Characterization of the sites of traffic accidents involving vulnerable road users (VRU) in São Paulo City

In this paper is discussed the spatial characteristics of the sites with the highest density in terms of number of accidents involving vulnerable road users (VRU - pedestrians, cyclists and motorcycle riders), and their relationship with socioeconomic aspects and the attributes of the transportation system. The database consists of the description of the road traffic accidents involving VRU during the time span 2007 - 2009 in São Paulo City, Brazil. Also, data from an Origin/Destination Home-interview Survey held in 2007 is used in order to analyse the transportation system, mainly in the areas where the amount of accidents is high. It is performed a density analysis (Kernel estimator) by using traffic accidents data, identifying the areas (traffic zones in São Paulo) where the number of traffic accidents involving VRU is higher, and to establish a relationship between VRU traffic accidents and the characteristics of the transportation system. Besides, the socioeconomic aspects of the traffic zones are taken into account in order to characterize the sites with the highest occurrences of accidents.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)

  14-20 bd Newton, Cité Descartes, Champs su Marne
  77447 Marne la Vallée,   France  Cedex 2
• Authors:
  • Soares Machado, C A
  • Giannotti, M A
  • Shinohara, E J
  • Nishisaki, H
  • Quintanilha, J A
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena (TRA) 5th Conference: Transport Solutions from Research to Deployment
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2014-4-14 to 2014-4-17
• Publication Date: 2014-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2014 Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Cyclists; Motorcyclists; Pedestrians; Socioeconomic factors; Urban areas; Vulnerable road users
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users)
• Geographic Terms: Sao Paulo (Brazil)
• ATRI Terms: Crash analysis; Cyclist; Motorcyclist; Pedestrian; Socioeconomic factors; Urban area; Vulnerable road user
• Subject Areas: Economics; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01534659
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: VTI, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 14 2014 10:17AM