The risk of pedestrian injury and fatality in collisions with motor vehicles, a social ecological study of state routes and city streets in King County, Washington

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-24

  Moudon, Anne Vernez ^a   Lin, Lin ^a   Jiao, Junfeng ^a   Hurvitz, Philip ^a   Reeves, Paula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

City streets; Collisions; Fatality; GIS; Injury; Pedestrian; State routes

Indexed keywords

CITY STREETS; COLLISIONS; FATALITY; GIS; INJURY; PEDESTRIAN; STATE ROUTES;

ECOLOGY; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CITY PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; WASHINGTON; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649944866     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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