Open AccessComparison of Road Traffic Death and Injury Rates at Pedestrian Crossings in Europe
Author(s) -
Julius Uhlmann
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the baltic journal of road and bridge engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1822-4288
pISSN - 1822-427X
DOI - 10.7250/bjrbe.2021-16.521
Subject(s) - pedestrian , traffic accident , road traffic , transport engineering , mortality rate , geography , poison control , road traffic accident , injury prevention , statistical analysis , demography , environmental health , statistics , medicine , engineering , mathematics , sociology
For this study, accident statistics of 14 European countries were analysed for the number of fatalities and injuries occurring at pedestrian crossings from 2015 to 2017. The road traffic death rate (killed per 1 million inhabitants) and the road traffic injury rate (injured per 1 million inhabitants) at pedestrian crossings were calculated and compared. It was found that there are large differences between the European countries: The road traffic death rate at pedestrian crossings is the lowest in Great Britain and Germany and the highest in Poland and Lithuania. Statistical analysis showed a significant correlation between road traffic death and injury rates at pedestrian crossings.