971 12:00AM