Analysis of police collision files for pedestrian fatalities in London, 2006-10

Even though the fatality and accident rate have both gone down in recent years in London, it was thought that it would be worth it to examine the current incidence of traffic accident fatalities and accident rates in that city, to try to make further inroads in highway safety and continue to decrease the number of fatal traffic accidents. This study examined about 200 fatal traffic accidents in London, from 2006-2010. It specifically looked at those accidents where the victims were pedestrians. The study investigated primary interventions, which - if in place at the time - might have prevented the accidents; and secondary interventions which might have limited the severity of the accidents. Some factors emerged and were grouped into the following categories: alcohol impaired pedestrians, pedestrians 80 years or older, pedestrians walking in a pedestrian facility, pedestrians crossing a road who were not using a crossing facility, pedestrian-bus collisions, and pedestrians who were hit by speeding vehicles. Contributory factors, injuries, accident victims and perpetrators, and possible countermeasures were also examined. The most common countermeasures identified were considered to be primary countermeasures.

• Record URL:
  http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/pedestrian-fatalities-in-london.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  TRL

  Crowthorne House, Nine Mile Ride
  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom  RG40 3GA

  Transport for London

  1 Butler Place, Floor 2
  London,   United Kingdom  SW1H 0PT
• Authors:
  • Knowles, J
  • Smith, L
  • Cuerden, R
  • Delmonte, E
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 146p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Crash analysis; Crash causes; Crash rates; Crash severity; Fatalities; Highway safety; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes
• Geographic Terms: London (England)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01449078
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TfL2520, Published Project Report PPR620
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 10 2012 9:30AM