The research investigated the causes of pedestrian accidents in Arizona to discover why Arizona's pedestrian accident rate is higher than the national average. All pedestrian accidents for 1981, 1982, and 1983 that were computerized in the state accident report system were examined. Accident rates for urban areas were higher than for rural areas. The only identified pattern was that urban accidents and fatalities tend to occur on wide, high speed arterial streets. Causes of approximately 50% of all accidents were failure to yield by motorist or pedestrian and not using a crosswalk. It was concluded that there are no engineering countermeasures that would be useful. Education of the public, particularly children under 14 years of age seems to be the only useful countermeasure. Arizona is heavily urbanized with very little rural population to offset the larger than average rate.


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    Title :

    Pedestrian Accidents in Arizona: An Investigation of Causative Factors and Recommendations for Safety Improvements. Final Report. Volume 1


    Contributors:
    J. S. Matthias (author) / A. Stone (author)

    Publication date :

    1985


    Size :

    68 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English