Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Pedestrians
Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Pedestrians

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Published: 2003

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Pedestrians are a part of every roadway environment and they also are significantly represented in death and injury statistics. Each year nearly 5,000 pedestrians are killed in traffic crashes and another 68,000 are injured. Pedestrians face a variety of challenges when they walk along and across streets with motor vehicles. Even though they are legitimate roadway users, they are frequently overlooked in the quest to build more-sophisticated transportation systems. Specific groups that do not or cannot drive{151}including children, the elderly, the disabled, and low-income populations{151}primarily depend on walking for transportation. In many communities these individuals constitute up to 30 percent of the population. Simply addressing one of the four {147}Es{148}{151}engineering, education, enforcement, and emergency medical services{151}in isolation, cannot solve many pedestrian problems. Engineering improvements coupled with enhanced safe behavior by pedestrians and motorists are needed to further reduce pedestrian fatalities.

Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Older Drivers
Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Older Drivers

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Published: 2003

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One in eight people today is age 65 or older. By 2030, the number is expected to swell to one in five. This age group accounts for close to 14 percent of all traffic fatalities-about 6,000 people a year-and an even higher percentage of pedestrian deaths, which include about 1,000 seniors. Compared to younger age groups, fewer seniors have licenses and they drive fewer miles per licensed driver. Yet, per mile driven, seniors have higher crash rates than any other group except teenagers. A senior's risk of crashing may be increased due to the normal physiological changes that accompany aging, including slower reaction times, poorer nighttime vision, reduced depth perception, reduced visual contrast sensitivity, and reduced ability to divide attention time.

Highway Safety Manual
Highway Safety Manual

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Publisher: AASHTO

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 886

ISBN-13: 1560514779

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"The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) is a resource that provides safety knowledge and tools in a useful form to facilitate improved decision making based on safety performance. The focus of the HSM is to provide quantitative information for decision making. The HSM assembles currently available information and methodologies on measuring, estimating and evaluating roadways in terms of crash frequency (number of crashes per year) and crash severity (level of injuries due to crashes). The HSM presents tools and methodologies for consideration of 'safety' across the range of highway activities: planning, programming, project development, construction, operations, and maintenance. The purpose of this is to convey present knowledge regarding highway safety information for use by a broad array of transportation professionals"--p. xxiii, vol. 1.