The impact of urban design and the built environment on road traffic crashes: A case study of Rawalpindi, Pakistan

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umair ◽  
Irfan Ahmad Rana ◽  
Rida Hameed Lodhi
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
The Impact

Pedestrian Safety and the Built Environment

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Stoker ◽  
Andrea Garfinkel-Castro ◽  
Meleckidzedeck Khayesi ◽  
Wilson Odero ◽  
Martin N. Mwangi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Pedestrian Safety ◽  
Road Traffic Injury ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
The Road ◽  
Traffic Injury

Urban and regional planning has a contribution to make toward improving pedestrian safety, particularly in view of the fact that about 273,000 pedestrians were killed in road traffic crashes in 2010. The road is a built environments that should enhance safety and security for pedestrians, but this ideal is not always the case. This article presents an overview of the evidence on the risks that pedestrians face in the built environment. This article shows that design of the roadway and development of different land uses can either increase or reduce pedestrian road traffic injury. Planners need to design or modify the built environment to minimize risk for pedestrians.

scholarly journals The Impact of Musculoskeletal Injuries Sustained in Road Traffic Crashes on Work-Related Outcomes: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 11504
Author(s):  
Elise M. Gane ◽  
Melanie L. Plinsinga ◽  
Charlotte L. Brakenridge ◽  
Esther J. Smits ◽  
Tammy Aplin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sick Leave ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Musculoskeletal Injury ◽  
Musculoskeletal Injuries ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Work Related ◽  
The Impact

Musculoskeletal injuries occur frequently after road traffic crashes (RTCs), and the effect on work participation is not fully understood. The primary aim of this review was to determine the impact of sustaining a musculoskeletal injury during an RTC on the rate of return to work (RTW), sick leave, and other work outcomes. The secondary aim was to determine factors associated with these work-related outcomes. An electronic search of relevant databases to identify observational studies related to work and employment, RTC, and musculoskeletal injuries was conducted. Where possible, outcome data were pooled by follow-up period to answer the primary aim. Fifty-three studies were included in this review, of which 28 were included in meta-analyses. The pooled rate of RTW was 70% at 1 month, 67% at 3 months, 76% at 6 months, 83% at 12 months, and 70% at 24 months. Twenty-seven percent of participants took some sick leave by one month follow-up, 13% by 3 months, 23% by 6 months, 36% by 12 months, and 22% by 24 months. Most of the factors identified as associated with work outcomes were health-related, with some evidence also for sociodemographic factors. While 70% of people with RTC-related musculoskeletal injury RTW shortly after accident, many still have not RTW two years later.

scholarly journals Road traffic crashes and built environment analysis of crash hotspots based on local police data in Galle, Sri Lanka

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijitha De Silva ◽  
Hemajith Tharindra ◽  
João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci ◽  
Luciano Andrade ◽  
Badra Chandanie Mallawaarachchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Environment Analysis ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Local Police ◽  
Police Data ◽  
Crash Hotspots

scholarly journals Analysis of Pedestrian-Vehicle Crashes Using Artificial Learning Methods: City of Sakarya Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-230
Author(s):  
Zeliha Cagla Kuyumcu ◽  
Suhrab Ahadi ◽  
Hakan Aslan
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Road Traffic Crash ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Traffic Crash ◽  
Artificial Learning

The lives of approximately 1.3 million people are cut short every year as a result of road traffic crashes. Between 20 and 50 million people suffer non-fatal injuries, with many incurring a disability as a result of their injury. The risk of dying in a road traffic crash is more than 3 times higher in low-income countries than in high-income countries [1]. In Turkey, 18% of traffic accidents was related to pedestrian-vehicle collisions in urban roads in 2020. In addition, 20% of death toll caused by accidents is pedestrians in 2020 [2]. This study deals with the some of classifiers to forecast the number of injuries as a result of traffic accidents. The classifier’s performance ratios were also examined.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF SPEED LIMIT VIOLATION ON MOTORCYCLE CRASH RATE: CASE STUDY BANDUNG NATIONAL ROAD

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Aine Kusumawati ◽  
Kardina N.S. Ayuningtyas ◽  
Estiara Ellizar
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Speed Limit ◽  
Vehicle Speed ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Fatal Crashes ◽  
Vulnerable Road Users ◽  
National Road

Speeding is one of the risk factors for road traffic crashes and deaths, especially for vulnerable road users. Research shows that increasing vehicle speed by 1 km/h can increase 4% -5% of fatal crashes. However, several other studies show that crashes are caused more by speed dispersion than by average speed vehicles in the traffic. This study aims to determine the effect of speed limit violations on the rate of a motorcycle crash on the national road in Bandung City. Although the proportion of motorcycles that violates the speed limit is quite high (40%), it turns out the result of this study indicates that the rate of motorcycle crash does not seem to be affected by the proportion of motorcycle in the traffic that violates the speed limit. Crashes involving motorcycles are more prevalent in the highest flow period than in the free flow conditions where the proportion of motorcycle that violates the speed limit is the highest. Mengendara dengan kecepatan tinggi merupakan salah satu faktor risiko penyebab kecelakaan lalu lintas dan kematian akibat kecelakaan lalu lintas, terutama pada kelompok pengguna jalan rentan. Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa peningkatan kecepatan kendaraan sebesar 1 km/jam dapat meningkatkan 4%-5% kecelakaan fatal. Namun beberapa penelitian lainnya menunjukkan bahwa kecelakaan lebih disebabkan oleh adanya variasi kecepatan di dalam arus dibanding kecepatan rata-rata kendaraan di dalam arus. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pelanggaran batas kecepatan terhadap tingkat kecelakaan sepeda motor di jalan nasional Kota Bandung. Walaupun proporsi sepeda motor yang melanggar batas kecepatan cukup tinggi (40%), ternyata hasil penelitian mengindikasikan bahwa tingkat kecelakaan sepeda motor tampaknya tidak dipengaruhi oleh proporsi sepeda motor di dalam arus yang melanggar batas kecepatan. Kecelakaan yang melibatkan sepeda motor justru lebih banyak terjadi pada kondisi arus tertinggi dalam satu hari dibanding pada kondisi arus lengang dimana proporsi sepeda motor yang melanggar batas kecepatan paling banyak.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Influence of Lagos Bus Rapid Transit Scheme (BRT-Lite) on Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) on Lagos Mainland-Island Corridor

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adeyinka Peter Ajayi
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Safety Outcomes ◽  
Business District ◽  
The Impact

Background:This paper filled an important gap in the on-going global assessment of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) operations on Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) safety outcomes on corridors plied.Introduction:The work carried out a scientific investigation of the impact of Lagos BRT-Lite(Africa’s first and only BRT scheme) on the achievement of a possible reduction in the incidences of RTC on the 22-kilometer radial highway that connects Mile12 and Lagos Island the traditional central business district.Methodology:Secondary data on the incidences of RTC on the corridor between 2002 and 2013 were obtained from Nigeria Police. One-way Analysis of variance between subjects revealed that the advent of BRT operations on the corridor do not have any significant effect in the reported cases of the three categories of RTC examined. Minor (p=. 783), Serious (p= .887) and Fatal (p= .826).Data Analysis:Descriptive statistics, however, showed that there has been a general reduction in the incidences of all categories of RTC considered in the period after the commencement of BRT on the corridor.Conclusion:The paper concludes by positing that while it might be far-fetched to imply a direct causal relationship between the introduction of BRT and reduction in the cases of RTC on the corridor, it may not be far to suggest that it has definitely impacted safety outcomes as it relates to RTC.

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