Review of Pedestrian Safety Research in the United States

Wiechel, John F.; Guenther, Dennis A.

doi:10.4271/890757

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“…Proposed solutions align with global evidence-based practices including traffic calming [60,67], improved road designs [40,68], warning signs about hazards [69], roadside and central barrier systems [70,71], and the separation of road users such as pedestrians [72][73][74], cyclists [75][76][77], and motorcycle occupants [78,79]. The socioeconomic environment solutions addressed prehospital care, crucial for minimizing crash-related harm [80].…”

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“We are pleading for the government to do more”: Road user perspectives on the magnitude, contributing factors, and potential solutions to road traffic injuries and deaths in Ghana

Mesic,

Stewart,

Opoku

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Road traffic collisions disproportionately impact Ghana and other low- and middle-income countries. This study explored road user perspectives regarding the magnitude, contributing factors, and potential solutions to road traffic collisions, injuries, and deaths. We designed a qualitative study of 24 in-depth interviews with 14 vulnerable road users (pedestrians, occupants of powered 2- and 3-wheelers, cyclists) and ten non-vulnerable road users in four high-risk areas in November 2022. We used a mixed deductive (direct content analysis) and inductive (interpretive phenomenological analysis) approach. In the direct content analysis, a priori categories based on Haddon’s Matrix covered human, vehicle, socioeconomic environment, and physical environment factors influencing road traffic collisions, along with corresponding solutions. We used inductive analysis to identify emerging themes. Participants described frequent and distressing experiences with collisions, and most often reported contributing factors, implementation gaps, and potential solutions within the human (road user) level domain of Haddon’s Matrix. Implementation challenges included sporadic enforcement, reliance on road users’ adherence to safety laws, and the low quality of the existing infrastructure. Participants expressed that they felt neglected and ignored by road safety decision-makers. This research emphasizes the need for community input for successful road safety policies in Ghana and other low- and middle-income countries, calling for greater governmental support an action to address this public health crisis. We recommend the government collaborates with communities to adapt existing interventions including speed calming, footbridges, and police enforcement, and introduces new measures that meet local needs.

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“We are pleading for the government to do more”: Road user perspectives on the magnitude, contributing factors, and potential solutions to road traffic injuries and deaths in Ghana

Mesic,

Stewart,

Opoku

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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“…They used the traffic accident analysis system data and collected Google Street View images of elderly and child pedestrian crash. Additionally, there are numerous studies have frequently been conducted [12][13][14][15][16][17]. Additionally, for pedestrian road evaluation, numerous studies have investigated the method of estimating the level of service (LOS) [18][19][20][21].…”

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Priority-Setting Methodology of Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses for Pedestrian Road Construction: Case Study of a National Highway in South Korea

Jeon

2022

Sustainability

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This study aimed to propose a priority-setting methodology for the construction of pedestrian roads using a set of evaluation methods distinguished from the conventional system using social overhead capital(SOC) evaluation with a focus on economic analysis. Four evaluation indicators were selected in this study: pedestrian fatality risk, surrounding infrastructure, potential pedestrian demand, and manager’s opinion, with a total of 12 attributes across the indicators. Each attribute was designed to allow a quantitative or qualitative evaluation and had a method of estimating and scoring each attribute for set criteria. Regarding the weighting of evaluation indicators, the Analytic Hierarchy Process was applied as the most widely used method in multi-criteria decision making. The highest weightage was placed on pedestrian fatality risk and surrounding infrastructure among the evaluation indicators and traffic accidents of pedestrian fatality risk among the attributes. To determine the practical application of the proposed methodology, a single-site evaluation was conducted, followed by 385 sites in a similar manner for priority setting. The methodology of priority setting for pedestrian roads proposed in this study can be applied to the priority setting for pedestrian roads, smaller-scale SOC projects including bicycle roads.

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Crossing Locations, Light Conditions, and Pedestrian Injury Severity

Siddiqui¹,

Chu²,

Guttenplan

2006

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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I feel extremely happy to express my deep sense of gratitude and sincere thanks to my advisor Dr. Ram Pendyala for his guidance throughout the course of my graduate studies. It is my privilege to extend thanks to Dr. Xuehao Chu who, acted as my guide during my stay here at the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) and gave me an opportunity to work on some wonderful research projects; one of which is presented here as my thesis. His keen interest in my research work, generous supervision, and free hand at work could only foster the development of this study. I would also like to thank Dr. Steve Polzin for providing valuable insights into the study. I am also grateful to the CUTR family specially my office mates for providing me an excellent work environment. Constant support from my friends and room mates is also worth a mention here. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for providing funding for this study and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FDHSMV) for providing the crash database used for the study. At last but by no means least, I would like to express my gratitude towards my parents and family back in India for their constant moral support throughout my stay here in the United States. i TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES.

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Review of Pedestrian Safety Research in the United States

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

“We are pleading for the government to do more”: Road user perspectives on the magnitude, contributing factors, and potential solutions to road traffic injuries and deaths in Ghana

“We are pleading for the government to do more”: Road user perspectives on the magnitude, contributing factors, and potential solutions to road traffic injuries and deaths in Ghana

Priority-Setting Methodology of Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses for Pedestrian Road Construction: Case Study of a National Highway in South Korea

Crossing Locations, Light Conditions, and Pedestrian Injury Severity

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