Pedestrian falls: A review of the literature and future research directions

Schepers, Paul; Brinker, Berry den; Methorst, Rob; Helbich, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2017.06.020

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“…Osama and Sayed (42) showed that the continuity of sidewalks and their appropriate slope had a positive relationship with less accident's occurrence. Factors like uneven surfaces, crowded intersections and stairs, and slippery surfaces, as the environmental issues commonly reported by participants in our study, play important roles in the rate of pedestrian falls (43). According to our ndings, the mismatch of facilities with older pedestrians and disabled individuals was another barrier of pedestrian safety.…”

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What are the challenges of pedestrian safety from the viewpoints of traffic and transport stakeholders? A qualitative Study

Haghighi¹,

Aghdam²,

Sadeghi‐Bazargani³

et al. 2020

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Background Pedestrians are among the most vulnerable groups in traffic accidents. Our aim in this study was to explore the challenges associated to pedestrian safety from the perspective of traffic and transport stakeholders. Methods In 2018, applying a qualitative approach, twenty-four traffic and transport stakeholders were invited to participate in semi-structured individual interviews in Tabriz, Iran. To analyze data, conventional content analysis approach was used. MAXQDA software version 11 was applied to manage data analysis process. Findings: Participants reported a wide range of challenges which were grouped into six categories: "Challenges related to pedestrians", "Challenges related to drivers", "Management system challenges", "Environmental infrastructure challenges", "Educational and media challenges", and "Challenges of legislation and enforcement". Conclusion We identified pedestrian safety as a challenging urban traffic and transport issue with specific complexities, particularly in the management system. With a holistic approach to the challenges, as discussed inside, all reported obstacles seem to be overshadowed by one core challenge, namely the lack of a traffic management system with health-oriented approach and enough authority. Using evidence while policy-making and intervention planning, as well as media support is recommended.

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What are the challenges of pedestrian safety from the viewpoints of traffic and transport stakeholders? A qualitative Study

Haghighi¹,

Aghdam²,

Sadeghi‐Bazargani³

et al. 2020

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“…In 2014, there were about 13.7 fatalities attributed to falls per 100 000 Canadians, as compared with 5.1 fatalities resulting from motor vehicle collisions (Parachute 2015;Transport Canada 2016). This difference suggests an answer to the question posed in the paper title and, more generally, supports calls to examine pedestrian falls that occur outdoors as an important complement to transportation safety and mobility studies focused on motor vehicle collisions (Elvik and Bjørnskau 2019;Methorst et al 2017;Schepers et al 2017).…”

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“…More generally, it calls for an integrated look at transportation safety that extends beyond motorized vehicle-pedestrian interactions that comprise much of the literature. Toward this end, combining MVC and fall injury data into an aggregate analysis allowed the authors to provide a more complete picture of mobility-related injury risk during winter storms (59% increase in injuries) thereby addressing a need raised by the transportation safety research community (e.g., Methorst et al 2017;Schepers et al 2017). While this study adds further evidence demonstrating that winter storms lead to increased risk of injury, both from falls and motor vehicle collisions, it also uncovered features that suggest these risks are variable and dynamic.…”

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“…Studies have generally focused on one or more combinations of vulnerable populations (most often elderly cohorts), higher-risk occupations (e.g., mining, disaster response and recovery), and particular types of injuries (e.g., hip or wrist fractures). Most research has been completed in Europe and North America using a range of qualitative (e.g., focus groups; Nyman et al 2013) and quantitative methods [see Schepers et al (2017) for a thorough review]. Quantitative studies have relied on self-reports and/or a variety of medical records (e.g., hospital admissions, emergency room visitations, other healthcare service use, insurance claim information) to develop descriptive statistical accounts, conduct retrospective analyses, or to establish prospective study samples.…”

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Winter Storms and Fall-Related Injuries: Is It Safer to Walk than to Drive?

Mills

Andrey

Doherty

et al. 2020

Weather, Climate, and Society

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Emergency department visitation data were analyzed using a matched-pair, retrospective cohort method to estimate the effects of winter storms on fall-related injury risks for a midsized urban community in Ontario, Canada. Using a unique definition and classification of winter storm events and dry-weather control periods, relative risks of injury were estimated for total falls and two subcategories (same-level falls involving ice and snow; all other falls) across two storm event types (snowfall only; mixed precipitation). Winter storms were associated with 38% and 102% increases in the mean incidence of same-level falls involving ice and snow during snow events and freezing-rain events, respectively. The incidence of other types of falls was slightly but significantly less during snow events relative to dry-weather control periods. Findings suggest that walking is not safer than driving during winter storms, as same-level falls involving ice and snow accounted for 64% more of the injury burden than motor vehicle collisions. Significant reductions in mean relative risk estimates for fall-related injuries were apparent over the 2009-17 study period indicating possible long-term shifts in exposure, sensitivity, and/or risk-mitigating decisions, actions, and behavior. Consistent and significant effects of government-issued weather warning communications on risk outcomes were not found. Practitioners engaged in developing injury prevention strategies and related public risk messaging, in particular winter weather warnings and advisories, should place additional emphasis on falls and multimodal injury risks in communications related to winter storm hazards.

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“…The accumulated amounts of precipitation and resulting ice coatings in freezing rain events are generally modest, and they mostly impact only traffic due to reduced friction (Schepers et al, ). However, larger loads of accreted ice also occasionally occur, and these events cause substantial damage to trees and power grids (Call, ; Nagel et al, ) and pose a threat to other critical infrastructure (Helander, ).…”

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Estimates of Present‐Day and Future Climatologies of Freezing Rain in Europe Based on CORDEX Regional Climate Models

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The effects of climate change on freezing rain in Europe under medium (RCP4.5) and strong (RCP8.5) future emission scenarios were assessed using seven regional climate model simulations conducted within the World Climate Research Project's COordinated Regional climate Downscaling Experiment over the European Domain (EURO-CORDEX). A precipitation-typing algorithm was applied to modeled three-dimensional subdaily time series of key meteorological variables to estimate the occurrence and amounts of freezing rain above selected intensity thresholds. The annual probabilities of freezing rain during the baseline and future (2071-2100) periods were calculated. The models agree that under the RCP8.5 scenario, the frequencies of freezing rain decrease in western, central, and southeastern Europe by 20-55% and increase in the northern and northeastern parts of the continent by 0-50% toward the end of the century. In the northern regions, the peaks in spring and fall with freezing rain amounts during the baseline period tend to merge to a single peak in winter during the future period. Under the RCP4.5 scenario, the changes are qualitatively similar but smaller. Key Points: • Freezing rain increases in northern Europe and decreases in central Europe toward the future • Location-dependent climate change signals in seasonality of freezing rain were found • Modeled vertical temperature profiles are likely to explain model-based differences in results Correspondence to: M. Kämäräinen, matti.kamarainen@fmi.fi Citation: Kämäräinen, M., Hyvärinen, O., Vajda, A., Nikulin, G., van Meijgaard, E., Teichmann, C. , et al. (2018). Estimates of present-day and future climatologies of freezing rain in europe based on CORDEX regional climate models.

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Pedestrian falls: A review of the literature and future research directions

Cited by 62 publications

References 65 publications

What are the challenges of pedestrian safety from the viewpoints of traffic and transport stakeholders? A qualitative Study

What are the challenges of pedestrian safety from the viewpoints of traffic and transport stakeholders? A qualitative Study

Winter Storms and Fall-Related Injuries: Is It Safer to Walk than to Drive?

Estimates of Present‐Day and Future Climatologies of Freezing Rain in Europe Based on CORDEX Regional Climate Models

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