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Title:

Multivariate Analysis on Factors Influencing Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety

Accession Number:

01516212

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Florida has the highest pedestrian fatality rate per 100K population for the last 5 years in the U.S. The rates are almost double the national average, with 2.57 in 2011, 2.58 in 2010, 2.50 in 2009 and 2.64 in 2008 for the last available year data. In response, the Florida Department of Transportation placed significant focus to increase pedestrian safety and decrease fatalities. Among other efforts, a pedestrian educational campaign was launched in order to increase awareness of the pedestrian safety problem and awareness of the traffic laws that involve pedestrians and bicyclists. It was identified that both groups - pedestrians and drivers- are responsible for the crashes, and thus awareness of the problem had to be brought to their attention. Observations of pedestrians and bicyclists on the roads of the six highest fatality counties in Florida were collected. Site characteristics, user behavior and demographics were incorporated into a multinomial logistic regression model to identify which factors influence pedestrian and bicycle behavior. The model showed statistical significant goodness of fit measures. The model shows the correlation between the dependent variable of crossing on a crosswalk during green or red time, vs. not crossing on the crosswalk and site characteristics (intersection size, presence of sidewalks and crosswalks, t-intersection), as well as demographics (age, gender, race, ped/bike) and other behavior (distraction).

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF10 Pedestrians. Alternate title: Multivariate Analysis of Factors Influencing Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety

Monograph Accession #:

01503729

Report/Paper Numbers:

14-5341

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Gawade, Makarand Jagdish
Kourtellis, Achilleas
Lin, Pei-Sung

Pagination:

16p

Publication Date:

2014

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Bicycle safety

Geographic Terms:

Florida

Subject Areas:

Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-5341

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 27 2014 3:52PM