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Title:

Modeling the Relationship Between Male and Female Pedestrian Accidents and Land Use Characteristics: Case Study in Newcastle upon Tyne

Accession Number:

01044176

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper describes a study into traffic accidents involving pedestrians of working age in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It seeks to model the relationship between accident location and spatial patterns of land use in the city, distinguishing between males and females, between weekdays and weekends and between working and leisure time. Data from the 2001 Census showed that most pedestrian journeys to work in Newcastle started and ended in the same ward (an administrative area of approximately 10km2). Prompted by this observation, the analysis sought a relationship between the frequency of pedestrian accidents and the proportion of land uses in each ward. Using digital mapping, a geographic information system and standard government land use classification, the proportion of each type of land use in each ward was determined. Accident data were taken from the local traffic accident data unit for the period between 1998 and 2001 for all accidents involving pedestrians of working age (16-64 for men and 16-59 for women). Demographic data were taken from the UK Census 2001. Poisson regression models were developed using the number of pedestrian accidents including both men and women of working age as response variables and census and land use data as explanatory variables. Sensitivity analysis using the models showed that an increase of 1% in the proportion of retail land use in a ward will, on average, lead to an increase of between 24% and 68% in the number of accidents involving pedestrians of working age.

Monograph Accession #:

01042056

Report/Paper Numbers:

07-0873

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Wedagama, Priyantha
Bird, Roger
Dissanayake, Dilum

Pagination:

21p

Publication Date:

2007

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2007-1-21 to 2007-1-25
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

Figures; Maps; References (23) ; Tables (7)

Geographic Terms:

Newcastle upon Tyne (England)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-0873

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2007 5:26PM