FACTBOOK ON U.S. PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS

Three sets of accident data files have been analyzed to obtain a greater understanding of the personal, situational, and vehicle-related factors involved in pedestrian accidents. These include all fatal pedestrian accidents contained in the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) for 1975-79, all pedestrian accidents in Michigan, 1976-79, and all pedestrian accidents in Washington state, 1974-78.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored in part by Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States, Inc., Detroit, MI.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Highway Safety Research Institute
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States 

  Motor Vehicles Manufacturers Association

  320 New Center Building
  Detroit, MI  United States  48202
• Authors:
  • Wolfe, A C
  • O'Day, J
• Publication Date: 1981-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 73 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adults; Aged; Alcoholic beverages; Children; Crash analysis; Fatalities; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Traffic crashes; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mortality; Motor vehicle accidents
• Geographic Terms: Michigan; Washington (State)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I81: Accident Statistics; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00337384
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UM-HSRI-81-05
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1981 12:00AM