The objectives are to investigate the trend of utah's pedestrianaccident rate and to analyze and discuss some of the factors involved in utah's pedestrian accidents. The results show that utah's accident rate for fatally injured pedestrians decreased in 1980 but heldfairly constant after that with minor fluctuations. It appears thatutah's accident rate for nonfatally injured pedestrians increased steadily over the same 9-year period with the exception of 1985. The analysis also indicates the following: (a) age 5-10 is the major grouping involved in utah's pedestrian accidents; (b) most pedestrian accidents occurred in daylight and in the peak from 3:00 p.M. To 7:00p.M.; (C) the majority of pedestrian accidents are caused by pedestrian error; (d) pedestrian accidents tend to be more serious--about 4% are fatal; (e) more pedestrian accidents occurred between intersections than at intersections; (f) men and boys are involved in more than twice as many pedestrian accidents as are women and girls; (g) adverse road, weather, and light conditions are not a factor in mostpedestrian accidents; and (h) traffic-control devices do not guarantee a safety zone for pedestrians. The analysis for school-age pedestrian accidents reveals similar findings. Because most pedestrian accidents are caused by pedestrian error, more emphasis must be placedon modifying the training and behavior of pedestrians in crossing techniques, particularly for school-age pedestrians. This paper appears in transportation research record no. 1325, Highway safety: olderdrivers, seat belts, alcohol, motorcycles, and pedestrians 1991
Samenvatting