PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS: EXPOSURE AND INJURY RISKS IN DIFFERENT TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENTS FOR DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS

GAAENDE AND CYKLISTER: EXPONERING OCH SKADERISKER I OLIKA TRAFIKMILJOEER FOER OLIKA AALDERSGRUPPER

The aim of this investigation has been to describe the exposure and injury risk situation of different age groups of pedestrians and cyclists in different traffic environments. One of the findings has been that the risk run by pedestrians and cyclists of being seriously injured or killed was about 30 percent lower at signal controlled crossings than at non-signal controlled ones, and that the risk was considerably lower on straight sections than at junctions. Compared with other age groups, elderly (65-84) pedestrians and cyclists had a much greater risk of being killed or seriously injured in traffic. This applied primarily in urban areas where two thirds of pedestrians who had been killed were 65 or older. The situation for the elderly was especially problematic when crossing a road or a street. The risk that elderly pedestrians and cyclists will be seriously injured or killed when crossing a street in an urban area was 30 times as high as that for the age group that was at least risk, the 15-44 age group. Generally speaking, the elderly crossed roads/streets less often than the other age groups. Unnecessary crossings were presumably not made at all, or it may be said that crossings were better planned. Elderly pedestrians crossed the street at junctions more often than other groups, presumably because pedestrian crossings were generally sited at these points. The elderly cycled more often than other age groups in mixed traffic, i.e. they used cycle tracks to a lesser extent than the other groups. The same applied to grade separated and signal controlled junctions. (A)

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  Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

  Linköping,   Sweden  SE-581 95
• Authors:
  • THULIN, H
  • KRONBERG, H
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 47p+a p.
• Serial:
  • VTI meddelande
  • Issue Number: 886
  • Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • ISSN: 0347-6049

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Bikeways; Crash rates; Cyclists; Fatalities; Injuries; Intersections; Interviewing; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrians; Traffic surveys
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 1667: Crossing the road; 2722: Cycle track; 1742: Cyclist; 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 9147: Interview; 455: Junction; 1746: Old people; 1733: Pedestrian; 676: Traffic survey
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00822245
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 7 2002 12:00AM