The link between built environment, pedestrian activity and pedestrian-vehicle collision occurrence at signalized intersections

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1624-1634

  Miranda Moreno, Luis F ^a   Morency, Patrick ^b   El Geneidy, Ahmed M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Montreal Public Health Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Built environment; Modeling; Pedestrian activity; Pedestrian vehicle collisions; Signalized intersections

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT DATA; AMBULANCE SERVICES; AVERAGE RISK; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COLLISION FREQUENCY; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; DOUBLE NEGATIVES; LAND USE TYPE; MODEL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY; PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS; PEDESTRIAN-VEHICLE COLLISIONS; ROAD NETWORK; SAFETY DESIGN; SAFETY STRATEGY; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; TWO-EQUATION MODELING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

LAND USE; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VEHICLES;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; CITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INJURY; RISK; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUEBEC; RISK; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING;

EID: 79958209685     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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