PEDESTRIAN’S ACCIDENTS AND AWARENESS: A STUDY OF DHAKA CITY, BANGLADESH

Abstract

Pedestrians’ accidents in developing country may have been exceedingly occurred due to more people making trips on foot. Fifty two percent of the total trips in Dhaka City are made on foot everyday. This number is significant because walking is convenient and it saves time and money for the middle income group of people. However, much attention was not paid for the pedestrian safety and record of pedestrian injuries in Dhaka City. It also reveals from the experiences that the leading causes of pedestrian-vehicle conflicts are as pedestrians always walk along the roadsides and pedestrian violate the road crossing regulations. For this, small, medium and fatal injuries of pedestrians are found now and then in the city area. Lack of awareness and least involvement of the law enforcement authority also allow pedestrian accidents in the city area. This paper tries to focus the causes and types of pedestrian accidents in Dhaka City along with different age, sex and income groups. It also tries to identify the most vulnerable city areas to the pedestrians for accident in the specific time of the day. On the other hand, the safety awareness of the road-users would also involve in the present study. This study also guides the concern authorities to think more about the design and safety considerations of the pedestrian ways and the registration system of the pedestrian injuries. This research is based on primary data from the field survey. However, secondary sources have been used to support the present scenario of pedestrian’s accidents and awareness in Dhaka city.