Pedestrian crash trends and potential countermeasures from around the world

TL;DR: Findings indicate that better design and planning of built environments are necessary for safe and efficient access for pedestrians and for the long-term improvement of walkability in a high-density city such as Hong Kong.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of median refuge island and "Yield here to pedestrians" flashing vertical sign on pedestrian crossing conspicuity were assessed with a before-after analysis of both speed and visual behaviour of drivers approaching to crosswalks.

TL;DR: Frequency of walking back home, among other trip purposes, was the most sensitive to the increase in pedestrian crash risk, and increase in the frequency of pedestrian crash was correlated to the increases in the proportions of children and elderly people.

TL;DR: The proposed method avoids the data quality bias of accident severity indicators, thus, it can be used in international comparisons of vulnerable road user accidents and support the concept of changes in legislation, such as reducing the speed limit in urban areas in Poland at night.

TL;DR: In less than a year, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund will release the first ever World report on child injury prevention, and it is expected that the report will become a milestone in the child injury Prevention field, and will provide an opportunity to focus attention on the issue and generate additional action on the part of governments and their partners.

TL;DR: In this article, the status of highway safety in 178 countries around the world was evaluated and it was found that over 90% of highway traffic accident fatalities in the world occur in low-income and middle-income countries.

TL;DR: This review of the road traffic injury literature provides strong evidence that the distribution of road traffic fatalities varies dramatically across different parts of the world, and context-appropriate and effective prevention strategies that protect the particular at-risk road user groups should be carefully investigated.

TL;DR: The Netherlands and Germany have long recognized the importance of pedestrian and bicyclist safety and have undertaken a wide range of measures to improve safety: better facilities for walking and bicycling; urban design sensitive to the needs of non-motorists; traffic calming of residential neighborhoods; restrictions on motor vehicle use in cities; rigorous traffic education of both motorists and nonmotorist; and strict enforcement of traffic regulations protecting pedestrians and bicyclists as mentioned in this paper.