Title: Pedestrian accidents in metropolitan Melbourne by road class
Abstract: This study of the 1981 pedestrian accidents in metro Melbourne introduces the hierarchy of the roads involved as well as the usual characteristics of age, sex, time of day. The use of road class enables a better understanding of the where of accidents. This referenced to the age of the pedestrian shows the accidents to the youngest pedestrians predominate on local streets. Forty seven per cent of the pedestrians involved in local streets are 0-8 years old. Adults predominate in the accidents on arterials. Night time accidents have a main peak for the 18-27 year old group on primary arterials. An examination of the distribution of the accidents among the 56 municipalities in the metro area found eight lgas (local government areas) which exceeded the upper control limit. In these lgas, accident type rum03 (pedestrian hit on second half of carriageway) had the greatest frequency. For 'nearside' accidents the ratio of 'emerging around parked vehicle' to no parked vehicle was also high in these eight lgas as was the age group 28-57 years. The paper presents some new aspects of pedestrian accidents and indicates lines for further research (a).
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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