Contemporary community design practice has focused on strategies intended to make communities safe for families with children. Comparatively little attention has been given to its effects on older adults. This study employs a series of negative binomial regression models to understand how urban form may affect the incidence of total and killed-or-severely-injured (KSI) crashes involving older drivers and pedestrians. Intersections, strip commercial uses, big-box stores, and arterial thoroughfares pose crash hazards for older motorists, while big-box stores and arterials are problematic for older pedestrians. A network of lower-speed streets was found to be associated with reductions in crashes involving older motorists and pedestrians.


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    Title :

    Community Design and the Incidence of Crashes Involving Pedestrians and Motorists Aged 75 and Older


    Contributors:
    E. Dumbaugh (author) / Y. Zhang (author) / W. Li (author)

    Publication date :

    2012


    Size :

    28 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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