ACCIDENT TYPE DESIGNATIONS AND LAND USE DATA IN PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT ANALYSIS (ABRIDGMENT)

An improved perception of the characteristics of pedestrian accidents is demonstrated through the application of accident type designations. Four accident types accounted for over 75 percent of the accident history: midblock cross, intersection cross, midblock dartout, and intersection dash. The young (ages 1 through 9) were overrepresented in the midblock dartout history, and the elderly (60 and over) were overrepresented in the intersection cross history. Specific accident types were also found to occur more often adjacent to residential and commercial-or-financial land uses. Two thousand pedestrian accidents would be required to generate statistical reliability for the more obscure accident types. The application of accident type analysis at specific sites appears limited to locations with either a large number of accidents or accidents confined to only a few types.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1168, Driver Performance, Pedestrian Planning, and Bicycle Facilities. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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• Authors:
  • Witkowski, J M
  • Witkowski, James M
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 45-48
• Monograph Title: DRIVER PERFORMANCE, PEDESTRIAN PLANNING, AND BICYCLE FACILITIES
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1168
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Children; Crash types; Land use; Pedestrian vehicle crashes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00483806
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0-309-04704-8
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 31 1989 12:00AM