A LITERATURE REVIEW AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE DEALING WITH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY YIELDS TWO BASIC TYPES OF INFORMATION: (1) STATISTICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ACCIDENT VICTIMS AND THEORIES COVERING HUMAN FACTORS IN THE CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS, AND (2) VARIOUS METHODS OF ACCIDENT PREVENTION, FROM THE POINTS OF VIEW OF SAFETY, EDUCATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING. THE STATISTICAL ANALYSES OF ACCIDENT VICTIMS CONCENTRATE ON THREE MAIN GROUPS: YOUNG (SCHOOL) CHILDREN, ELDERLY ADULTS, AND MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. PROBABLE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO ACCIDENTS IN THESE GROUPS ARE DISCUSSED. ARTICLES ON THE PEDESTRIAN HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH NIGHT AND WINTER DRIVING AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. MORE PRACTICAL APPLICATION IS NEEDED OF THE CONCLUSIONS OF RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN AREAS OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. MORE RESEARCH OF A COMPREHENSIVE NATURE MUST BE DONE WHICH LEADS TO TOTAL CITY PLANS INSTEAD OF PATCH WORK READJUSTMENTS. A TOTAL CITY PLAN WOULD CONSIDER THE INTERESTS OF BOTH DRIVER AND THE PEDESTRIAN FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT ASPECTS, AS THOSE OF SAFETY, PRACTICALITY, AND AESTHETICS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report Huf-3, 57, PP, 1 FIG, 157 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Authors:
  • SHAPIRO, L
  • Mortimer, R G
• Publication Date: 1969-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Adults; Alcoholism; Bibliographies; Crash causes; Highway planning; Highway safety; Human factors; Pedestrians; Prevention; Reviews; Safety; Schools; Statistical analysis; Traffic; Traffic crashes; Traffic engineering; Traffic law enforcement
• Old TRIS Terms: Minors; Traffic planning
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Education and Training; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223244
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 27 1970 12:00AM