Abstract
This study aimed to determine how built environments affect pedestrian–vehicle collisions. The study examined pedestrian–vehicular crashes that occurred between 2013 and 2015 in Seoul, Korea, by comparing and analyzing different effects of the built environment on pedestrian–vehicle crashes. Specifically, the study analyzed built environment attributes, land use environment, housing types, road environment, and traffic characteristics to determine how these factors affect the severity of pedestrian injury. The results of the statistical analysis appear to infer that the built environment attributes had dissimilar impacts on pedestrian collisions, depending on the injury severity. In general, both incapacitating and non-incapacitating injuries appear to be more likely to be caused by the built environment than fatal and possible injuries. These results highlight the need to consider injury severity when implementing more effective interventions and strategies for ensuring pedestrian safety. However, because of the small sample size, an expanded research project regarding this issue should be considered, as it would contribute to the development and implementation of effective policies and interventions for pedestrian safety in Korea. This study therefore offers practical information regarding the development of such an expanded study to inform future traffic safety policies in Seoul to establish a “safe walking city.”
Highlights
IntroductionBackgroundWalking is the most fundamental mode of mobility. Being able to walk safely around a city is critical to creating and maintaining a comfortable, pleasant, and convenient city
BackgroundWalking is the most fundamental mode of mobility
This study indicates that the density of intersections, the density of transit stops, the percentage of land use devoted to schools, and the percentage of land use devoted to parks, which were significant for the single-level model, failed to be significant for the multi-level model
Summary
BackgroundWalking is the most fundamental mode of mobility. Being able to walk safely around a city is critical to creating and maintaining a comfortable, pleasant, and convenient city. There has been an increasing interest in walking because of its social, economic, health, and environmental benefits, as well as its application when constructing a sustainable transportation system. Walking is an important mode of transportation from a macro perspective, but it benefits individuals’. The importance of walking has been emphasized previously in Korea, the number of vehicles and the length of road per capita have increased annually, and, with this, the number of collisions between pedestrians and vehicles. In 2015, among Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, Korea had one of the highest rates of traffic accidents, as shown in Table 1 [1]. 1.6 times as many people died in Korea per 100,000 people in traffic accidents than in any other OECD country. The number of traffic accidents per 100,000 people in Korea was approximately twice that of most OECD countries, with Korea seeing the third-highest number of traffic accidents per capita among all OECD countries
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