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home / centre for automotive safety research / Publications / List / Details Publication Details| Title | Vehicle travel speeds and the incidence of fatal pedestrian collisions | | Authors | McLean AJ, Anderson RWG, Farmer MJB, Lee BH, Brooks CG | | Year | 1994 | | Type | Report | | Abstract | The aim of this study by the NHMRC Road Accident Research unit was to estimate the likely effect on pedestrian fatalities of a reduction in vehicle travelling speed. Results were based on detailed investigations of 176 fatal pedestrian collisions in the Adelaide area between 1983 and 1991. Estimates were developed for a range of speed reduction scenarios. The study found that a reduction of 5 km/h in vehicle travelling speeds in the Adelaide area could be expected to result in a reduction of 30% of the incidence of fatal pedestrian collisions. Under this scenario 10% of the collisions would have been avoided altogether. Volume 1 of this report contains detailed findings for each speed reduction scenario along with a description of the method used and supporting references. Volume ll contains the details of all 176 cases. | | Report Number | CR146 | | Publisher | Federal Office of Road Safety, Transport and Communications | | Publisher City | Canberra | | Sponsor | Federal Office of Road Safety (FORS) | | ISBN | 0642511896 | | ISSN | 0810770X | | Page Count | 92 | | Notes | http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/publications/1994/pdf/CR_146_pedspeed.pdf
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Volume I and II available at: http://casr.adelaide.edu.au/pedspeed/index.html |
| Reference | | McLean AJ, Anderson RWG, Farmer MJB, Lee BH, Brooks CG (1994). Vehicle travel speeds and the incidence of fatal pedestrian collisions (CR146). Canberra: Federal Office of Road Safety, Transport and Communications. |
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