Living to Tell the Tale

Nationally, 725 bicyclists and 4,641 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes in 2004, accounting for more than 12% of all traffic fatalities in the United States. An additional 68,000 pedestrians and 41,000 bicyclists were reported injured as a result of traffic crashes involving motor vehicles. Reducing the number of traffic crashes that involve pedestrians and bicyclists requires knowledge of the actions that lead up to the incidents. Traditionally, data contained in electronic crash files at State departments of transportation provides facts about where and when crashes occurred and who was involved. However, the files often do not include an adequate level of detail about the sequence of events that led up to the crashes, and that information is needed before practitioners can select appropriate safety countermeasures. A new version of software product and the subject of this article is the Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool (PBCAT) 2.0 and is designed to help State and local pedestrian and bicycle coordinators, planners, transportation engineers, highway safety researchers, and health and safety officials develop and analyze databases that contain the information they need to select countermeasures. It is hoped that PBCAT 2.0 will fill the aforementioned gap and improve walking and biking safety.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/06jul/04.cfm
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1586080
• Authors:
  • Do, Ann Hong
  • Harkey, David L
• Publication Date: 2006-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 28-33
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 70
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle crashes; Bicycling; Crashes; Fatalities; Injuries; Injury causes; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Software packages; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bicycle safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01041295
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 2007 1:28PM