Vehicle-Pedestrian crashes at Intersections in Dhaka city

Shakil Mohammad Rifaat,Abrar Fahim,Shariar Mohammad Raihan,Richard Tay,Shah Mostofa Touhidduzzaman

doi:10.2174/1874447801711010011

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https://doi.org/10.2174/1874447801711010011

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Abstract

Background: Pedestrians are some of the most vulnerable road users, especially in large congested cities in developing countries. In order to develop appropriate countermeasures to improve safety, research has to be conducted to understand the factors contributing to vehicle-pedestrian collisions. Objective: This study aims to identify the factors contributing to intersection crashes in a developing country context. Method: A Poisson regression model was applied to police reported crash data from the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Results: This study finds that an increase in vehicle traffic and the presence of police officer, footbridge, bus stop, solar panel and waste deposit facility were associated with an increase in the number of vehicle-pedestrian crashes, whereas an increase in pedestrian volume, roads with the same number of inbound and outbound lanes, roads with greater number of lanes, and the presence of traffic signal, commercial area or offices, speed breaker and rail crossing were associated with a reduction in the number of vehicle-pedestrian crashes. Conclusion: While the results of most traffic and engineering factors are consistent with those obtained in previous studies in developed countries, some of the results on human related factors and unusual road furniture are atypical and require more locally targeted countermeasures.

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Around the world, more than 1.2 million people are killed on the roads every year and as many as 50 million others are injured, and over 90% of the deaths occur in the low and middle income countries [1]
It is observed that intersection crashes account for around 40 percent of total accidents occurring in the Metropolitan City of Dhaka [8]
The objective of this study is to identify the factors contributing to the number of vehicle-pedestrian crashes at intersections in a developing country

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Background and Rationale Around the world, more than 1.2 million people are killed on the roads every year and as many as 50 million others are injured, and over 90% of the deaths occur in the low and middle income countries [1]. Low and middle income countries have a higher road traffic fatality rate (20.2 deaths per 100,000 population) than high income countries. The total number of road traffic deaths and injuries is forecasted to rise by 80% in low-income and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2020 compared to 65% worldwide. The majority of traffic deaths in developing countries are vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists). Vehicle-pedestrian crash is a major road safety problem in many developing countries, including Bangladesh [2]. It is important to explore the factors affecting vehicle-pedestrian crashes to provide evidence based recommendations for improving the safety of these vulnerable road users. Pedestrians are some of the most vulnerable road users, especially in large congested cities in developing countries. In order to develop appropriate countermeasures to improve safety, research has to be conducted to understand the factors contributing to vehicle-pedestrian collisions

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