Community design and the incidence of crashes involving pedestrians and motorists aged 75 and older.

Dumbaugh, Eric; Zhang, Yi; Li, Wenhao

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Community design and the incidence of crashes involving pedestrians and motorists aged 75 and older.

2012-04-01
By Dumbaugh, Eric ; Zhang, Yi ; Li, Wenhao

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English

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Alternative Title:

Project title: Designing Communities to Provide Safe Mobility Options for Older Adults
Creators:

Dumbaugh, Eric ; Zhang, Yi ; Li, Wenhao
Corporate Creators:

Texas Transportation Institute. University Transportation Center for Mobility
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
Subject/TRT Terms:
Publication/ Report Number:

UTCM 11-03-67
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Texas
Edition:

Final report; 1/1/2011-2/29/2012/
Corporate Publisher:

Texas Transportation Institute. University Transportation Center for Mobility
Description:

Contemporary community design practice has focused on strategies intended to make communities safe for families with children. Comparatively little attention has been given to its effects on older adults. This study employs a series of negative binomial regression models to understand how urban form may affect the incidence of total and killed-or-severely-injured (KSI) crashes involving older drivers and pedestrians. Intersections, strip commercial uses, big-box stores, and arterial thoroughfares pose crash hazards for older motorists, while big-box stores and arterials are problematic for older pedestrians. A network of lower-speed streets was found to be associated with reductions in crashes involving older motorists and pedestrians.
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PDF
Funding:

DTRT06-G-0044
Download URL:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24338/dot_24338_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 1.65 MB]
Collection(s):

University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
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English

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