Mapping patterns of pedestrian fatal accidents in Israel

This study intends to provide insight into pedestrian accidents by uncovering their patterns in order to design preventive measures and to allocate resources for identified problems. Kohonen neural networks are applied to a database of pedestrian fatal accidents occurred during the four-year period between 2003 and 2006. Results show the existence of five pedestrian accident patterns: (i) elderly pedestrians crossing on crosswalks mostly far from intersections in metropolitan areas; (ii) pedestrians crossing suddenly or from hidden places and colliding with two-wheel vehicles on urban road sections; (iii) male pedestrians crossing at night and being hit by four-wheel vehicles on rural road sections; (iv) young male pedestrians crossing at night wide road sections in both urban and rural areas; (v) children and teenagers crossing road sections in small rural communities. From the perspective of preventive measures, results suggest the necessity of designing education and information campaigns for road users as well as allocating resources for infrastructural interventions and law enforcement in order to address the identified major problems.

• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457510003994
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier
• Authors:
  • Prato, Carlo Giacomo
  • Gitelman, Victoria
  • Bekhor, Shlomo
• Publication Date: 2012-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 56-62
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cluster analysis; Crash characteristics; Fatalities; Neural networks; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians
• Geographic Terms: Israel
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01359784
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 29 2011 12:51PM