IN PEDESTRIAN CRASHES, IT'S VEHICLE SPEED THAT MATTERS THE MOST

A recently prepared report on pedestrian injuries provides these two main findings: 1) regardless of age, pedestrians involved in crashes are more likely to be killed as vehicle speeds increase; and 2) in crashes at any speed, older pedestrians are more likely to die than younger ones. Additional findings show that while lowering speed limits can help, effective enforcement is more critical.

• Record URL:
  http://www.highwaysafety.org/sr/pdfs/sr3505.pdf
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

  1005 North Glebe Road
  Arlington, VA  United States  22201
• Publication Date: 2000-5-13

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Status Report
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
  • ISSN: 0018-988X
  • Serial URL: https://www.iihs.org/status-report/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age groups; Law enforcement; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Speed control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00794359
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 25 2000 12:00AM