Abstract
There are many factors that play a role in pedestrian and motor vehicle collisions. This paper explores some of the factors on the basis of police records, involving pedestrian accidents in the Czech Republic in the period between 2008 and 2012; the sample consisting of 19454 participants. This paper explores the impact of pedestrian factors (age, gender, behaviour, injury severity, etc.) and other road/environmental factors (visibility, accident location, weather, and so on) on pedestrian collisions. The purpose of the crosstabs analysis was to determine if there is a relationship in these selected factors; the relevance of the factors was examined in a group, not independently. The analysis identified the children and elderly as the most vulnerable road users, with the emphasis given to higher mortality of elderly people and higher tendency of children to violate traffic rules. The majority of pedestrian collisions took place in urban areas, at pedestrian crossings, with the exception of collisions involving children that took place when crossing between parked vehicles (including bus stops) and on unprotected road sections without pedestrian crossings. The results also show that the majority of fatal collisions occurred at night, and that alcohol-impaired walking is a major problem especially for the population of middleaged male pedestrians.
Highlights
This article is an explorative study focused on pedestrian accidents in the Czech Republic
In the Czech Republic the total number of pedestrian collisions is constantly decreasing over time, but on the other hand, pedestrian accidents are still on the increase in urban areas at night-time, and the most vulnerable groups still include the children and the elderly (Police Statistics of the Czech Republic, 2012)
Factors analysed in this paper involve: pedestrian factors: (a) age (b) gender (c) severity of injury (d) pedestrian condition, (e) pedestrian behaviour. roadway/environmental factors: (a) weather conditions, (b) visibility, (c) field of view, (d) accident location and more detailed description of the accident location and circumstances
Summary
This article is an explorative study focused on pedestrian accidents in the Czech Republic. In the Czech Republic the total number of pedestrian collisions is constantly decreasing over time, but on the other hand, pedestrian accidents are still on the increase in urban areas at night-time, and the most vulnerable groups still include the children and the elderly (Police Statistics of the Czech Republic, 2012). The proportion of pedestrian fatalities for children varies widely among the EU countries (Pace et al, 2012), so we try to identify the situation of this age group in the Czech Republic and expect that fact of vulnerable groups will be confirm in our study. Another observed factor refers to the higher involvement of males in pedestrian collisions The information on the collision occurrence may help formulate and implement appropriate prevention measures
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