A LITERATURE REVIEW AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

A REVIEW OF LITERATURE DEALING WITH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY YIELDS TWO BASIC TYPES OF INFORMATION: STATISTICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ACCIDENT VICTIMS AND THEORIES COVERING HUMAN FACTORS IN THE CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS; AND VARIOUS METHODS OF ACCIDENT PREVENTION, FROM THE POINTS OF VIEW OF SAFETY EDUCATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING. THE ARTICLES READ, PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1941 AND 1968, ARE MAINLY FROM PERIODICALS AND TECHNICAL JOURNALS. THE STATISTICAL ANALYSES OF ACCIDENT VICTIMS CONCENTRATE ON THREE MAIN 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 ARE DESCRIBED, AS WELL AS TOWN SAFETY CAMPAIGNS, TOWN ENGINEERING PLANS, AND INTERSECTION CONTROL. FIXING THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCIDENTS IS DISCUSSED. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No HsrI-HUF-3, 61 PP, 156 REF
• 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

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bibliographies; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Reviews; Safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian protection
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223700
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 20 1972 12:00AM