ADELAIDE IN-DEPTH ACCIDENT STUDY 1975-1979. PART 2: PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS

This study was sponsored by the Office of Road Safety, Commonwealth Department of Transport and the Australian Road Research Board. This report contains descriptions of the causes and consequences of the pedestrian accidents contained in a representative sample of road traffic accidents to which an ambulance was called in metropolitan Adelaide. Reviews of the relevant characteristics of the pedestrians and drivers, the vehicles, and the road and traffic environment are also included. All but one of these 40 accidents occurred on busy roads. Some measures designed to increase the rate of flow of vehicular traffic are detrimental to the safety of the pedestrian, to the extent that some urban arterial roads are very hazardous for some pedestrians, particularly children and the elderly. The pedestrian was more likely to have been careless, or to have made a mistake, than was the driver, but alcohol intoxication was less apparent as a causal factor in these pedestrian accidents than in other types of accidents covered by this survey. The injuries sustained by the pedestrians were much more likely to be dangerous to life than were the injuries sustained by other road users involved in other types of accident. The front of the striking car, including the upper surface of the bonnet, accounted for more than half of the injuries. A number of possible countermeasures and topics worthy of further investigation are listed at the end of the report (a). (TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Office of Road Safety, Department of Transport and Australian Road Research Board. Part 1 is HS-028 696, Parts 4 and 5 are HS-028 698.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Adelaide

  North Terrace
  Adelaide, South Australia  Australia  5005
• Authors:
  • McLean, A J
  • Brewer, N D
  • Sandow, B L
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 61 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Arterial highways; Children; Countermeasures; Crash causes; Crash severity; Crashes; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Emergency vehicles; Injuries; Injury severity; Intoxication; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Reviews; Statistical sampling; Traffic flow; Traffic safety; Urban areas; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 8006: Australia; 9003: Cause; 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 1261: Emergency vehicle; 1733: Pedestrian; 6553: Sample (stat); 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 671: Traffic flow; 313: Urban area; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314690
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0 908204 01 9
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph, HS-028 697
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 19 1984 12:00AM