1 Introduction
2 Methodology
2.1 Pedestrian fatality and serious injury rate
2.2 Factors associated with pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries
3 Results
3.1 Pedestrian fatality and serious injury rate
3.1.1 Pedestrian characteristics
3.1.2 Location
3.1.3 Time of occurrence
3.2 Factors associated with pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries
3.2.1 Pedestrian characteristics
3.2.2 Driver characteristics
3.2.3 Vehicle characteristics
Fatality | Serious injury | Total | |||||||||||
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Size | n | Abs % | Rel % | Relative ratio | n | Abs % | Rel % | Relative ratio | n | Abs % | Rel % | Relative ratio | |
Passenger car | 2,696,334 | 59 | 51 | 0.00002 | 1.0 | 125 | 73 | 0.00005 | 1.0 | 184 | 64 | 0.00007 | 1.0 |
Van | 325,656 | 15 | 13 | 0.00005 | 2.1 | 10 | 6 | 0.00003 | 0.7 | 25 | 9 | 0.00008 | 1.1 |
Bus | 12,481 | 8 | 7 | 0.00064 | 29.3 | 13 | 8 | 0.00104 | 22.5 | 21 | 7 | 0.00168 | 24.7 |
Truck | 96,169 | 24 | 21 | 0.00025 | 11.4 | 13 | 8 | 0.00014 | 2.9 | 37 | 13 | 0.00038 | 5.6 |
Other | 1,906,590 | 10 | 8 | 0.00001 | 0.2 | 10 | 6 | 0.00001 | 0.1 | 20 | 7 | 0.00001 | 0.2 |
Total | 5,037,230 | 116 | 100 | 171 | 100 | 287 | 100 |
3.2.4 Location characteristics
Fatality | Serious injury | Total | |||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Speed limit | ≤30 km/h | 10 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 9 |
40 km/h | 41 | 35 | 83 | 49 | 124 | 43 | |
50–70 km/h | 26 | 22 | 59 | 35 | 85 | 30 | |
≥80 km/h | 39 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 50 | 18 | |
Total | 116 | 100 | 169 | 100 | 285 | 100 | |
Place of accident | Carriageway | 60 | 52 | 58 | 34 | 118 | 41 |
Pedestrian crossing | 31 | 27 | 83 | 49 | 114 | 40 | |
Car park | 18 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 36 | 13 | |
Other (cycle path, bridge, bus stop) | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 6 | |
Total | 116 | 100 | 169 | 100 | 285 | 100 | |
Municipality type | Metropolitan area | 16 | 14 | 29 | 17 | 45 | 16 |
Large city | 16 | 14 | 35 | 21 | 51 | 18 | |
Midsized city | 19 | 17 | 41 | 24 | 60 | 21 | |
Small city | 19 | 17 | 37 | 22 | 56 | 20 | |
Small municipality | 45 | 39 | 27 | 16 | 72 | 25 | |
Total | 115 | 100 | 169 | 100 | 284 | 100 | |
Area type | Inner urban area | 29 | 25 | 86 | 51 | 115 | 40 |
Outer urban area | 23 | 20 | 38 | 22 | 61 | 21 | |
Peri-urban area and rural area close to urban area | 20 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 12 | |
Local centre in rural area | 15 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 9 | |
Sparsely populated rural and rural heartland area | 29 | 25 | 22 | 13 | 51 | 18 | |
Total | 116 | 100 | 169 | 100 | 285 | 100 |
3.2.5 Road and weather condition characteristics
Fatality | Serious injury | Total | |||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Road surface | Dry | 56 | 55 | 73 | 43 | 129 | 48 |
Wet | 22 | 21 | 62 | 37 | 84 | 31 | |
Winter conditions | 25 | 24 | 33 | 20 | 58 | 21 | |
Total | 103 | 100 | 168 | 100 | 271 | 100 | |
Lighting conditions | Daylight | 77 | 66 | 90 | 53 | 167 | 59 |
Dawn or twilight | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 6 | |
No streetlights or streetlights unlit | 18 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 34 | 12 | |
Streetlights lit | 15 | 13 | 52 | 31 | 67 | 23 | |
Total | 116 | 100 | 169 | 100 | 285 | 100 | |
Temperature | < −3 °C | 18 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 30 | 11 |
−3–3 °C | 33 | 28 | 68 | 40 | 101 | 35 | |
> 3 °C | 65 | 56 | 89 | 53 | 154 | 54 | |
Total | 116 | 100 | 169 | 100 | 285 | 100 |
3.2.6 Time of occurrence characteristics
3.2.7 Differences in pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries and relative contribution of identified variables
Regression coefficient (std. error) | Wald | df | Sig. | OR [95% CI] | |
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Constant | 0.338 (0.521) | 0.423 | 1 | 0.516 | 1.403 |
≤30 km/h | 26.019 | 3 | 0.000 | ||
40 km/h | −0.183 (0.491) | 0.138 | 1 | 0.710 | 0.833 [0.318, 2.182] |
50–70 km/h | −0.086 (0.527) | 0.027 | 1 | 0.870 | 0.917 [0.327, 2.578] |
≥80 km/h | 2.067 (0.621) | 11.086 | 1 | 0.001 | 7.901 [2.340, 26.674] |
Daylight | 11.688 | 3 | 0.009 | ||
Dawn or twilight | −0.709 (0.613) | 1.337 | 1 | 0.248 | 0.492 [0.148, 1.636] |
No streetlights or streetlights unlit | − 0.589 (0.496) | 1.411 | 1 | 0.235 | 0.555 (0.210, 1.466] |
Streetlights lit | −1.366 (0.407) | 11.292 | 1 | 0.001 | 0.255 (0.115, 0.566] |
Small municipality | 9.738 | 4 | 0.045 | ||
Small city | −0.580 (0.441) | 1.730 | 1 | 0.188 | 0.560 [0.236, 1.329] |
Midsized city | −1.127 (0.459) | 6.029 | 1 | 0.014 | 0.324 [0.132, 0.797] |
Large city | −1.090 (0.422) | 6.671 | 1 | 0.010 | 0.336 [0.148, 0.769] |
Metropolitan area | −0.907 (0.422) | 4.625 | 1 | 0.032 | 0.404 [0.177, 0.923] |