About pedestrian safety in Europe

Yannis, G; Papadimitriou, E; Evgenikos, P

dc.contributor.author	Yannis, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Papadimitriou, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Evgenikos, P	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T11:46:27Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T11:46:27Z
dc.date.issued	2011	en
dc.identifier.issn	18245463	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/37923
dc.subject	Europe	en
dc.subject	Pedestrians	en
dc.subject	Risk factors	en
dc.subject	Road safety	en
dc.subject.other	Accident risks	en
dc.subject.other	EU countries	en
dc.subject.other	Europe	en
dc.subject.other	European Countries	en
dc.subject.other	Fatality rates	en
dc.subject.other	International experiences	en
dc.subject.other	Lighting conditions	en
dc.subject.other	New Member States	en
dc.subject.other	Pedestrians	en
dc.subject.other	Risk exposure	en
dc.subject.other	Risk factors	en
dc.subject.other	Road safety	en
dc.subject.other	Road safety measure	en
dc.subject.other	Seasonality	en
dc.subject.other	Specific areas	en
dc.subject.other	Urban areas	en
dc.subject.other	Risk management	en
dc.subject.other	Risk perception	en
dc.subject.other	Roads and streets	en
dc.subject.other	Safety factor	en
dc.subject.other	Pedestrian safety	en
dc.title	About pedestrian safety in Europe	en
heal.type	other	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.4399/97888548415121	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.4399/97888548415121	en
heal.publicationDate	2011	en
heal.abstract	The objective of this research is to create an overall picture of pedestrians' road safety in European countries, to identify factors associated with increased pedestrian fatality risk, and to propose countermeasures for the improvement of pedestrians road safety in Europe. In particular, data on pedestrians' fatalities for the period 1997-2006 from 19 EU countries, extracted from the EU CARE database, are associated with basic road safety factors like pedestrian's age and gender (with particular focus on children and the elderly), lighting conditions, area type (inside / outside urban area) as well as seasonality. Both overall trends and countries comparisons are examined, whereas pedestrians' accident risk rates (fatalities per population) are also estimated. The results suggest that, although pedestrian fatalities in Europe present a decreasing trend, pedestrian fatality rates are still increased in Southern European countries, as well as in the new Member States. Moreover, pedestrian fatalities are increased inside urban areas, at night-time and during the winter, whereas children and the elderly remain the most vulnerable groups. These results are further discussed in relation to pedestrians risk exposure. Finally, a review of various road safety measures from the international experience is carried out and specific areas of action are proposed in the light of these results.	en
heal.journalName	Advances in Transportation Studies	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.4399/97888548415121	en
dc.identifier.issue	24	en
dc.identifier.spage	5	en
dc.identifier.epage	14	en