FIVE STEPS TO A COMMUNITY PEDESTRIAN ALCOHOL PROGRAM

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sponsored a study to devise, develop, and test a set of countermeasures to reduce alcohol-related pedestrian crashes in a city. Baltimore, Maryland was selected as the demonstration site. Local city representatives and a Community Traffic Safety Program participated. For the initial analysis, the police provided three years of crash reports and a physician associated with the Baltimore Shock Trauma Unit agreed to obtain data to describe typical pre-crash events of drinkers. The City of Baltimore established a task force. They chose "Walk Smart Baltimore" as the logo and footprint of a cohesive program that embedded the pedestrian alcohol effort into a larger pedestrian safety program. Countermeasures used were in three main categories: education, enforcement, and engineering. There were large reductions in annual crashes from the baseline time period for total crashes, in-zone crashes, crashes on treated roads, and serious (incapacitating and fatal) crashes. The technical report, "Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Countermeasure Program for Alcohol-Involved Pedestrian Crashes," details the approach, data, countermeasure selection, and evaluation. The appendix contains a booklet, "Five Steps to a Community Pedestrian Alcohol Program," that describes the steps to generate community-wide publicity to maintain interest in the program over time, drawing on Baltimore's program.

• Record URL:
  http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.935ae205e29ac00baff82410dba046a0/?javax.portlet.tpst=0f20ab7a9032b29e6be0955e1891ef9a_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_0f20ab7a9032b29e6be0955e1891ef9a_viewID=detail_view&itemID=5ca78a8e0acbff00VgnVCM1000002c567798RCRD&orderTrafficTechSelect=3D&trafficTechYearSelect=2000&overrideViewName=Report
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2000-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Traffic Tech - Technology Transfer Series
  • Issue Number: 227
  • Publisher: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Community action programs; Countermeasures; Demonstration projects; Education; Law enforcement; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Publicity; Safety programs; Traffic engineering
• Geographic Terms: Baltimore (Maryland)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00798833
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-043 125
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 2000 12:00AM