United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research (2022). Safety in Numbers: A Literature Review [Traffic Tech] (Report No. DOT HS 813 280). United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62562
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research. Safety in Numbers: A Literature Review [Traffic Tech]. Report no. DOT HS 813 280. United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2022. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62562.
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research Safety in Numbers: A Literature Review [Traffic Tech]. United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2022, Report no. DOT HS 813 280, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62562.
This Traffic Tech briefly summarized a literature review conducted on the concept of Jacobsen’s 2003 “Safety in Numbers” (SIN) theory of an inverse relationship between the extent of walking/bicycling and the probability of motorist collisions with pedestrians or bicyclists. The literature review described research leading to development of the SIN concept and the subsequent work to test and expand upon the theory and considered fields of study including engineering, planning and land use, sociology, psychology, education, public health, enforcement, human factors, and others.
In the context of pedestrian and bicyclist safety, the theory of Jacobsen’s 2003 “Safety in Numbers” (SIN) posits an inverse relationship between the
...
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research (2022). Safety in Numbers: A Literature Review [Traffic Tech] (Report No. DOT HS 813 280). United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62562
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research. Safety in Numbers: A Literature Review [Traffic Tech]. Report no. DOT HS 813 280. United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2022. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62562.
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research Safety in Numbers: A Literature Review [Traffic Tech]. United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2022, Report no. DOT HS 813 280, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62562.
ROSA P serves as an archival repository of USDOT-published products including scientific
findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by
USDOT or funded partners. As a repository, ROSA P retains documents in their original published format to
ensure public access to scientific information.
Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving a Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS)/National Transportation Library (NTL)
Web-based service.
Thank you for visiting.
You are about to access a non-government link outside of
the U.S. Department of Transportation's National
Transportation Library.
Please note: While links to Web sites outside of DOT are
offered for your convenience, when you exit DOT Web sites,
Federal privacy policy and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act (accessibility requirements) no longer apply. In
addition, DOT does not attest to the accuracy, relevance,
timeliness or completeness of information provided by linked
sites. Linking to a Web site does not constitute an
endorsement by DOT of the sponsors of the site or the
products presented on the site. For more information, please
view DOT's Web site linking policy.
To get back to the page you were previously viewing, click
your Cancel button.