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Title:

CHARACTERISTICS OF PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS IN SELECTED CITIES OF SAUDI ARABIA

Accession Number:

00641352

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309055547

Abstract:

Pedestrian accidents are a serious safety problem in Saudi Arabia. Statistics indicate that in 1986, 16% of motor vehicle accidents in Saudi Arabia involved pedestrians. A lack of detailed local pedestrian accident data makes it difficult to understand the nature of the problem, so a better understanding of the pedestrian safety problem is sought through the analysis of a pedestrian accident data set gathered specifically for such research. The data needed were collected following special arrangements with the traffic police departments of two large cities, Dammam and Riyadh, and two small cities, Qasim and Qatif. The analysis of the data indicated that although some characteristics of the pedestrian safety problem were common to all four cities, each city also had unique problems. Smaller cities appear, in general, to have a more serious problem than larger cities. The Saudi Arabian pedestrian accident experience is markedly different from the U.S. experience in some respects and almost identical in others.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1405, Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Older Driver Research.Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01403250

Language:

English

Authors:

Al-Senan, Shukri H
Ergun, Gokmen
Al-Khabbaz, Ahmed

Pagination:

p. 49-55

Publication Date:

1993

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1405
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309055547

Features:

Figures (5) ; References (6) ; Tables (7)

Geographic Terms:

Saudi Arabia

Subject Areas:

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 3 1994 12:00AM

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