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Using a comprehensive database of police-reported accidents in Hawaii, we describe the nature of pedestrian accidents over the period 2002-2005. Approximately 36% of the accidents occur in residential areas, while another 34% occur in business areas. Only 41.7% of the pedestrian accidents occur at intersections. More pedestrian crashes occur at non-intersection locations – including midblock locations, driveways, parking lots, and other off roadway locations. Approximately 38.2% of the crashes occur at crosswalk locations, while proportionately more (61.8%) of the pedestrian accidents occur at non-crosswalk locations. Using this database the human, temporal, roadway, and environmental factors associated with being “at fault” for both pedestrians and drivers are also examined. Using techniques of logistic regression, several different explanatory models are constructed, to identify the factors associated with crashes producing fatalities and serious injuries. Finally, two pedestrian models (drunk males and young boys) and one driver model (male commuters) are developed to provide further understanding of pedestrian accident causation.

01084478

08-2258

English

15p

2008

Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting

DVD

References (18) ; Tables (7)

Age groups; Alcohol use; Automobile drivers; Business districts; Crashes; Crosswalks; Gender; Highway safety; Intersections; Logistic regression analysis; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrian vehicle interface; Residential areas; Time of crashes; Traffic crashes

Hawaii

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2008 Paper #08-2258

TRIS, TRB

Jan 29 2008 4:36PM